This helps those areas look more angular and defined. Then you apply a lighter color than your natural skin tone to the areas of your face that you want to bring out to the forefront.ĭarker colors are usually applied to the temples, jawline, chin, hollows of the cheeks, sides of the nose. In our opinion, as professional makeup artists, there is no step more important than contouring to make your makeup look stand out from the rest! It is one of the most essential makeup steps you can bring to take your looks to the level of Pros!Ĭontouring is basically the method of applying a darker color than your natural skin color to the areas of your face that you would like to define or reshape.
Contouring, Contouring, Contouring!! Oh we've all heard of this makeup technique by now and, of course, thank you Kim Kardashian and Mario Dedivanovic for bringing this glorious style of makeup to the masses.
