How ear piercings can help contour your face shape

Did you know that the placement of your ear-piercings can help contour your face shape?

For the past year I’ve been studying computer generated images of ear piercings — by moving the piercing around to various sides and positions of the ear you can see subtle alterations and lifts in the face shape.

Equally, covering your ears with sparkly diamonds works like an optical illusion; the earring draws the eye out making the cheekbone seem more lifted. The effect is very subtle and unique to each person’s face shape, but these little tricks 100 per cent make a difference.

If you want to lift the cheek area, draw an imaginary line from the cheekbone with your finger towards the ear. Place your ear piercing slightly higher than where the lineends on the outer rim of the ear.

Sometimes people want to make their ears look smaller. To do this, place an earring in a position close to your face on the inner part of your ear, where it will draw the eye back in to the face as opposed to outwards to the edge of the ear.

To soften a heavy jawline, keep any outer piercings about 3mm lower than the middle point of the ear, just at the top of the lobe.