A method combining Local Binary Pattern(LBP) with Locality Preserving Projections(LPP) was presented for face expression recognition. First, the algorithm processes facial expression images with LBP operator and integrates local and global characteristics of the face. Then Locality Preserving Projections(LPP) method is used for feature dimension reduction and SVM for classification. The algorithm is experimented in Japanese Female Facial Expression database(JAFFE database). The results show that the proposed algorithm is more effective.