8/21/2023 0 Comments Contour map makeupTo do this, Apply your contour lightly to the pointy bottom tip of the chin, along your outer hairline & forehead area, moving into the temples and to the cheekbone area. You can also contour the bottom edge of your cheekbones (the underside).Īs for highlighting, since your forehead and chin are narrow, you can create more fullness in those areas by applying your highlighter to the middle section of your forehead, cheekbones, and the center of your chin.įor a heart-shaped face, we want to attempt to draw attention away from your chin, narrow down the forehead area, and accentuate your best features (like the cheeks). If you want to soften things up, try adding your contour at the very bottom of your chin (where it’s pointy) and the very top of the forehead/hairline, where it’s most narrow. The pointiness of the chin and the narrow hairline of a diamond-shaped face can sometimes seem a little harsh. Optional: You can apply your highlighter in a vertical line right down the center of your nose. For the forehead, be sure to start from between the brows and go upward. To bring attention to the center of your face, apply your highlighter to the very center of your chin, forehead, and the highest points of your cheekbones. This will also help minimize the roundness & fullness of both your jaw and lower cheek areas. Then apply your contour along the sides of your jaw starting from right under the ear. To bring in the roundness on the forehead, apply your contour to the sides of your forehead – just the sides! Otherwise, you’ll just be rounding out your forehead. Start by applying at the cheekbones and then lightly work down into the hollows. To do this, you’ll want to apply your contour slightly onto and under your cheekbones, moving into the hollows of your cheeks. With a round face, the goal is to create more angles, diminish the roundness, and slim down the sides. This will brighten up the face and balance out where you contoured. Optional: You can contour along the jawline if you want to give your jaw a little sharper definition.Īpply your highlighter to your forehead, and cheekbones. Apply your contour product to your forehead, chin, and cheekbone area (underside) to make them a little more defined. Since an oval face is considered well-balanced, you can focus on bringing out your best features and adding some depth. With each face shape, there are specific features we want to contour/highlight to achieve that natural makeup look. Now that you have your face shape, read on to find what that may look like for you! Likewise, if someone’s face is longer, we use a highlighter on the cheeks to push the face out wider and/or contour at the top and bottom to make the feature look less prominent. Therefore, you can change the perceived distance between features or how prominent something looks.įor example, if eyes look close-set, we use a highlighter in the inner corners of the eyes to create the illusion that they are further apart. We humans, love balance and contouring is about balancing features through highlighting and shading. Remember, you may not fit one shape exactly, for example, maybe your forehead looks more diamond and your chin looks more squared off, (you’d have more of a triangular face shape.) Ultimately though, we’re looking for proportions. Then, head over to your mirror, tie back your hair, and while looking straight into the mirror, trace the outline of your face (I promise the dry erase or lip liner comes off your mirror easily!) When you’re finished, take a step back and you should be able to see what face shape you lean towards. An easy way to do this if you can’t tell just by looking at your face is to grab a dry erase marker or even a lip liner. To determine where you should be contouring, we first need to find out what your face shape is. I know your next question is “How do I determine what part of my face to contour/highlight?” So I’ll go into that next. It allows you to accentuate or minimize areas of your face that you either like or dislike. Simply put, contouring in makeup is strategically adding depth, shadows, or light to your face to bring balance. This post will not only teach you how to contour and highlight YOUR face, but you’ll be a master at it in no time! Let’s get to it. If this is you, well, fear not, beautiful. You’ve heard of it, yes? Maybe you’ve even tried to watch some videos and attempt to achieve that natural makeup look, yet you STILL feel like you have no idea what you’re doing or if you’re even doing it “right”.
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