Face Contouring

Quick and Easy way to Contour the Face!

One thing that I find when I look through people's photo albums is that there is no colour dimension left on their face by the last photo of the night. If the person doesn't powder or use setting spray, the blush/bronzer that they may have used, is usually worn off by the time they get home.

So I wanted to write a post on how you can easily avoid this and be left with a fresh face for most of the time that you are out and about!

Contouring with make up is great, it can highlight certain features, sculpt and can also help slim the face down. The great thing about this is that you need no plastic surgery. It is faster, easier and plus it is A LOT less painful than going under the needle, all whilst you are in the comfort of your own home.

I have been using this trick for a long while now as it creates more definition and it lasts well on the face.

So you need your regular foundation, powder, foundation brush, bronzer/powder brush and a concealer set. I am using Diorskin; Nude in 020. My Coastal Scents 15 concealer shades palette, which is heaven sent as I can use it all year round as it has the perfect shades. I am using the No.7 compact powder - translucent, it doesn't add any colour to my face but it sets my make-up wonderfully! You can choose to use a bronzer too but I don't think it is necessary for the winter time as I do not want to look orange.

This is what my Coastal Scents concealer palette looks like. I have highlighted the two shades which I use to contour my face with:

With the lighter shade you want to highlight the areas that light touches. This will draw emphasis on the area:

Forehead, 

Center of nose line,

 Under the eyes and upper cheek, 

 Lip: cupid's bow and bottom lip sides,

Chin.

Next, you want to use a concealer that is preferably a few tones darker than your natural skin tone. You use this in the areas where you want to create shadows. So where the lighter shade creates emphasis the darker concealer will de-emphasise certain places on the face:

Temples, 

Outer corner of eyes,

Sides of the nose,

Hollows of cheeks,

Under the bottom lip.

You know you look hot looking like this :P

The next stage is the most important part. Applying your regular foundation to the face, you slowly start to work on the marked areas. I work on one side and then move on to the other. It is so very important that you do blend well. The colour of your foundation, which is near enough a match to your skin tone, will help make your face look less painted (as above) and will blend the two shades together. You want to blend so that it starts to look natural. Remember the key thing is blending! Blend, blend, blend and when you think you have blended enough, blend one more time! Remember you want it to look natural but at the same time creating enough definition that it emphasises those area you want it to. So after you are done blending one side, it should look like this:

Finish blending the other side too! When you are satisfied with the way you have blended the concealer and foundation together, make sure you use whatever is on your foundation brush and bring down to the neck as you don't want your face and neck in different tones. If you want, you can use bronzer to accentuate the areas where we created a shadow but I do not think this is necessary. For the finishing touch apply your translucent powder onto your face so that it sets the make-up.

You can now add blusher how you normally would should you wish to. I use it on the hollows of my cheeks. 

Put on your lipstick, get dressed and you are ready for the countless photos you will take on your evening out! I hope this helps you!

Two hours into my night.