How To Contour And Highlight For Beginners

Contour and highlighter should always be the last skin makeup you apply after your foundation concealer loose powder bronzer and blush.

Focus your contour along the sides of your forehead along your temples the area below your cheekbones and curve of your jawline. When all the blending is done make sure to set your makeup with a translucent powder a powder that goes on clear so that your makeup won t easily wipe off. If you don t have a contour palette you can use 3 shades of foundation to achieve the same effect. The palette contains 3 highlight and 3 contour shades quite decently sized if i may add.

If you have a round shaped face. Invest in the right makeup. If you use powder to contour you do not need to add another layer of translucent powder. A contour color should be applied to the temples and to the chin.

Setting powder and spray should be the only products you use after contouring and highlighting in order to avoid smudging or dulling your contour and highlighter. By contouring the temples and the forehead the face can be balanced. Contouring and highlighting can soften the chin. After applying foundation choose a contour colour two shades darker than your base and a concealer at least one shade lighter to highlight.

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If you have a square shaped face. The old contour and highlighting trends were about changing your whole face to look a certain way but now it s about embracing your natural shape and giving yourself realistic looking depth and. Today i m going to be showing you how to contour highlight for beginners. Focus your contour on the sides of your forehead the areas directly below your cheekbones and under your jawbone.

This is only if you use cream foundation to contour. How to contour and highlight for beginners. In this tutorial i ll use the cream contour method in which i ll use cream products underneath my foundation for a subtle natural look. I ll be using the nyx cream highlight contour palette in light.

Highlight shades are lucid which is a pale pinkish shade lyrie a yellow shade my favorite and levitation which is more of a peachy toned highlight powder. Blush should be applied to the cheekbones. Highlighter should be applied to help lower the cheeks on the jawline. I ll be going over all of my contouring tips and tricks to help you out.