Contouring has to be one of my favourite 'tricks' in makeup. There is nothing like having that gorgeous glowing skin that sparkles in all the right places! Now professionally you should work out which shape your face is - Are you an oval? Heart? Square? Round? And then use the tricks on the charts to adapt the look of your face.
My technique tends to be a little bit more honest. We all want lovely cheekbones and softened foreheads ... oh and maybe a more defined chin? So i adapt my contouring and highlighting to my desired look. I don't believe makeup should be about changing the way you look - more celebrating it and filling you with confidence!
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| The way i contour my face Brown dots =Bronzer White = Highlighter Pink = Blush |
Having said that if there is something about your face you wish to conceal slightly or accentuate use the highlight and shadow (bronzer) so it works for you... For example if you have a long thin nose (not saying thats a bad thing - i contour for that look - just an example) you would use the bronzer and highlighter in reverse to me so you would bronze the top of your nose and highlight the sides. This gives the impression of a wider nose. If you have high check bones you may want to conceal them slightly with the bronzer on them and highlight underneath or accentuate them with highlight on them and bronzer underneath.
My overall advice is to work it to your advantage - Sit down in the mirror and just have a play with the bronzer and highlighter. Always remember two important things though ...
- Always use a MATTE bronzer (Never ever shimmery!)
- Always blend with a large clean blusher brush afterwards ( incase you overdone it with one of the products - for me its normally blusher!)
Please browse my other posts on my Blusher and Bronzer collection to see which product i use and recommend. Highlighter's soon to follow.
Good Luck experimenting and please tag me in your selfies on IG if you try my looks my pretties xxx
Great Lisa!
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