There are a number of generally accepted standards, according to which a person’s appearance is considered ideal or close to ideal. Thus, even the ancient Greek sculptors, inspired by the beauty of the human body, tried to convey in their sculptures the so-called “correct” facial features, characterized by proportionality and harmony. Since those times, little has changed: in the fashion and beauty industry, ideas about ideal appearance have been preserved to this day.
For example, if you read an interview with the notorious plastic surgeon from the USA, Dr. Palmer, you can conclude that the most important role in the visual perception of appearance is played not by the eyes, lips or nose, but by the cheeks. A person's attractiveness, Palmer notes, depends 75% on how pronounced his cheekbones are, while the remaining 25% is made up of lips, nose, neck, chin, and skin condition.
If you can achieve perfect skin with the help of proper care, then changing the structure of your face without the help of a plastic surgeon is not so easy, but it is still possible. But knowing what cheekbones are and what the features of the bone structure of a person’s head are, you can easily determine your type of appearance and correctly correct imperfections using makeup.
What are cheekbones and where are they located?
So, if we turn to science and look for the word “cheekbone” in an anatomical dictionary, we will find the following definition:
“The cheekbone is a section of bone that forms the eye socket, with its sharp end protruding slightly under the eye.”
If you look at an anatomical atlas to see in a picture or photo where the cheekbones are on the face, you can conclude that in a person they are located at the same level where the inner opening of the ear is located.
Let's move on from anatomy to how to determine where the cheekbones are on your face. If you look at a photo of beautiful cheekbones, you can understand that this is the most protruding part of the cheeks, which is located at the level of the middle of the ears. However, their shape plays a decisive role in the perception of cheekbones.
To find out the location and shape of your cheekbones, you need to:
- stand in front of the mirror;
- retract your cheeks as much as possible;
- now your cheekbones are as visible as possible, and you can carefully examine them;
- To determine the line of your cheekbones, you can also place your index finger between your ear and the edge of your mouth - in this position it will be directly under your finger.
For maximum accuracy, ask someone to take a photo of you with your cheeks retracted when performing the diagnosis. A printed photo allows you not only to examine the location and line of the cheekbones more carefully than in the mirror, but also to determine their shape by tracing the protruding parts in the photo with a felt-tip pen.
In men and women, cheekbones have different shapes and locations. As a rule, in men they are located low and have a flat shape. It is guys with such cheekbones who are given preference when selecting for modeling agencies, because the guy in the photo with a masculine appearance is able to win the heart of more than one lady. As for female cheekbones, in the fair sex they are more rounded and more pronounced than in men.
If you pay attention to photos of celebrities who at different times were considered ideals of female beauty, you can note a similar feature, namely expressive cheekbones, giving the appearance both femininity and expressiveness.
By the way, not all famous women were given beautiful cheekbones by nature. Many of them turned to plastic surgery in order to achieve ideal appearance features. However, many successful photos of Hollywood beauties are just the result of knowing your face shape and well-chosen makeup.
We will talk about the secrets of determining the shape of the cheekbones and their correction below.
Description of methods
Before cheekbone reduction is carried out using any of the methods, a photo of the patient is taken, which will subsequently help to compare the appearance before and after the manipulations.
- Liposuction is performed under general anesthesia and lasts about an hour. First, markings are applied to the skin with a special marker, and a drug is injected into the adipose tissue to liquefy it. Then, using cannulas connected to a vacuum apparatus, the fat is pumped out through small incisions (several millimeters). At the final stage, the incisions are sutured and a bandage is applied.
- Malarplasty is performed under general anesthesia and lasts up to two hours. Access is through an external or intraoral incision. Then the bone tissue is polished. Finally, the incisions are sutured and a bandage is put on.
What are the shapes of cheekbones depending on the type of face?
Among all the possible options for the location and shape of the cheekbones, five main types can be distinguished. Let's look at them in more detail.
High cheekbones
For a long time, high cheekbones have been considered the ideal of beauty in women and men. According to physiognomy, pronounced cheekbones are a sign of strength, love of freedom, and self-confidence. You can easily verify this by looking at images or photos of rulers of different countries. Regardless of the era, it was these traits that were predominantly endowed with outstanding commanders, emperors, kings, and presidents. Thus, high cheekbones play the role of an external sign by which their owner is subconsciously perceived as a person with pronounced leadership qualities.
How to define high cheekbones? It is enough to pay attention to the facial features by looking at your successful photo from the front. With a high position, the cheekbone originates at the temple, becomes narrower downwards, and has a bend near the eye sockets. At the same time, it may stand out clearly, or it may not be noticeable at all, but the face will always seem narrowed downwards. Most often, this type of cheekbone can be found in women with a heart-shaped, oval or elongated face type. As for nationality, high cheekbones are most common in women with exotic appearance, for example, when a woman’s family includes representatives of different nationalities. However, this type is also not uncommon for Europeans.
Advice: if by the will of nature you are the lucky owner of high cheekbones, it is very important to monitor fluctuations in your weight. So, a couple of extra kilos will immediately make your cheeks plump, but being too thin, on the contrary, will make you look unhealthy and sickly.
The main advantage that high cheekbones provide is the absence of the need to apply bright makeup every day. With such an expressive type of appearance, a discreet make-up in neutral colors will be enough to highlight the natural beauty.
High cheekbones - photo by Angelina Jolie
Low cheekbones
They are found, as a rule, in men. But for female appearance, a low location of the cheekbone is also not uncommon. If you compare male and female low cheekbones in the photo, you will notice a visible similarity, despite the fact that female features are still softer. In this case, the cheekbone originates near the corners of the mouth, gently curving, ending at the earlobes. Most often found with face shapes such as triangle, square, circle.
If we talk about the visual perception of this type of appearance, it can be noted that people with low cheekbones are seen by others as conservative, inclined to reach compromises for the sake of their own peace of mind. At the same time, it is inner peace that is the main strength of people with this type of appearance, as it allows them to achieve even the most difficult goals. This is confirmed by the fact that among people with low cheekbones there are many who have achieved significant success in show business - for example, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston or Christina Ricci.
Low cheekbones - photo by Christina Ricci
Wide cheekbones
Looking at the photo of wide cheekbones, you will notice that in most cases they visually duplicate the shape of the chin. This type is usually found in women with round or square shaped faces. If you look at the photos of girls who had Mongols in their family, you will notice that most of them have exactly this type, which is why this type is also called “Mongolian cheekbones.” Wide cheekbones are also called a trademark among top models, and this image is often created artificially with the help of makeup to give faces more expressiveness on the catwalk. In real life, wide female cheekbones are combined with a wide face, and therefore applying a large amount of makeup may be inappropriate. Owners of this type should be careful with facial contouring, especially using blush.
Wide cheekbones - photo by Keira Knightley
Centered cheekbones
This arrangement is considered quite rare. The first thing that sets the owner of centrally located cheekbones apart from other girls is the characteristic “apples” (bulges) when smiling. Most often, this type of cheekbone arrangement occurs in people with an oval, elongated or heart-shaped face. Among the celebrities you can find many famous girls with cheekbones in the center of the face: Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman. However, it is worth remembering that perfect photos of Hollywood movie stars are the result of careful work by makeup artists. In real life, owners of such an unusual appearance should be careful with makeup, since if they are too highlighted they can distract attention from the eyes and lips.
Centered cheekbones - photo by Halle Berry
Small cheekbones
The last type that we will consider is the structure of the bone, in which the zygomatic part is not distinguished by its large size and expressive shape. As a rule, it occurs in girls with a round face type. How to identify small cheekbones? It is enough to smile at yourself in front of the mirror: if your cheeks do not rise, then you belong to this type of appearance. Those who have ever traveled to Asia, or are familiar with the culture of Asian countries, know that small cheekbones are a traditional type of appearance for them, and therefore this type of facial bone arrangement is also called “Asian cheekbones.” This type of bone structure can be found in many stars, for example, Julia Roberts or Victoria Beckham. The secret of attractiveness in this case will depend on well-chosen makeup, which will help make prominent cheekbones for those who do not have them prominent enough.
Small cheekbones - photo of Victoria Beckham
So, we looked at what cheekbones are and how they look with different face shapes. In order to make your cheekbones more expressive, there are simple makeup rules, following which you can achieve higher, lower cheekbones, hide excessively large cheekbones or visually enlarge small ones.
How to get expressive cheekbones
To change the shape of your cheekbones non-surgically, there are two ways:
- Performing special exercises and massages that can pump them up;
- Visual correction using makeup.
How to make cheekbones more expressive is written in the article of the same name, but here we will talk about their visual correction.
The rules for cheekbone makeup are quite simple: you need to know your face type, as well as the shape and size of your cheekbones.
- For a round face, you should use a minimal amount of makeup, and do not try to draw a prominent cheekbone line. On this type of face, the cheekbones will appear wide. In order to hide wide cheekbones in women, you should use blush in cool light shades, additionally applying them to the wings of the nose, temples and jaw line.
- Those with an oval face type should strive to achieve a natural effect. Naturally high cheekbones are found in women with exactly this appearance, and therefore all that remains is to slightly highlight the sides of the face using light powder or highlighter.
- A square face with low-set cheekbones can be easily corrected by applying dark shades of blush to the sides of the forehead. In order to visually reduce them and give it a rounded shape, it is necessary to darken the area underneath them. To complete the contouring, light highlights are created on the chin and in the center of the forehead.
- For a triangular face type, the main corrective technique is to darken the hairline and jawline using dark shades. The same should be done with the area of the tip of the chin and the wings of the nose. But the area of the eyes, the back of the nose and the middle of the chin, on the contrary, needs to be lightened. This can be done using light powder or highlighter.
- If you are the happy owner of an elongated face , and, most likely, “ideal” high cheekbones, all that remains to be done is to minimally darken the cheekbone area and the tip of the chin. The area of the bridge of the nose and the center of the forehead is lightened with white powder.
Correct cheekbone makeup
So, there are different types of female and male appearance depending on the location and size of the cheekbones. Traditionally, tall ones that taper downward are considered ideal. Small cheekbones, excessively narrow, or, conversely, wide cheekbones require correction with makeup.
We note that cheekbones are an individual feature of each person, but whether it is beautiful or not depends on fashion trends and the era.
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Stellar examples
Among the stars there are many examples of appearance with large cheekbones. Highly raised raised cheeks are considered fashionable. No one considers this feature a disadvantage. Many even specifically pump in fillers and undergo plastic surgery to acquire clearly defined contours. Many celebrities have outstanding cheekbones: Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore, Paris Hilton, Alexa Chung, Mena Suvari, Jodie Kidd, Kate Moss.
Angelina Jolie and Demi Moore
Paris Hilton and Alexa Chung
A face with wide cheekbones can hardly be called a defect. Many people strive for this type of appearance. It is necessary to specifically correct an individual characteristic in exceptional cases. Although the correct selection of haircut, styling, and makeup for a holistic harmony of appearance has not been canceled.
Useful tips for choosing a haircut and hairstyle for other face types:
- for trapezoidal face;
- for rectangular;
- for triangular;
- for round;
- for elongated;
- for oval.
