A cool trick to determining your face shape is by taking a whiteboard marker or lipstick and tracing the shape of your face in a mirror. Then stand back and take a look.

What does it look like?

Is it:

• Round?
• Oval?
• Square?
• Rectangular?
• Heart shaped?
• Triangular?

 

Image credits to: Bright Side

So now that I know which shape my face is, which sunglasses are never fail shapes for me?

Round faces

For our round faced friends your task is to visually lengthen your face, so choose glasses with dark frames. They narrow the face and bring its contours closer to an oval shape. To balance your facial proportions, choose a frame where the width is greater than the height.

Round faces suit almost all sunglass shapes except round and small/narrow/sharply defined sunglasses.

We recommend rectangular and square glasses (like wayfarers and some "wayfiators"), cats eyes, glasses with narrow bridges (so look for our Karen Walker "Alternative Fit" range), aviators, wayfarers and what we liked to call "wayfiators" last night which is like a combination of aviator and wayfarer and is quite a complementary shape for almost all face shapes.

With round faces you want to avoid round glasses, narrow frames, glasses with sharply defined edges, small and narrow frames and glasses that cover your brows.

Our recommendations for our round faces friends are any of our subtle cats eye glasses and our "wayfiators".

Oval faces

Oval face peeps are quite lucky in that almost all sunglass shapes will suit. Highly recommended are:

• Glasses with smooth-lined frames: rectangular, oval, round.
• Aviators
• Cat's eyes 

Not recommended for oval faces are glasses with sharply defined edges, glasses that are TOO big or too wide for the face and small/narrow frames (like those itty bitty cats eyes all the young ones are wearing at the moment - please avoid this trend because it will not suit your face shape).

Our top picks for our oval faced friends are our round and cats eye ranges. The Wayfiators also work too and soft edged square shape sunglasses.

Courtney has a typically oval shaped face so she will be a good reference for you when shopping for sunglasses. If you see them on her you know they will suit your face shape too.

Square faces

The aim with square shaped faces is to soften the square lines, not add to them. So avoid square and rectangular glasses, anything with sharp edges and itty bitty sunglasses. You want some size and width to your sunglasses to soften the square shape. Opt for round sunglasses, cats eyes and aviators.

 

Heart shaped faces

With heart shaped faces your aim is to balance out the upper part of your face by making the lower part appear bigger. Large sunglasses will not help you do that so avoid large framed sunglasses. Opt instead for smaller round frames, aviators, wayfarers or "wayfiators".

Avoid large round sunglasses and all cats eyes because they will add bulk to the top part of your face.

Wayfiators and square sunglasses

(suitable for almost all face shapes - just check for the right overall shape for you - round, square, slightly cats eye)

GUCCI AVIATOR WITH DETACHABLE CHAIN DETAIL $785

 

GUCCI SQUARE FRAME AVIATOR SUNGLASSES WITH DETACHABLE CHAIN DETAIL $730

GUCCI OVERSIZED HIGH FASHION FRAME WITH YELLOW LENS $570

We hope this helps and if you have any queries at all, please hit us up via email, social media or instant chat! We are more than happy to assist you with your sunglasses selection and have a lot of experiencing in helping you determine your face shape and the best sunglasses for you!

Lots of love

Courtney, Sally, Lily, Ebony and Dani xx