Contouring and Highlighting the face...

Contouring and Highlighting...

• Always go 2 shades lighter when highlighting.
• 1-2 shades darker when contouring.
• Feel the models bone structure in the cheek this helps create a better contouring line, avoid stripes.
• Add highlighter first, apply 2 shades lighter foundation to the top of the bone structure with small brush and hold head with buffer.
• Turn head towards light, highlighter can also be added down the middle of the nose, dabbing not brushing. It can also be applied to the middle of the forehead, under the brow and on the jaw line.
• Contouring- Always go 1-2 shades darker than there natural skin colour.
• Line with small angled brush from corner of lip to tragus of the ear, avoid stripes.
• Powder over smiled cheek onto the apples of the cheeks with blusher and make sure both applications are blended.
  

Equipment used;

buffer

Blending brush

Small angled brush

Foundation brush

Powder brush

Products used;

Kryolan foundation

Illasmasqua Satin primer

Illasmasqua loose powder

Dermocolor Camouflage palette

Illamasqua Tremble powder blush

I definitely did not find contouring easy. I think it is quite difficult to find where to accurately apply it to the cheek however I think it will get easier once I become more familiar with different faces and different types of bone structures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I attempted a natural look again in my own time, highlighting and contouring the face. I think it was more successful this time because I was aware of how much product to add to the face unlike my class attempt where I added to much product making the make-up look quite heavy and noticeable.