Contour your face helps define your features, creating the appearance of higher cheekbones and a slimmer nose and chin. It’s a technique that was popularized by celebrity makeup artists, but with the right products and equipment it’s easy to do on your own. Once you’ve applied your natural makeup, remember to blend well for a flawless, natural look.
Getting the Right Products :
Start with foundation the color of your skin. Using a foundation the same (or close) color as your skin evens your skin tone and provides a base you can build upon when you contour using your lightest and darkest shades. Contouring your face without first applying foundation is much more difficult, since skin tends to be uneven in color. Your face could end up looking patchy instead of smooth and contoured.
Get foundation a few shades lighter than your skin. Facial contouring consists of highlighting places you want to stand out, and shading places you want to recede. For your highlighting product, you need a foundation that’s about two shades paler than your base foundation.
- Don’t go much lighter than two shades, or your makeup won’t look natural.
- You can use a lighter concealer or eye shadow in place of foundation.
Choose a foundation a few shades darker than your skin. The darker tone will be used to shade the parts of your face that you want to draw attention away from. You’ll be creating strategic shadows that make your cheekbones appear sharper and your chin more narrow.
- Don’t go darker than two shades below your normal skin tone, or your makeup won’t look natural.
- Bronze, darker eye shadow or darker concealer work as well as foundation. Just remember to make sure all your products are either cream or powder.
Contouring Your Face :
It is better to pull your hair away from your face. Contouring makeup reaches up to your hairline at the top of your forehead, past your temples and down the sides of your face. Pull your hair away from your face so you’ll be able to see what you’re doing without it getting in the way.
Prep your face. When you contour your face, you want to start with a completely blank canvas. Remove all your makeup, wash your face, and pat it dry with a towel. Exfoliate if necessary to remove dead skin, then apply moisturizer. Let your moisturizer soak in for several minutes before you apply your makeup. Read More..
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