What Is Rizz Face? (And How to Make It Yourself)

If you've noticed guys making over-the-top “seductive” faces on TikTok lately, you've discovered the rizz face trend. This funny facial expression is called “rizz face” and it’s used to show off a guy’s charm and charisma in a play on the slang term “rizz” (often for comedic effect). If you want to know more about what rizz face is, where it came from, and how to do it yourself, this is the article for you. Read on to learn everything you ever wanted to know about rizz face!

“Rizz Face” at a Glance

“Rizz face” refers to the exaggerated, humorously seductive stare some men give on TikTok. It involves being conventionally handsome and having piercing eyes, a furrowed brow, cheeks sucked in, and pursed lips. Videos of rizz face are often paired with dramatic music or face filters for an extra comedic effect.

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What is rizz face?

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Rizz face is when a guy humorously exaggerates a “seductive” expression. The rizz face is all about showing off confidence and being smooth with the ladies in a funny, exaggerated way. It features a conventionally handsome guy with piercing eyes, a furrowed brow, sucked-in cheeks, and pursed lips. It’s the ultimate “I’m trying to look sexy” face, but most of the time it’s done for laughs instead of a serious attempt to seduce anyone.
- It involves making a face that’s exaggerated and entertaining to poke fun at how some men might be trying a little too hard to show their rizz.
- The trend comments on how people are trying to be cool, confident, and charming, but it’s very obvious that they work at it.

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Rizz Face TikTok Trend Explained

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Rizz face videos became popular on TikTok as a joke. Users on TikTok started sharing rizz face videos to make humorous content. They tried to capture a look that expressed their unspoken rizz, but in a funny and self-aware way. The trend caught on with others posting videos where they recreated the funny expression, often with “sexy” background music and dramatic reveals to make it even more over-the-top.
- In late 2022, users began sharing videos demonstrating “negative rizz,” which is when someone has so little rizz that they repel women.
- TikTok videos featuring the Rizz “Chin Up” Prank also started showing up in late 2022. In the videos , someone would test their unspoken rizz by approaching someone for a made-up reason. Then, when the other person got close, they would quickly move their hand up to touch the person's chin in a way that is seductive and flirtatious.
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Some creators use filters or video editing for extra-exaggerated rizz face. Instead of making the rizz face on their own, many on TikTok edit exaggerated brows and cheekbones onto their face in videos to make their rizz face even funnier. Some also edit clips from movies and TV shows. For example, in 2024, YouTuber @Janobot posted multiple Star Wars clips with all or some of the characters edited to have rizz face.
- Some even use face filters to exaggerate the expression even further.

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How to Do the Rizz Face

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Raise your brows, suck in your cheeks, and lightly purse your lips. To start, furrow your brow to look like you’re intrigued and make your gaze more intense. Then, suck in your cheeks a little and purse your lips. ^{[1]
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Research source} Act like you’re about to say something over-the-top flirty or cheesy like “Hey girl,” or “How you doin’?” The goal is to look like you're trying really hard to be “effortlessly” charming.
- Some feel you should raise one eyebrow to give your rizz face an extra level of swagger, like you’re thinking, “I know you’re impressed by my rizz.”
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Stare intently and stroke your chin with your finger and thumb. As you’re making the face, lightly stroke your chin as if you’re deep in thought about how fine the lady you’re checking out is. The hand movement adds another layer of cheesy drama, making it seem like you’re trying super hard to impress someone with your charm.
- Make your stare intense and exaggerated – almost like you’re taking yourself a little too seriously. The chin stroke is the icing on the rizz cake because it emphasizes that you’re totally in the charm zone.
- The key to giving rizz face is to make the seductive vibe very obvious.
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Some also suck in or bite their lower lip to kick the rizz up a notch. Add an extra flirty – and hilarious – element by sucking in your lower lip like you’re biting it. The idea is to look like you’re checking someone out from head to toe and really into what you see. The lip bite makes it clear you’re working hard to play up your rizz, but in a way that’s meant to make people laugh.
- The seductive lip bite is a classic sign of attraction, but when you do it with the rest of the rizz face, it makes it even funnier. ^{[2]
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Rizz Face Meme

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People edit rizz faces onto emojis or animated characters to make memes . These memes feature popular emojis or characters from film and TV with ridiculous rizz edited onto their faces (like this rizz face meme of SpongeBob ). The point of the joke is to show how strange it looks when familiar faces make uncharacteristic "seductive" expressions. The images may be paired with humorous captions like "on my way to steal your girl" or "me when I hear my crush is single."

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Is there a rizz face emoji?

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There isn’t an official rizz face emoji. While there’s at least one change.org petition for Apple to make an emoji that resembles a rizz face, there is no official rizz face emoji at this time. ^{[3]
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Research source} The lack of an official emoji hasn’t stopped people from creating their own rizz face emoji-style art.
- Rizz face stickers have appeared on sites like Redbubble that resemble an emoji. ^{[4]
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Use flirty emojis to represent rizz. Don’t let the lack of an official emoji stop you from trying to recreate the rizz face vibe through clever combinations of existing emojis. Use flirty emojis like 😉 (winking face), 😏 (smirking face), or 🫦 (biting lip) to convey the same kind of flirty energy as the rizz face.
- Try combining emojis to create the feel of rizz face.
- Use the 🧐 (thinking face) or 🤔 (pondering face) with other flirty emojis like 😘 (Face Blowing a Kiss) or 😚 (blushing kissing face) to emphasize the thoughtful, mysterious part of the rizz face and get across the playful, flirty vibe at the heart of the meme.

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Rizz Face vs. Lightskin Stare

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Rizz face and the lightskin stare are the same facial expression. The lightskin stare is another term that describes the same kind of exaggerated, seductive look. It’s often used humorously to reference a stereotype of how some people might try to look charming or intense in photos or videos. Lightskin-based memes started in 2013 on the Vine platform by playing off a stereotype that light-skinned Black men were less masculine than dark-skinned Black men. ^{[5]
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- Like rizz face, the lightskin stare phenomenon is meant to be funny. However, some find it offensive since it refers to stereotypes associated with lighter and darker skin tones in the African American community. Much of the older lightskin content has been scrubbed from the internet.
- The current lightskin stare trend seems to focus more on describing any guy who has a following on TikTok because he’s good-looking. ^{[6]
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The lightskin stare is also known as “Sin City Wasn’t Made for You.” The lightskin stare trend moved to TikTok starting in 2022. Users posted videos where they played the line “Sin City wasn’t made for you” from the song “Sin City” by Chrishan while making the exaggerated, confident stare. The song's dramatic tone adds to the humor, making the stare seem even more over-the-top. ^{[7]
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- TikTok user @noahbeck posted the first-known version of this meme , gaining him 4.6 million plays in 2 years.

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What does rizz mean?

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“Rizz” is short for “charisma” and refers to the ability to flirt successfully. First coined by streamer Kai Cenat, rizz describes the smooth charm someone has, especially when they’re trying to impress or flirt with someone else. Having "rizz" means you know how to attract people, and you have a natural charisma that draws others in. ^{[8]
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- The concept of rizz has taken off on social media, especially among younger audiences who use it to describe someone’s ability to flirt effectively.
- If someone has good "rizz," it means they are effortlessly charming.
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Several different types of rizz exist. According to TikTokers, different people have different types of rizz…with some being much less effective than others. For example, someone with W (winner) rizz is more successful with the ladies than someone with L (loser) rizz. ^{[9]
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- Some people also have verbal rizz, meaning they use rizz lines to charm people.
- Others have unspoken rizz, which is more about their body language, confidence, and the general vibe they give off. Rizz face is an example of unspoken rizz, since the expression does all the talking.

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In 2024, a TikTok video of a group of teenagers dancing to “Carnival” by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign went viral and became known as the TikTok Rizz Party. Users gave names and imagined backstories to all of the group members (including characters like "Tomato Face" and "Group Leader," who has the most rizz of them all). ^{[10]
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What Is Rizz Face? (And How to Make It Yourself)

“Rizz Face” at a Glance

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Rizz Face TikTok Trend Explained

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Rizz Face Meme

Is there a rizz face emoji?

Rizz Face vs. Lightskin Stare

What does rizz mean?

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