Don’t you just love that you can wear the same earrings you wore in high school? Perhaps we can, but should we? What should we consider when choosing the perfect earring to match our ensemble? When chosen wisely, earrings can enhance your best features, as well as add color and personality to an outfit. This article provides some essential tips to make sure that you get it right every time.
Color
The first consideration should always be color. If the color of your earrings doesn’t match your outfit or dress then you risk the colors clashing and this won’t look good. If your outfit is multi-colored, the best option is to choose one of its less prominent colors and match your earrings with that shade.
Occasion
The next step is to think about the occasion. If it is a conservative event, then you might want something less showy like a pair of stud earrings. For occasions such as these, choose plain colors like gold or silver and avoid anything that is too colorful or dressy.
For a party, you can feel free to go for something with a bit of color provided that it matches your outfit and doesn’t clash with the overall look; for dinner, you might want to choose something with more bling.
Tassels are a good choice for all day wear.
Face Shape
Next, one should consider their face shape. You should try and choose earrings that are opposite to the features of your face.
Women with round shaped faces look best in long angular styles. Earrings with elongated lines and curves will be most flattering to heart shaped faces. Elongated, dangling and hoop earrings are most flattering for square shaped faces. Long dangle earrings tend to minimize the length of very narrow faces.
Not sure about your face shape or want a pair of earrings for all occasions? Sparkly Studs may be a great option. They will take you from casual wear on the weekends to a fancy event.
If you are lucky enough to have an oval shaped face then just about every style of earring should suit you.
Hairstyle and Hair Color
Finally, your hairstyle and color will impact the best earrings. Women with short hair can get away with just about anything when it comes to earrings. If you have a short hairstyle, don’t be afraid to experiment with both small, subtle earrings and more elaborate styles to see what suits you the best. For women with long hair, smaller earrings are often less suitable because they tend to get covered up. If you are going to wear your hair up, your choices are endless.
Although there are no set rules for choosing earrings based on hair color, if you have blonde or a more golden hair color, gold earrings may be more flattering on you than platinum. Likewise, dark haired women tend to find platinum to be more complimentary. If you have red hair, gold is striking, but you may want to venture into rose gold which I think looks stunning on most redheads.
Final Thoughts
Women also need to think about the other type of jewelry they will be wearing. Be careful that the earrings don’t clash with some of the other accessories that you might be wearing and instead look for colors that will complement each other or choose a matching set of jewelry. Above all, don’t be afraid to wear those earrings that that show your unique style!
Earrings should be fun and make a statement about who you are. Why not experiment a bit and see what earring designs work best for you? Earrings can be a fun and flattering way to enhance your wardrobe as well as your appearance. We have a large selection of earrings in our store; you are sure to find one that suits you!
This was so helpful. I’m not much of a jewelry person so I rarely think about which earrings to wear. This gave me some good tips to go by.
Thanks for stopping by, and glad you found it helpful.
Love the earring and face match up recommendations. I like wearing big bulky or stud type earrings (oblong face) rather than the dangles. Dangles make my already short neck look shorter – lol.
Glad it was helpful, and sometimes we just know what is right.
I tend to only wear my studs because they don’t hurt my ears. Anything not white gold starts hurting my ears after a few hours.
I’d love to be able to match my earings with my outfit.
I understand, and experience similar. I have found I can wear Sterling Silver for about 6 hours, so have been getting my color fix that way.
I live earrings but anything other than pure gold or gold plated hurts and gives me blisters after a few minutes. I ggo ttis from my mom. I wish I could wear any one I wish but too bad! I like the details you give about earrings and the face structure.
Yes, I tend to have the same issue, but have found that I can wear sterling silver for several hours.
I love earrings but anything other than pure gold or gold plated hurts and gives me blisters after a few minutes. I got thisls from my mom. I wish I could wear any one I wish but too bad! I like the details you give about earrings and the face structure.
I love Rose Gold and more of an auburn shade of hair, but still very pretty! I never thought much about the shape of earrings with my face shape! I’ll have to pay closer attention next time! Great tips!
You are right on with the color tip! I love the perfect pop of color on my earrings. It draws attention upwards to my face. I have to wear nickle-free jewelry, and I am SO glad more and more companies are aware that’s an issue for people these days.
Thanks for the tip on nickle free jewelry. And love that the color draws attention upward.
There are some great tips here Robin. Thanks👍 Wearing the earrings that fit the occasion is important. We want to stand out in a crowd of course but not because we look ridiculous
Love your comment about standing out, but not too much – just right!
These are good to know. I must have been missing on this face shapes info. Now, it sounded like finding out what eyeglasses shape fits you. Hair color and hair length also make a lot of sense.
Glad this was helpful. Good comment about the eyeglasses.