Choosing The Right Earrings For Your Face

If you want
earrings which accentuate your best features and bring out your eyes, you have
to pay particular attention to the colour, shape and style of your
earrings. Colours which complement and
match your eye colour in tone will help bring out that colour in them. Although there aren't infinite eye colours,
many of us have shades of other colours in our eyes which can be muted or
enhanced based on what colours we wear around our face – our earrings and our
top can make a huge difference to how our eyes look.
If you have
blue eyes then any blues and green shades will make your eyes stand out. Topaz and sapphires are best – aquamarine is
a very subtle blue which isn't quite strong enough to influence how your eye
colour appears. Our Duo Bleu earrings
will complement striking blue eyes, accentuating the lighter and darker tones
with the two shades of blue topaz in the earrings. The Duo Vert earrings are also great for
blue-green eyes and even hazel-brown eyes to emphasize the green tones.
If you have
green eyes, emeralds are a stunning choice for you. Emeralds have a very rich green tone to them
which sits on the warmer side of the green spectrum. Our Circle of Life emerald earrings are
gorgeous for people with green and hazel eyes, while peridot is a brighter,
more olive toned stone. Our Purity,
Orbit and Vita birthstone collections all have peridot options so there's a
choice of mount style to select from.
Brown eyes
can be made warmer by wearing red earrings, either garnets or rubies. Rubies do tend to have a pinker tone than
garnets, so opt for garnet to be sure that the stone colour will complement
your eye colour and bring out the warm depths.
Again, our birthstone collections have a selection of garnet earrings,
and our Spicy Red pair is a showy, stunning pair of drop studs which will also
complement the shape of your eyes.
Authentic
hazel and purple toned eyes are quite rare, and may stand out well enough on
their own. Amethysts will help bring out
the purple tones in your eyes, while peridot and citrine can bring out hazel
eyes beautifully. Why not play around
with different colours and see what effect they have on your eyes?
Which style
you choose depends on your hairstyle and the length of your neck – some people
with a long neck can wear very long earrings, while others with a shorter neck
find these can actually make their necks appear shorter. The Duo Vert or Bleu are perfect for people
who want to give the impression of a longer neck, because the teardrop shaped
section of these earrings hang below the lobe, but are not too dangly, thereby
elongating the neck slightly.
If you have
long hair and wear it down then drop earrings can be tricky, especially on a
breezy day where your hair might get blown about and tangled in ornate drop
earrings. Studs and open hoops are
better as they don't get tangled up, and they're easy to extricate yourself
from should they trap any of your hair.
If you have short hair, or wear it up all the time then you can wear a
larger style of earring, such as our Lace or Waves drop earrings. A larger earring with an up-do or short hair helps
to accentuate the face and frame it beautifully, so you can create a different
impact depending on the earrings you wear.
Simply put,
choose your earring colour based on how it affects your eyes if you want to
make them stand out. The style and shape
are secondary considerations, but these aspects can make a big difference to
how effective the colour complement is – if they're too small or hidden away
behind your hair they can't be seen and therefore won't bring out the different
tonal qualities of your eyes as well.
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