Contouring page

HIGHlIGHTING AND CONTOURING

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Basically, When you contour, all you’re doing is accentuating your natural features. There are two main techniques: lowlighting and highlighting.

What is highlighting and lowlighting :?

Lowlighting refers to using a darker color wherever there’s an area of the face or feature you want to recede. Use a product to shades darker than your own skin and make sure your product is matte, never frosted or shimmery

Highlighting….this you do on areas you want to emphasize or bring forward. For highlight, you can use either matte or frosted/shimmery color, whichever you prefer.

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TECHNIQUES 1; Contouring With Concealer

Use a cream concealer that is two shades darker than your skin tone and one shade lighter dan your skin tone…If u ve uneven skin u mite want to get a third one that’s your exact shade

I always advice foundation application b4 contouring cos the concealer needs sumfin to stick to for proper blending.

1. Apply the concealer that’s your exact shade to blemishes or dark spots first

2. Apply foundation and blend properly
3. Using a flat foundation brush apply the concealer that’s a shade lighter to under the eye areas to top of the cheekbones. Make sure to extend it the outer corners
4. Apply the same concealer to forehead, cupid bow, and before jaw area(use pic for reference)

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5. Apply d same concealer to the bridge of nose and chin

Note: What I do is blend out immediately…why??? If d concealer starts to dry before u blend or set with powder…it starts to make d areas crease…especially under eye areas

6. Nw taking d concealer 2 shades darker..make a fish face(very important) and put in the hollows of your cheeks

7 .Apply to the sides of your nose, jaw areas and hairline(temples) areas
8. Blend
9. Set ur highlight…use a powder same shade with the concealer use for highlighting or lighter( b careful nt to go too light)
10. Apply powder to face(exact shade) avoid highlighted areas
11. I Apply a dark bronzer(no shimmer) to areas where I contoured(put the dark concealer)…. Apply your blush…