Groundwork: How to Describe a Face

Still no work on the actual prose sadly, what with the court hearing. Spent some time trying to flesh out the basic attributes of my two lead characters, when I realized that as a romance novel, I should probably be a bit more particular in my descriptions of the characters. This lead to some quick internet research on the general shapes and variances of the face and various facial features.

I'm surprised I didn't find a consolidated list/guide for writers - most of the ones I found were on pages related to beauty tips and/or plastic surgery. For reference, here's the breakdown of what I've gleaned so far"

Face Types: square, heart-shaped, triangle (inverted heart shaped), oblong, elongated, round, long, diamond and oval. (From this site)

Eye Types: (based on distance) wide-apart, close-set, evenly-spaced; (based on size) small eyes, prominent eyes, bulging eyes; (other types) almond eyes, oriental eyes, round eyes, deep-set eyes, hooded eyes, oval eyes; drooping eyes. (Used different classifications but the types came from here.)

Nose Types: [Classical definitions] Roman (aquiline/hooked), Jewish (hawk), Greek (straight), leptorrhine (Caucasian/long and narrow), platyrrhine (African/broad and flat), cogitative (wide-nostriled), snub, turn-up (celestial); [Other words which may describe a nose] pert, button-nose (note - not bottle nose, unless your character is a dolphin), angled, aquiline, arced, arched, bent, broad, concave, convex, crooked, curved, depressed, droopy, flared, full, hooked, humped, narrow, pointed, round, sharp, short, small, small-tipped, straight, thin, undulating, wide, wide-nostrilled. (Classical definitions from this little treasure; many of the additional words from here.)

Hope this helps other aspiring writers as well. Let me know if you have anything more to add ^_^