Choosing the right jewelry to buy can be a tricky, confusing
and sometimes even frustrating experience. The following article will help you
choose the jewelry to buy based on your skin tone and your face shape, two
factors that crucially affect your choice.
Define
Your Skin Tone
Locate an area on your
body where veins are visible, usually the wrist serves as a good reference
point. Based on the color of your veins, your skin tone may fall into one of
two categories, cool or warm:
Cool skin tones are
identifiable by bluish colored veins. People with cooler skin tones may notice
pinkish or rosy-red undertones when looking in the mirror. Eye color can range
from light blue to dark brown and anywhere in between. Most people have cool
skin, including people with dark skin and tan skin.
Warm skin tones are
identifiable by greenish colored veins. People with warmer skin tones may
notice yellow or golden-apricot undertones when looking in the mirror. Eye
color can, again, be any color. People whose natural hair color is red, orange,
or strawberry blonde almost always have warm skin. Sometimes hair may be
browner, but it will have a reddish tint. People with darker skin are not
usually warm-skinned.
Choose
a metal and matching color
Metals:
Cool skin tones favor
metals such as silver, platinum, and white gold.
Warm skin tones favor
metals such as gold, pewter, brass, and copper.
Balancing
Colors:
Cool skin tones favor
stones such as white pearls and diamonds. Stone color should focus on jewel
tones such as pinks, purples, blues, reds, and magentas.
Warm skin tones favor
stones such as coral or golden toned pearls. Stone color should focus on more
earthy tones such as browns, oranges, greens, yellows, peaches, corals, and
also turquoises.
Consider
the shape of your face
Heart/Inverted
Triangle/Diamond Shaped Face:
Earrings:
dangle or drop earrings help to lengthen the face.
Necklaces:
chokers help contrast and soften the sharp angle of the chin.
Round/Square/Triangular
Shaped Face:
Earrings:
try elongated shapes such as ovals, or angular shapes such as rectangles.
Square shaped faces look particularly well in teardrop earrings.
Necklaces:
look for necklaces that elongate your face, typically necklaces that extend
below the neckline (28" to 32").
Rectangular/Oblong
Shaped Face:
Earrings:
choose short or round earrings to contrast the longer face shape.
Necklaces:
chokers, especially if you have a long neck.
Oval
Shaped Face:
Earrings:
dangle earrings (not too long), preferably angular shaped.
Necklaces:
can be either long or short (if long neck, and then chose a shorter necklace)
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