In this picture you can see- without a squinch or a smize my face looks expressionless.
What’s the deal with squinching and smizing?
Squinching and a smizing are basically the same thing– smiling with your eyes, or not allowing your eyes to be fully open. Fully open makes for a blank expression. So, the key is not quite fully open, not quite squinting. In between is the magical “squinch.”
In this picture you can see that a squinch/smize makes all the difference.
Want to see another before and after without and then with smizing/squinching?
I wrote an article about it here when I was writing this dating column.
Tyra Banks does a short video on smizing
And a very detailed video about squinching
When I do makeovers, I teach my friends how to smize/squinch.
In case you’re in the market, here are similar things I’m wearing/using:
Aqua blue chubby pencil for eyes.
Do you use the squinching/smizing technique for taking pictures? Would love to know!
