A few months back, we taught you how to contour your face and the importance of it. Contouring helps you enhance your features by bringing out the shape of your cheekbones while slimming down your face. One of the most common methods of contouring your face is to use a matte-bronzer and highlighter.
In this Beauty 101 series, we’re teaching you how to contour with foundation instead. Bronzer and highlighter can appear cakey under light, which makes cream/liquid foundation an alternative that gives you a more natural appearance.
All you need is a good blending brush, foundation sponges, setting powder and cream/liquid foundation in three shades:
- Natural skin tone
- Lighter than your natural skin tone
- Darker than your natural skin tone
1. First, apply the foundation that already matches your skin tone.
2. Start with your light foundation first and apply it under your eyes and on your cheekbones, all the way up to your hairline. Also apply on the middle of your forehead, down the center of your nose, the brow bone and jawline.
3. Before blending, apply dark foundation to the hollows of your cheek, the sides of your nose, the lower tip of your nose, the crease of your eyelids and and around your hairline. Look at the image here for reference:
4. Now that your face is full of face paint, it’s time to blend! First, use your stiff angled brush and blend the dark foundation first. Using our initial contouring method, start with the hollows of your cheekbones, moving upwards to your hairline, down your cheekbones, and then down to your jawline. It should form the shape of an “E” or “3”.
5. Then, blend the lighter shades and buff it together with a flat kabuki brush so that it blends with the darker foundation.
The final product should leave you with a slimmer nose and prominent cheekbones. Complete the look with a light blush or bronzer on your cheeks.
Learn how to contour using the Urban Decay Naked Basics eyeshadow palette here.
