May 18 2012
Even Movie Stars Practice Smiling In Front of the Mirror
Smiling is an art form. Hollywood celebrities will tell you that you need to practice to get the perfect smile – the one that captures an audience, and maybe, someone’s heart.
How can you get the best smile? Doesn’t it come naturally?
You can actually practice smiling. One way is to smile in the mirror with your teeth slightly parted, as if you are really excited about something. Right away, you should notice that this kind of smile shows more white teeth, because the lower teeth won’t be hiding behind the uppers, and your smile won’t look forced.
But, how about those sparkling smiles . . . the ones that glimmer and shine in pictures. To get a more sparkling smile, wet your teeth just before the photo. You can add more shine by putting a spot of gloss in the center of your lower lip.
Other tips from Hollywood experts include:
- Avoid smiling too broadly if you have a full upper lip. If you’re upper lip is thin, smile so that the bottom edges of your upper teeth touch your lower lip. The visual impact of the upper teeth combined with the lower lip will take attention away from the thin upper lip.
- If your upper teeth are irregular at the bottom, or if some upper teeth are too long, smile so that the lower lip hides the bottom edges.
- Lipsticks with berry and red shades and blue undertones, as well as bronzers that look browner than gold make smiles appear whiter.
It is also interesting to know that your smile depends on your face shape, much like hair styles. In general, people with oval faces look good with any type of smile. Those with longer, or more vertical, faces look better with smiles that highlight the horizontal parts of the teeth. For rounder faces, a longer-looking grin looks best. However, a wider smile will help a square face to appear oval and balances out a heart-shaped mug.
However, if you teeth are dingy, there is no way to really cover this up. The best way is to get it professionally whitened from a cosmetic dentist.
If you are searching for the best smile, consider visiting our cosmetic dentistry, Wayzata Dental & SmileSpa. We are a family dentist that can give you the kind of smile movie stars will die for.