Earrings can add the perfect accent to any look and the earring styles out there today are virtually endless. Yet earrings can be categorized into a handful of basic types which are stud or post earrings, hoop earrings, French Hook Earrings, and Chandelier/Dangle Earrings. Some types tend to look better on particular face shapes more than others. Thinking in terms of what your basic face shape is can help you find your most flattering earrings.

ROUND: Long earrings can help make a round face look less round. Long drops and chandeliers on a French hook or post mount are usually the most flattering earrings for this face shape. Larger angular earrings may also work well. Stud earrings, tiny earrings and button or ball shaped earrings should be avoided for the most part as they tend to do nothing for a round face. Round hoops may not be the most flattering earrings for a round face shape either, but longer oval or angular open designs may work.

HEART OR TRIANGULAR: Since this face shape is wider in the forehead and narrower in the chin, the most flattering earrings for this type are often wider on the bottom and narrower on top. Inverted triangles and regular teardrops tend to compliment the angles of a heart-shaped or triangular face. Round hoops don't usually flatter this face shape, but oval earrings may work nicely.

OBLONG: Studs and button earrings tend to suit this long face shape as they bring the eye up and don't appear to be dragging the face downward. Round hoops usually look good and chandeliers on a French hook or post mount can often compliment this face shape as well since they are wider dangling earrings. Multi-layered styles can be the most flattering longer earrings for oblong face shapes.

SQUARE: This face shape tends to have a strong jaw line and larger round hoops can be the most flattering earrings to compliment the look of a square jaw. Square earrings of any size or style generally aren't the best kind for a square face. Dangling earring styles do usually work with this face shape.

OVAL: Since the oval is considered the most versatile face shape, just about any shape and style of earrings may be flattering. The thing to remember is to pick sizes that suit your build and to experiment to find the most flattering earrings for you. Round hoop earrings and stud or post earrings may work better than long styles such as those that hang from a French hook.

This collection of French Hook Earrings includes a variety of styles with Gold or Sterling Silver French Hooks. The French Hook Earring Collection also includes designs created with only one type of gemstone or multi-stones that include Green or Blue Turquoise, Coral, Mother of Pearl, Jet, Magnesite, Malachite, Onyx, Opal, or Lapis.

Silver jewelry dates back to the beginning of 3000 BC. It has been found in some modern day burial excavations of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. Mines around Anatolia, which is the area around modern day Turkey. It’s considered one of the first major sources of Silver. In 2500 B.C., the Chaldeans were the first culture to extract the metal Silver from other ores, which left behind slag piles. In the 20th Century, major Silver discoveries were found in Utah, Colorado, and Nevada. Today, the city of Taxco in Mexico is considered the modern center of fine Silverwork.
The Silver with the most popularity used for making jewelry such as Silver Post Earrings is Sterling Silver, which is 92.5% Silver and 7.25% Copper. Its characteristics of a light color, malleability, and strength make this a wonderful metal to work with. Sterling Silver jewelry, for example, Sterling Silver French Hook Earrings, is usually marked for fineness.

Gold is considered the most malleable and ductile of all known metals. Metal smiths may use one ounce of Gold to beat one Gold sheet measuring approximately five meters on a side. This thin sheet of Gold is known as Gold Leaf. Most often it is used in arts and crafts for gilding. A single sheet of gold leaf can be beaten as thin as 0.000127 millimeters or close to 400 times thinner than a human hair. Actual Pure Gold is too soft to work by itself; therefore, Gold alloys are used to make such objects as Gold French Hook Earrings, decorative items, coins, and dental fillings.