It took me a long time to find a picture that wasn't straight-up terrifying. Not to say that this one is doing this woman any justice. Basically, this particular face has become extremely popular in photos. I have no idea why. It makes most people look like ducks, not the full-lipped, high-cheekboned beauties that they believe it will make them into. It just doesn't, trust me.
Anyway, if for some reason the call of the duck face is completely unavoidable, here is the Angry Tofu list of tips and tricks you should keep in mind in order not to look exactly like this:
- Avoid pushing out your lips too much. It ends up looking like those women who have gotten lip-plumping injections for the millionth time and their faces are all....blech. Instead, try pulling in the corners of your lips ever so slightly. This gives the illusion of a smaller, fuller mouth without being obnoxious about it.
- Do not, I repeat do not squint your eyes. The best thing to do is the exact opposite--open your eyes wide in an adorable, doll-faced look. If you squint your eyes, the wrinkles created will combine with the wrinkles from pursing your lips to create one super wrinkle bomb. Don't let this happen to you.
- Tilt your head down slightly. This will emphasize your chin and jawline without making either protrude.
- Look up at the camera. This sort of goes hand-in-hand with tilting your chin down. Just make sure that the camera lens is above your eye level. Looking up at the camera will emphasize the adorableness that you are trying to achieve.
So, this is all I can do to prevent photos from 2012 from becoming like the ones from 1986...you know, the ones that people hide because in them they are wearing socks with sandals. Don't become one of them. Use the duck face wisely, grasshoppers.
The picture you posted is not duck face. It's kissy face. The girls who are guilty of the duck face do not realize that pursing the lips are meant to be a kiss. They have no connection to the past. The meme came from old pictures where a celebrity might be throwing a kiss, but girls today are so independent and selfish they think pursing the lips is all about highlighting their cheekbones and lips. They are stupid and should be mocked. The girls who koss in a picture should be praised.
ReplyDeleteYour problem with finding a picture was that you looked for duck face. You should have Googled kissy face. You will see some duck face pictures in that group of images but that's because there are millions of idiots out there who don't even realize that there is a difference between duck face and kissy face and who don't know why we don't like duck face to begin with, other than it looks stupid.