Just as pictures speak louder than words, the face expresses everything that you want to say, and everything that you want to keep it to yourself. In other words, our face reflects our moods more accurately than the verbiage and listeners look for the telltale signs that gives away the real you.

Masking your facial emotions to hide true feelings is an art. Poker players do it, hence the name that goes with the game—poker face. Even if they are staring at a royal flush, they put on a lifeless face that gives away absolutely nothing. Well, some take the help of props such as a hat for hiding eyebrow signs and dark sunglasses for the eye swelling possibly caused due to lack of sleep.

We are going to look at facial expressions from an aspect of putting on a face that goes with the message rather than reading facial expressions.