Hoop earrings have remained popular accessories for centuries with regal women, creative individuals and fashion-conscious women alike seem to enjoy their use. These earrings are not just beautiful, but also reflect a woman’s personality and mood dur to their versatility when worn. It can be said that hoops will fit any woman’s wardrobe, but they also allow a woman access to more than one type of earring that works for her; they give versatility to her wardrobe. 

Choosing hoop earrings is not just about choosing the most fashionable design; it is about finding women’s earrings that work with your face shape, jewellery style preferences, and your wardrobe. This guide will take you through each aspect of hoop earrings in detail, including the right size, thickness, and metal for your finger; and how to choose the best hoop style to complement the individual features of your face. We will also go over some designs for earrings made from silver, classic stud earrings, and modern designs incorporating gemstones, which are great ways to expand your options for styling earrings in the future.

Why Every Woman’s Collection Should Include Hoop Earrings

Hoop earrings provide an additional style component to an outfit as their circular design naturally frames the face. Hoop earrings draw attention to defining features including the cheekbone, jaw line, and eye area. Silver earrings for women and bold oxidised earrings are the two most common styles of hoop earrings. The design of hoops creates balance and symmetry within your entire outfit.

Hoop earring styles fit into a number of jewellery collections. For someone with a love for sleek, minimal silver jewellery and a small collection of bracelets, a medium-sized thin hoop will provide the perfect amount of shine. Oxidised earrings or traditional hoop earrings designed with embellishments provide an interesting and dramatic touch to an outfit for an individual who wears heavier earring designs based on culture.

The fact that hoops are so versatile also means that if you have multiple placements on your ears, you can also have them paired with stud earrings. By layering a set of small stud earrings with medium-sized hoop earrings, you can create a fashionable "earstack" look that is an elegant addition to your modern edge.

Determine Your Face Shape Before Purchasing Hoop Earrings

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One of the most important things to consider when selecting hoop earrings is the type of your face shape. Each type of face shape: oval, round, square, heart, diamond, or rectangular, has different reactions to the various styles of hoops. This section will help you understand what your face shape is and what styles of earrings will work best with your natural proportions.

Below are the details of each type of face shape, including our recommendations for hoop earring styles as well as other options including oxidised, stud, and stone earrings, to help you build a complete collection of different styles to wear together.

1. Hoop Earrings for Oval Faces

An oval face has perfect symmetry and is balanced vertically and horizontally. An oval face is a little longer than it is wide and has a rounded shape without sharp features.

The benefit of having an oval face is that most earring styles (like large silver earrings for women to sleek hoops) will look great and will work with your proportions.

What Hoops Work Best with an Oval Face?

Thin Large Hoops: Of all of the hoop shapes, the thin, large hoop will work best with your oval face because it will not overwhelm your beautiful features.

Elongated Oval or Tear Drop Hoop Styles: These elongated hoops will help define your cheekbones, giving your face more definition.

Geometric Hoop Styles: Square or rectangular shapes make excellent geometric shapes and look great with your oval shaped face because they emphasise symmetry.

Other Styles to Consider

If you want to try something different, stud earrings and stone earrings will highlight the symmetry of your oval face and, when worn with oxidised earrings, are perfect to wear with ethnic clothing.

Why These Choices Work

An oval face can wear jewellery in both subtle and bold styles. When selecting jewellery to wear with an outfit, consider the occasion and how it will work with your overall appearance.

2. Hoops for Round Face Shapes

A round face is characterized by full cheeks, smooth curves and a circular shape, with the width and height being equal. When considering hoop earring choices for these types of faces, you'll want to focus on visually elongating round faces, while simultaneously creating angles.

The Best Hoops for Round Face Shapes

Long, slim-hoops: These types of hoops provide an elongation effect.

Geometric (such as rectangular and triangular): Geometric hoops give more structured and sharp lines.

Hoops that are neither too thick nor too thin (medium-thickness): You want these to be thick enough so they do not add excessive width to the face; yet you want them to be thin enough that they do not look overly fragile.

Hoops to Avoid

Extra-large round hoops will accentuate the roundness of your face.

Compelling Choices

Your best earring options are stud earrings with geometric angles (like triangles and rectangular shapes) because they create contrast to the roundness of your face. Stone drop earrings with a longer, more slender shape also help to elongate your face visually.

Why it Works

The length and angles that you will add to your appearance, counteract the roundness of your face; therefore, producing a more defined and sculpted visual effect.

3. Square Face Shapes That Use Hoop Earrings

A square-shaped face typically has a strong jawline and a large forehead. It is important to choose styles of hoop earrings that are flattering to this type of face shape by creating a softer appearance around the jawline and forehead.

Best Types Of Hoop Earrings To Wear On Square Faces

- Round hoop earrings; round hoops help soften the sharp angles of a square face.

- Hoop earrings with rounded accent beads, such as pearl and/or crystal.

- Women’s curved silver earring styles; these styles offer the brightest contrast to the shape of your face.

What To Avoid

Do not wear boxy-style or oversized earrings; these types of earrings will highlight the sharp edges of a square face.

Alternatives To Hoop Earrings

Round-stone earrings with rounded designs, oxidised designs with round motifs, and soft, feminine floral or natural looks.

Why Do They Work?

Softly-formed curves balance out the strong lines on the square face, resulting in a softer, overall femininity.

Read more: Silver Hoop Earrings & Styling FAQs Explained

4. Hoop Earrings for Heart-Shaped Faces

Heart shaped faces have a broad forehead and a more narrow chin. The goal of choosing women's earrings should be to create balance by adding width near the jawline creating a better look with your most narrow lower face.

Good choices of hoop earrings for heart shaped face:

1) Teardrop hoops: these are wider at the bottom which creates a visual mass beneath the bottom of your chin and are therefore good for heart shapes. 

2) Medium to large hoops: create facial symmetry and balance.

3) Hoops with dangling charms: extend the appearance of volume beneath the earlobe, making your chin look wider.

Other choices of earrings:

Studs worn higher on the ear, small oxidised earrings, small stone drop-style earrings, etc., help to visually harmonise your face.

The reasoning behind this styling choice is that the styles discussed above create proportionality by creating an illusion of a wider chin area.

5. Diamond Face Shapes - Hoop Earrings

The diamond face has a narrow forehead and chin, with broad cheekbones. The purpose of hoop earrings for diamond-shaped faces is to soften the broadness of the cheekbones by adding balance either at the top of the face or at the bottom.

The Best Type of Hoop Earrings for Diamond Faces:

- Medium Hoops: This is the best choice because it maintains the same proportion as your face, but it doesn't add too much.

- Curved Hoops with Soft Lines: This complements the angular features of your face. It adds harmony to angular features.

- Open Hoops: This style of hoop is perfect for diamond shapes because it adds dimension without looking heavy.

Other Choices That Work Well with Diamond Face Shapes:

- Studs with Oval-Shaped Stones

- Oxidised earrings with smooth lines

- Simple, elegant women's silver earrings

How It Works:

The curved shapes create a balance between angular high cheekbones and the rest of your features.

Read more:  5 Elegant Workwear Hoop Earrings Perfect for You

Selecting Your Hoop Size and Thickness

The first thing to consider is your face shape, but determining what size hoops will give you a balanced and flattering appearance should also be top of mind.

1. Small Hoops (10-20mm)

Good for:

Minimalists

Office wear

Worn as part of an "ear stack" with stud earrings

Small hoops can be worn in a collections style (to create that layered effect) or as part of an elegant silver collection, so if you're doing something natural and classic, wear them with something like an onyx Halite or Black Obsidian stone stud.

2. Medium Hoops (25-40mm)

Used for:

Everyday wear; perfect for casual outfits and a reasonable alternative to stud earrings.

Good for woman jewellery essentials - Compatible with; most face shapes for any size hoop earrings. Medium hoops are great!

3. Large Hoops (50mm and larger)

Best suited for:

Bold Fashion Statement Making; best with monochrome outfits, sleek updos, and earrings featuring hi-tech stone-dominated designs.

The following are tips regarding hoop earring thickness;

Thin hoops; elegant/versatile for everyday wear.

Thick hoops; clearly defined structure to provide dramatic effect.

Ultimately, your face shape will be the key factor in determining whether thin or thick hoops will suit you best.

Metal and Colour: How to Match Your Hoops to Your Style

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Hoops (hoop earrings) come in different types of metals and each of those metals can change your look.

Silver Hoop Earrings

A silver hoop is a great option for women that love clean, minimalist type looks. Silver jewellery compliments those with cool skin tones and also works well with everyday type clothing. Silver earrings have a timeless and versatile nature.

Oxidised Hoop Earrings

Oxidised hoops will suit ethnic, bohemian (boho), and Indo-Western styles of outfits. Oxidised earrings create an additional element to one's appearance and provide an artistic or "bohemian" quality to your outfit.

Stone Studded Hoops

Stone earrings with stones embedded into the hoop or earring also add a unique touch and can look beautiful with dressy or party-style outfits.

How to Wear Hoops for Any Occasion

Everyday Business Attire: Small Hoop Earrings and Studs, Silver Jewelry, and Neutral Makeup.

Cultural Celebrations: Oxidised hoop earrings with large ethnic designs, and tied-back hair.

Evening Cocktail Parties: Large Central Station Stone Hoop Earrings, and Bold Medium Hoops, with Statement Dresses.

Casual Weekend Wear: Medium Hoop Earrings and Basic Denim Outfits, with either Loose Soft Waves or a Casual Ponytail.

Read more: Hoops 101: Master the Art of Styling Hoop Earrings For a Polished Look

Best Practice to Pair the Different Types of Hoops

Hoops can complement studs as an excellent pairing. This classic combo features the following:

- Large hoop as the centrepiece,

- Very small stud earrings in the upper piercings,

- Stone stud for an additional sparkle.

The layered look of this combination creates a modern, symmetrical, and very feminine appearance.

Maintenance of Hoop Earrings

- Store your hoop earrings in a separate pouch

- Wipe down the earrings after each use

- Keep your hoop earrings away from direct perfume application.

- Ensure your oxidised hoop earrings are kept dry.

- Clean silver mines regularly.

Read more: 5 Elegant Workwear Hoop Earrings Perfect for You

To assist with selecting hoop earrings that coordinate with your unique sense of style, please refer to the following guide for fashionable, balanced, and flattering options that celebrate your individual expression. Explore our silver earrings for women on our website or visit the nearest GIVA store today!

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