How Should Glasses Fit Your Eyebrows?A Handy Guide
When selecting glasses, it's important to consider how they complement your eyebrows, a key feature of your face. Here's a handy guide on achieving the right fit and style. We’ll walk you through how glasses should fit eyebrows and which styles flatter yours the best.
Should Glasses Cover Your Eyebrows?
Glasses should cover only about half of the width of your eyebrows. Avoid frames that completely hide your eyebrows or sit too low, exposing them over the top. However, if intentionally displaying or covering your eyebrows is your style, go for it!
The Best Glasses for Eyebrows: Shapes and Color
Each person has individual eyebrows. The shape, color, length and thickness of your eyebrows all affect how glasses look on your face.
Glasses for Thick Eyebrows
Thick eyebrows pair well with thin frames to maintain balance. Opt for thin wire or metal frames, or go for rimless or clear plastic. If you feel more comfortable wearing thick frames, or your prescription requires heftier frames, choose clear plastic styles for a lighter, subtler look against your features.
Glasses for Thin Eyebrows
Thin eyebrows benefit from thicker frames to create balance. Choose thick-framed glasses or browline styles with a thick top rim and thin bottom rim.
Choose Glasses for Your Eyebrow Shape
Matching your glasses' shape to your eyebrow shape is crucial. It ensures a harmonious look and avoids eyebrows sticking out awkwardly. For arched eyebrows, round glasses or oval frames work well. Straight eyebrows look best with glasses with a flat top rim, such as square frames, rectangular frames or browline glasses.
If you prefer a specific glasses style that doesn’t match your current brow shape, you can pluck and shape your brows to better fit that style.
Choose Glasses for Your Eyebrow and Skin Color
The right color of glasses for you depends on the hue of the skin tone beneath and around your eyebrow hair.
Before choosing colors, determine whether you have a warm or cool skin tone:
- Warm skin tones are those with yellow, golden or bronze hues.
- Cool skin tones have bluish or pink hues.
An easy way to determine warm or cool skin tones is to look at the veins visible on the inside of your wrist. If your veins appear blue, you have a cool skin tone. If the veins appear greenish, you have warmer undertones.
If you have a warm skin tone, choose warm colors for your glasses like golds, browns, deep greens, reds and yellows.
If you have a cool skin tone, cool colors like blacks, greys, blues, purples and pinks will complement your skin.
Choose Glasses for Your Eyebrow Hair Color
It’s crucial to consider the hair color of your eyebrows when selecting glasses frames.
- Brown eyebrows are complemented by black, blue, red and gold colors.
- Blonde eyebrows look great with black, blue, pink and purple colored frames.
- Black eyebrows are complemented by black, blue, silver, bronze and rose gold tones.
If you have grey or white eyebrow hair, try frames with patterns like floral or tortoiseshell. Lighter eyebrows also look great when paired with bright, vibrant colors like red and purple.
Additional Considerations
It’s not all about thickness, shape and hue. Here are other considerations when choosing new frames.
Eyebrow Piercings with Glasses
If you have an eyebrow piercing, choose glasses that sit lower on your nose to avoid contact with the piercing. Whether the piercing is new or you’ve had it for a while, it’s important to make sure your glasses don’t bump against it.
Express Your Personality
Choosing a new pair of glasses is as much about expressing your style as it is about finding a pair to complement your features. If you like to wear vibrant colors and patterns, find glasses to match that style. Express your style with frames that make you feel confident and happy.
Choose More Than One Pair
Remember—you can have more than one pair of glasses! Consider owning multiple pairs to suit different occasions or moods.
Choose Glasses for Your Face Shape
We’ve focused on the eyebrows here, but your face shape also makes a difference in choosing the most flattering glasses. Read our guide and learn how to pick glasses based on your face shape.
Choose Visionworks for Your Eyewear
Visionworks offers an extensive collection of glasses for you to browse. Select frames that flatter your face—especially your eyebrows. Come visit one of our stores: our Associates are more than happy to help you find glasses you’ll love.
Once you’ve chosen a pair, we offer a 100-day guarantee. If you change your mind or aren’t thrilled with your purchase for any reason, for up to 100 days, you can exchange your glasses and find a pair that works better for you. We understand that finding the perfect pair of glasses is a big decision, and we want to ensure you get frames you love!
Your eye health is essential, so prioritize it! Schedule your appointment with Visionworks today, and we’ll help you get your prescription current and choose glasses that flatter your face perfectly.
We’ve offered many tips regarding how glasses should fit your eyebrows. Remember, the ultimate goal is to find glasses you love and feel confident wearing. Embrace your new look with Visionworks!
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