What to do
- Part your lips slightly, 2 to 6 mm: parted, not open, as if about to speak.
- Open your eyes wide: 4 to 20% wider than at rest.
- No smile.
- Keep your chin level, within 5°.
- Turn to the lens and look into it.
Where it comes from
- Johannes Vermeer painted her about 1665; the painting hangs in the Mauritshuis. The girl looks out with large, moist eyes, her lips slightly parted as if she is about to say something (Girl with a Pearl Earring, Mauritshuis).
Practise it live
Open How I Land and choose “Pearl Earring” under “Celebrity look”. Your camera shows your face with the look drawn on it, and one instruction at a time tells you what to move. When it fits, hold it for five seconds.
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It copies a famous face; it is not a first-impression benchmark. No one named here made or endorsed the app.