@summerfitandbeautiful
The key to contouring is to ensure you’re highlighting and shading the right parts of your face. If you need a little guidance, I’d recommend the Too Faced Natural Face Palette, which comes with six face essentials: a luminizer, brightener, and concealer in neutral shades, cream and powder cheek options, a golden-bronze veil for an overall glow, and handy how-to face charts.
@kaylaheathcote
Whether you’re a powder or a cream kind of girl, a lot of contouring products claim to work on all complexions, but that’s often not the case. The M.A.C. Cosmetics Pro Sculpting Creams are a great option as they are available in a superb range of colors to suit all skin tones and can be used all over the face wherever a contour is needed.
@glam_her_booth
When contouring, you’ll need two different colors of makeup. You can either use a contour palette, such as the Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate, or you can use foundation, but make sure you’re using one shade lighter than your skin for the highlighter and two shades darker for contour.
@dariela_styles_you
Not all of the rules of highlighting and contouring are universal—it is also important to keep your face shape in mind. If you have a round face, contouring under your cheekbones can make it appear smaller, but if you have a narrow face, it could make it look even longer. The Smashbox Step-By-Step Contour Kit is great for beginners as it teaches you how to sculpt, shape, and define your features.
@facebyefti
Once you’ve achieved contour perfection, don’t forget to add blush. Stick with a creamy soft peach or pink if you have fair skin or soft plum for darker complexions. Blend a cream formula, like the NARS Matte Multiple in Laos on the apples of your cheeks for a natural flush.
@mariahjaloudi
Want instant cheekbones? Suck in your cheeks, then working from the tops of the hollows inward, shade along and just beneath the sunken area, stopping about an inch from the corner of your mouth—then blend well. Try the Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit. The sleek, limited-edition palette features six shades—three for highlighting and three for contouring.
@bareskinremedies
Highlighting is especially important when you're contouring because it brings the light back into your face, just be careful not to overdo it. Try Benefit Cosmetics Watt’s Up as this cream-to-powder highlighter turns up the wattage with a delicate, gorgeous champagne glow.
@thecurvyfashionista_
While contouring can be very technical, the basic theory is that you want to use dark, matte shades on areas you want to reduce and absorb light—such as the side of the nose and pockets of the cheeks—and light shimmery shades on areas you want to bring forward and reflect the light, like the tops of the cheeks. Try the Make Up For Ever Sculpting Kit for a more defined you.
