You Have Pear Face Shape?

In the pear face shape, the structure is characterized by a broad, square-ish jaw and a wide chin, contrasting with a comparatively narrower forehead. The fuller face, often accompanied by rounded cheeks, tends to have the forehead tapering gracefully upwards, smaller in proportion to the more pronounced, robust lower half of the face. This face shape is distinctive for its unique, charming interplay between the subtle, refined features of the upper face and the defined, striking contours of the lower face.

Unique Features

• Broad Jaw and Wide Chin: The pear face shape is marked by a broad and often square-ish jaw coupled with a wide chin, defining the lower part of the face distinctly.

• Narrower Forehead: This face shape features a forehead that is noticeably narrower in comparison to the lower facial structure, contributing to the overall tapered appearance of the face.

• Fuller Face with Rounded Cheeks: A characteristic of the pear face shape is its fuller face, typically accompanied by rounded cheeks, accentuating the contrast with the upper face structure.

• Prominent Lower Half: The lower half of the face is robust and pronounced, serving as a distinguishing feature of this face shape.

• Tapering Upper Face: The subtle, refined features of the upper face taper gracefully upwards, creating a distinctive contrast with the more defined, striking contours of the lower face.

Social Perceptions

• Grounded & Stable: The wider jawline tapering to a narrower forehead can be interpreted as a sign of a grounded and stable personality, perhaps indicative of someone reliable and dependable.

• Warm & Inviting: The fuller and rounded cheeks typically associated with a pear face shape may evoke feelings of warmth and friendliness, suggesting an inviting and approachable personality.

• Soft & Gentle: The subtle and refined upper facial features contrasting with the more pronounced lower face can be associated with softness and gentleness, portraying an individual as caring and considerate.

• Harmonious & Balanced: The charming contrast between the upper and lower facial features can create a perception of harmony and balance, possibly representing someone with a well-rounded and even-tempered character.

• Practical & Realistic: The robust and defined lower face may be seen as a symbol of practicality and realism, indicative of a person who is pragmatic and has a realistic outlook on life.

Styling Guide

1. For Ladies
 1.1. Make-up
 1.2. Hair Style
 1.3. Glasses

2. For Gentlemen
 2.1. Hair Style
 2.2. Beard Style
 2.3. Glasses

For Ladies

If you have pear face shape, you know, you look like Minnie Driver with the type of face shape you have. A unique pear shape.

Make-up

When it comes to your make-up, we are going to go for make-up that will give the illusion of a round or oval shaped face. This way it will balance out its proportions. We are going to work this magic using contouring around your jawline so as to make it look slimmer. When contouring use a warm toned bronzer that is a few shades darker than your foundation and work from your ears towards the sides of your lips; we are working on your cheekbones here, and this will give the illusion of a longer face. Highlight your forehead or temples as this will draw attention to the center of your face and away from your chin area.

When it comes to your sexy eyes, we want to use lots of mascara to make your eyes pop! We want to draw attention to these as you do have beautiful eyes, I know I said that a few times already but that is what really caught my attention when I first saw you so I had to mention it again, wink wink. If you are comfortable, I we would also suggest using false lashes or a mascara that has 3d fibers. We will also apply highlighter to your brow bone so as to emphasize the eyes even more.

Now for those kissable lips. Because of your unique face shape, it carries a beauty of its own so we don’t want to do too much with the colours you use. Just keep it neutral; don’t use bright colours, as this can draw more attention to your chin which is not what we are aiming for.

Hair Style

The best hairstyle that matches your look are ones that make your face look slimmer but still celebrate the uniqueness of your shape. That is why we need a hairstyle that will narrow down your face, give it a more rounder look and soften your jawline. Hence wearing a style with volume and layered is the key to achieve this.

We can do this with various lengths such as short, medium or long hair. You could have bangs but it is best kept at a short length so as not to draw the eyes to your lower jaw. Keep the bangs heavy and falling down to your eyebrows or even to your eyes, so it gives your face a shorter look and adds more weight to the top of your face. Having bangs will also narrow down the width of the area around your forehead.

You could wear a short pixie cut with layers to soften the features of your face. You can even sweep the bangs to the side which will look super cute. For medium or long length styles if you decide to pull it back into a ponytail, make sure you have bangs as it will soften your jawline. You can have a side parting if you like but make sure it is deep as this will balance out the width of your chin.

If you want you can pull your hair back, but keep some wisps of hair falling down the sides of your face as this really does soften your chin and gives your face an overall softer look. Straight or curly with long hair is fine but get a centre parting with the hair falling down the sides of your face. This will frame your gorgeous face and draw attention to your beautiful eyes.

Glasses

Finally, lets finish off your look with the perfect sunglasses for your face shape. Because of your strong jawline and high cheekbones we want glasses that will balance out your features so go for frames that are round but small in size. You can also go for rectangular frames as these will also have the same effect as round frames but make sure they are a little more wider than your forehead.

Cat-eye frames will also look fabulous on your type of face shape as they will balance out the proportions of your face, just make sure to get ones with a bit of design in the details of the frames at the top of the glasses as this will draw the attention of the person looking at you upwards towards your eyes and temple area and away from the bottom half of your face. Now we have an even better looking super cute eye stunner with your make over. You’re all set to go!

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For Gentlemen

“You know you got a pear shaped face right? You got that Brad Pitt face shape AND you look a little like him too! But you do know as you have a strong jaw area with wide cheekbones you need to go for haircuts that are medium length to compliment your features, right? If not, then let me fill you in a little on that.

Hair Style

You see, these types of haircuts help to balance out the proportions of your face such as your strong jawline; which is what stands out the most on your type of face shape. You can go for a style with a fringe which can be swept to the side, this style will give your forehead a fuller look so it balances out with the lower half of your face. You can also go for a quiff style that’s textured, comb over or even have a side parting put in. These styles also even out the prominence of your chin and jawline areas.

A pompadour will also work the same magic on your face as it has volume on the top so it will make your forehead look less narrow, and add a little length to your face so the bottom half doesn’t look so heavy; this way it balances out the overall dimensions of your face.

As far as hair lengths go, your hair can be tight curls; such as an afro – so you know it makes sense to get styles with volume at the top! If your hair is straight, that’s cool as well. Just make sure there’s lots of texture in the style you get.

Beard Style

If you have a pear face shape and wondering if having a beard might suit you? The answer is yes. Although a clean shave looks mighty sexy on guys with your face shape, but if you want to grow a beard you can also get away with it; just don’t grow it too bushy or big so as not to emphasize the bottom half of your face too much. Bare in mind though, if you chose to grow a beard is why it is essential that you get a hairstyle with volume at the top so as to balance the bottom half and overall proportions of your face.

Glasses

Now for my favorite part; the sunglasses to complete your new look.

Because of the prominence of your cheekbones and jaw area together with a narrow forehead is why you should go for sunglasses with smaller frames; such as round or square frames. You can also go for sunglasses with soft angles. Another style of frames that will help minimise the overall width of your face due to your wide cheekbones are frames that are wider on the bottom half. Go for light colors as well as this also helps. 

So you see? When you know what works with your face shape; regardless of its unique features, you will always look your best when you walk out your front door to face the world. It’s easy to find fault with what we don’t like about ourselves, but when you embrace what you have and work with it you can never go wrong.

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