ANAlysisofmylife...: Contouring for your face shape.

HOW TO SHAPE AND REDEFINE YOUR FACE?

Contouring is the oldest technique in makeup and a great makeup artist’s secret tool. Not many women know about it and the technique is advanced. So handle with care so you don’t end up looking overdone. The key is less is more. Your makeup should be simple and natural (by that I don’t mean no make up). It’s your face we want to notice not the make up.

When you contour you will change, accentuate, hide, strengthen and define your face

WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE WITH CONTOURING

Thin down a rounded face
Soften a square face
Define your cheek bones
Narrow a large or wide shape nose
Define your jawline
Create fuller lips
Lift saggy eyes
Minimize a large forehead or receding hair line
Make your eyes look bigger

TO SCULPT YOUR FACE YOU WILL NEED:

Your true foundation color that matches your skin exactly
Your contour color that should be 2 shades darker than your foundation and with the same undertone
Your highlighting color that should be 1 to 2 shades lighter than your foundation and with the same undertone.

APPLY AND BLEND, BLEND, BLEND

Follow the diagram below for your face shape to show you the placement of the contouring shade and the highlighting shade. Make sure you blend really well so the edges completely disappear so you don’t end up with foundation lines.

NOW LOOK AT YOUR FACE TYPE TO SEE THE BEST WAY TO CONTOUR

OVAL FACE

You do not need to contour as your face shape is already symmetrical

You can experiment as oval faces can suport most make up trends

Just remember that light shades appear more prominent and darker shades decrease the size of the area

DIAMOND FACE

Contour at the cheeks to minimize width.
Highlight your forehead, under your eyes and your chin to draw attention to the centre of your face.

RECTANGLE FACE

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Contour on the corners of either side of your forehead and across th hairline.
Contour on either side of your jaw blending up to the bottom of your ears,
Highlight your forehead,under your eyes and your chin to draw attention to the centre of your face.

OBLONG FACE

Contour across the lower section of your chin to shorten your face length
Apply Blush to the apples of your cheek to widen your face.

HEART FACE

Contour at the temples and cheeks to diminish the width of your upper face.
Highlight your forehead, under your eyes and your chin to draw attention to the centre of your face.

TRIANGLE FACE

Contour on the jawline and cheeks to minimize the width.
Highlight your forehead, under your eyes and your chin to draw attention to the centre of your face.

SQUARE FACE

Contour on the corners of either side of your forehead

Contour on either side of your jaw blending up to the bottom
of your ear.
Highlight your forehead, under your eyes and your chin to draw attention to the centre of your face.

ROUND FACE

Contour to your temples, cheeks and jawline to create the illusion of an oval.

Highlight your forehead,under your eyes and your chin to draw attention to the centre of your face.

Got this from Ms. Maricarl Janah

Thank You Ma’am. : )

Content courtesy of: My Virtual Makeover

I just wanna share it to all of you. Since i’ts my breaktime at the office i decided to post these techniques rather than so scroll my facebook account and to read what? NBA? Nahh.. WE WON!!! Woohoo! *wink*

And i am going back to work.. Some post are still on my draft list. Will click the “create post” button as soon as i finished editing pictures!

I hope you learn something from that as much as i did. :)

xo, A. ❤