Shopping for earrings and don’t know where to start? The choices are delightfully endless! In this guide, we hope to tell you all you need to know about earring styles, sizes, and how to match your earring measurements with the best ear adornment for you.

The right earrings for your face shape

Know that, the best earrings for you will create an impression of subtle elegance or make a bold statement. It will enhance your features and complement your face shape and your skin tone.

Although liking the design of an earring is the fun part, be sure to stick to the size, shape, and colours that work for you and the overall look you’re after, so that you make the desired impression.

Every ear and piercing is different, so not every earring size will fit or look the same for everyone. Lobes are the traditional place for a piercing but cartilage piercings along the ear helix and on the conch and tragus have also become very popular.

Follow these guidelines and enjoy choosing your next pair of earrings from our earrings size, shape and style chart.

Facial bone structure vs. earring style

Types of earrings and the look they create

Studs are relatively small and are the most versatile and easy-to-wear style of earring. Pearls and gemstones are a classic stud choice with their neutral colours, lustre, and sparkle. Small studs are particularly suited to a multi-piercing look and are often paired with huggies, hoops and dangling chains.

Dangle or drop earrings, threaders and pendant chains hang below the ear lobe in varying lengths, creating length and interest, elongating a rounder face and complementing a long graceful neck.

Hoops & Huggies size guide

Shopping for hoops or huggies and don’t know where to start? The choices are delightfully endless! In this guide, we hope to tell you all you need to know about hoop styles, sizes, and how to match your hoop earring measurements with the best ear adornment for you.

Styling of your hoop or huggie

Hoops are circular earrings, usually made of metal that fasten with hinged-backs. Some hoop designs with a twist include elongated loops or j-shaped hoops, creole styles which are broader in the middle than at the top, and half-hoops that are open-ended or c-shaped and fasten with a post back.

Hoop earrings can be plain, textured, set with beads, gemstones or hung with cute earring charms called hooplets. Hoop sizes vary from very small, to classic mid-size and large statement hoops.

Huggies are dainty hoops that just touch the edge of your ear. They are often thicker than small hoops and are popular daily-wear earrings and second or third piercing champions.

The width of a hoop or huggie earring is also a style factor. Slim hoops are more casual while wider hoops are more glamorous, but it also depends on the combination of size and width. Small and wide can also be classic and elegant.

Styling Tips

How to measure for the desired hoop and huggie size

Every ear and piercing is different, so not every size earring will fit the same for everyone, particularly small hoops and huggies which require precise measurement. For hoops, the best way to know what size is best for you is to measure from your piercing to the inner rim of the hoop or huggie.

Step 1: For precision, use a ruler with millimetre markings. Hold the ruler up to your ear and measure the distance between the piercing and the edge of your earlobe/helix/conch.

Step 2: Decide where you want the other edge of the hoop/huggie to rest. Do you want it to touch your ear (huggie) or to have a little space in-between (hoop: small, medium or large)? This will be your inside-hoop measurement.

Add 0.1-0.2cm to your measurement if the hoop measurement is given by outer diameter.

Standard hoop sizes

Both hoops and huggies are suited to a multi-piercing look and are almost as versatile as studs. Lobes are the traditional place for piercings but cartilage piercings along the ear helix and on the conch and ear tragus have become very popular.

Depending on where the earring is worn on the ear, a different measurement will be required. The smallest huggies are worn on the helix and the tragus.

Follow these guidelines and enjoy shopping for your next pair of hoop earrings by choosing your preferred hoop size here.

Huggies:

Small hoops:

Medium hoops:

Large hoops:

Earring size measurements

It’s always good to know your lobe size–the length from your piercing to the edge of your ear lobe or helix. This measurement will serve as a reference for you when looking at earring sizes and dimensions.

Measure your lobe size with a straight ruler and note it down in centimetres or millimetres.

Stud earring sizes can vary from 0.25-4cm. In general, a 1cm (0.39″) stud may cover or sit on your earlobe comfortably.

Diamond studs:

• Measured by carat weight and not size in cm/mm

• The weight indicated is per pair, not per stud unless otherwise noted.

• Depending on the cut, the stud size/dimensions can vary. As a general guide, diamond studs range from small 0.25ct.w per pair, measuring ≅0.32cm, to large 2.00ct.w per pair, measuring ≅0.65cm

Drop earrings:

In general, your comfortable length may be around 4-6cm (1.5″-2.3″). A drop pendant earring of 7-9cm (2.5″-3.5″) may reach just below your jaw line or half-way down your neck.

• Lengths start from your piercing and can go up to 18-20cm.

• The best way to know what size is best for you is to measure, using a ruler, from your piercing to your preferred length.

If you need personal guidance

You can always reach out

Have no worries when you shop online for hoops & huggies at Amore By Neha Kochar. We guide and help customers all over the world on a daily basis, and our jewellery experts will do whatever it takes to find the perfect fit and size for the jewellery you’re looking for.