When looking for the perfect must have pair of sunglasses, the most important thing to take into consideration is how they will look on your face. When people go shopping for sunglasses they normally try on every pair in the store, trying to find a pair that is flattering. But what if you could make your search for the perfect pair of fashion sunglasses hassle free?

Well you can, all you need to do is determine your face shape and your coloring and then you will be able to determine which sunglass frame shape and color is best for you. Choosing the perfect sunglass frames is easy if you follow the three key steps that the Vision Council of America outlined in their Envision Yourself Program. The three most important things to remember are: the sunglass frame should compliment your face shape, the frames should showcase the best feature on your face and the size of the frames should be in scale with your face shape.

Overview of Face Shapes

There are seven basic face silhouettes and once you determine which one you fall under you will be able to pick the perfect pair of fashion sunglasses. The seven face silhouettes are diamond, round, oval, square, oblong, base down triangle and base up triangle. It is important to be aware of your face shape because this will determine the type of sunglasses you select.

Round: A round face has curved lines, no angles and the length and width have the same proportion. Look for sunglasses that are narrow to lengthen your face, such as rectangular sunglasses.

Oval: An oval face is thought of to be the perfect shape. Look for sunglasses that are wide at the broadest part of your face.

Base Down Triangle: This face shape is narrow at the forehead and wider at the chin. Sunglasses which are wider in shape look best on a person with this face shape.

Base-Up Triangle: This type of face is wider at the top half of the face and narrow at the bottom of the face. If you have this face shape you should choose a light colored frame or rimless sunglasses to draw attention away from the top half of your face.

Square: This type of face has a strong jaw and a broad forehead. Sunglass frames that have more width will compliment this face shape.

Diamond: A person with this face shape has a narrow jaw line, with wider cheek bones. Rimless or cat eye sunglasses look good on this face shape.

Oblong: This type of face shape is longer than it is wide and has a straight cheek line. Try sunglass frames that have depth to add dimension to the structure of your face.

Skin color is also very important when purchasing fashion sunglasses. Skin tones fall into two categories cool or warm. A cool complexion has blue or pink undertones and a warm complexion has yellow and gold undertones. I f you have cool coloring select sunglass frames that are blue, black, brown, plum or magenta. If you have warm coloring choose peach, gold, copper, orange, tan or off white fashion sunglass frames.

Remember that you want to be completely satisfied with your sunglass purchase because you will be the one wearing them every day so you definitely want to like your sunglass selection. If you want to be completely happy with your sunglass purchase follow this guideline to help choose the best sunglass frames that suit your face shape and coloring.