It’s going to make you look like you have way too much makeup on." Exactly what I’ve been afraid of.įor Nelson, it’s all about the less is more approach.
"But contouring in the way that’s popular on Instagram and on reality TV is not going to make you look beautiful. "Contouring in a subtle way can make you look incredible," says Nelson.
I found it to be quicker and more efficient than a YouTube tutorial, plus it includes general product recommendations pulled from Sephora’s contour offerings.
Once you upload your photo, the app scans the image to define your face shape and walks you through where to highlight, contour, and how to blend everything together. On Wednesday, beauty retailer Sephora announced a partnership with the firm Map My Beauty to launch Pocket Contour, a new app built into their mobile site that acts as a contouring guide.
But after discovering a brand new app that provides an even more personalized lesson in defining your features, I was determined to give it a go.
I’ve watched friends do it, I’ve watched 15 second tutorials on Instagram that totally blew my mind (and not always in a good way), and I’ve seen enough photos of Kim Kardashian to feel like I have a pretty firm grasp on what exactly contouring does to your look-but as someone with fair skin who doesn’t typically wear a full face of makeup, it still seems intimidating. Despite my role as a beauty editor, it’s one of the few looks I’ve never tried.
To make your nose look straighter, use your fingers to rub a little contour powder along the sides of your nose.This will help give your skin a healthy glow and disguise a large or flat forehead. Blend the contour colour into the hairline.If you blend down, you will lose the height of your cheekbone and your face will look muddy. At this point the colour will look quite strong, but don’t panic! This is where we blend using your fingers, blend the line upwards. You can find your cheekbone easily using your fingers – the colour should go in the hollow just beneath it. Sweep your contour colour (a dark, matte shade) under your cheekbone using a soft, angled brush.
Makeup artists use many different methods to contour the face I prefer to use powders after I’ve applied foundation, whereas some will use a cream coverage under or over the base. My preferred product is my Sculpt and Slim contour face powder used with my Sculpt/Contour Brush.īelow is my step by step guide in how to contour and highlight. Contouring is all about creating shadow and light to alter the shape of the face, maybe to give the illusion of higher cheekbones, a slimmer face or to shorten the nose.