It’s
time for some funny faces!!!
Hey
Loves, today I will show you how I Highlight and Contour. It is not much
different from what you have seen already but maybe I can show you some more
tricks.
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| Picture found on internet |
Why
do we Highlight and Contour?
Well
Highlighting and Contouring is a cheaper and painless form of temporary plastic
surgery.
You
are visually shaping your face to your liking using light and dark to create
the illusion of something that isn’t there.
You
are using light to show your features and dark to hide them or give the light
an extra boost with a shadow effect.
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| Picture found on internet |
Highlighting
and Contouring is often used for special occasions like party, wedding,
photo-shoot, etc. where you want to look extra perfect, it is not something
that you would prefer to do every day.
What
do you need?
There
are two methods of Highlighting and Contouring, Powder and Cream.
Powder
is often preferred by people with oily skin and cream for dry skin.
There
is also difference if you prefer a dewy finish using cream and matt finish using
powder.
Powder
Highlighting:
you will need a creamy concealer (not the one you use for hiding pimples or
scars that often comes in little jars), that is 1 or 2 times lighter than your
skin shade, you can use these for example: MAC Pro Long Wear Concealer, NARS
Radiant Creamy Concealer, L’ Oréal True Match Concealer, etc.
You
will need translucent powder to set your concealer so that it won’t cake up or
move all over your face.
Contouring:
Bronzer or dark powder foundation, prefer not to use bronzers with any kind of
shimmer in it, or use it very lightly only on your cheek area.
Cream
Highlighting:
the same as above.
Contouring:
Dark Foundation in stick or liquid form, for example: Maybelline Fit Me
Foundation Stick, NYX Tango with Bronzing Stix, MAC Skin Sheen Bronzer Stick,
or any kind dark concealer.
You
can set this all with powder bronzer and translucent powder if you want a matt
finish or skip it if you want a more fresh and dewy look.
Which
brushes do you need?
You
can use various brushes depending on which area of the face you are working on,
for example you can’t use the same large brush that you use for large areas
like your cheeks to use on small areas like your nose.
A
beauty blender (in case of cream or liquid products) sponge is the easiest to
use because you only need one tool, the sponge has a rounder bigger side to cover bigger areas and
a pointier one for more delicate precision areas like your nose and under your
eyes.
Everybody
has their own preference of brushes, a flat top brush, a tapered brush, an angled
brush! You really need to find out what works for you the best by trying out
different methods. I use my F80 Flat Kabuki Brush from Sigma and for the precision
I use the P86 Precision Tapered from Sigma.
Drawing
some lines!!!
This
is a preference with where do you want to start first, if you want to start by
highlighting first and blending it out and then your contouring, some do both
at the same time or first contour and then highlight.
I
personally prefer to blend out my highlights and then do the contouring and
that is what I will be showing you.
Highlighting
Take
your concealer that you will do your highlighting with and now you will draw
some lines to parts that you want to bring forward, your upper cheek area, the
bridge of your nose, your fore head, your chin, area above your jaw line.
Please
don’t overdo it by using too much concealer especially if you have aging skin
it will make you look much older, if you have aging skin use a very light
weight concealer that doesn’t crease in the lines or don’t put the concealer
directly under your eyes but slightly under on your cheek bone and then tap
what is left of the concealer upwards towards the eye so that way you will
prevent the concealer to cake up under your eyes (as shown in the pic). You are
highlighting your upper cheeks to bring dimension to your cheeks, push them up
and not look flat.
Then
put random lines on the bridge of your nose and pull it to your fore head, you
can also draw a line above the arch of your eyebrow so that is visually lifts
it up (this is optional, if you have highlighted under your brow that would be
enough). You want to put some concealer on top of your cupids bow (on top of
your upper lip line) to visually lift or make your top lip appear fuller.
Put
some concealer on your chin and slightly above your jaw line for some
dimension.
Now
blend everything in to your foundation by tapping motions so that you don’t
want to move everything underneath.
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| Contour King Samer Khouzami, picture found on internet |
Contouring
Now
take your bronzer, in this case I am using a dark foundation stick and draw
lines on places that you want to put shadow over and places that you want to
hide.
You
want to start by searching for the lines of your upper jaw line and the hollows
of your cheek, just trace an invisible line from the top of your ear to the
corner of your mouth that’s where you will place your bronzer. Draw a thin line
starting from your ear towards your mouth BUT stop in the middle, later on with
the blending you will move the bronzer slightly towards your mouth. If you have
a wide set cheeks you would want to put some bronzer towards your temple’s too
and make your face look more narrow (round shaped faces)
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| Picture found on internet |
If
you have a large forehead like I do (if you have a narrow fore head then skip
this part), you want to visually make it look smaller so you will draw a few
thin lines close to your hair line and on the sides towards your temple’s.
You
can sharpen out your jaw line by tracing your bronzer along the edge, if you have
a bit of a double chin then put some bronzer on it and it will visually reduce
it.
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| Perfect brush shape for contouring. Picture found on internet |
My
chin is a bit longer so I want to correct that and by placing my bronzer a
little deeper on to my chin it will visually shorten it.
Place
a thin line on the edge of your lower lip line and that will make your lower
lip look fuller.
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| Picture found on internet |
Let’s
do a nose job lol, trace a few short thin lines on the sides of your nose
bridge (leave the top untouched where you have highlighted) and make your nose
look thinner and under your nose to make it look shorter.
Please
don’t overdo it by applying too much bronzer or it won’t look natural.
Blend
the lines into your foundation and make sure that there are no visible lines
and harsh edges.
Now
that you have highlighted and contoured, you want everything to stay in place
the whole day, so it is wise to set everything with powders especially your
concealer. Use only light weight fine translucent powders.
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| Highlighting and Contouring according to face shape. Picture found on internet |
You
are done!!! Now you can finish with putting some blush, highlighter and putting
your lipstick on if you already have done your eyes!
Pfff,
I feel like I have written a book!!! I hope that I have covered everything!
If
I have missed something that you want to know, please put it down in the
comments bar and I will answer it as soon as I can.
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me know what you think of this post, is it ok to follow? Love to hear your
thoughts and comments!!!
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Xoxo
Dragana
