Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Highlighting and Contouring

Some guy once said something like 'symmetrical faces are more attractive to the opposite sex.'

I say, this guy is a moron.

Having a perfectly symmetrical face does not make you beautiful. Give me a break. Besides, if your face isn't perfect you can always fix it with highlighting and contouring.

When people hear the term highlighting and contouring they often get scared because it does sound a little intimidating, but really, it isn't as complicated as it sounds. There certainly are tricks that professional makeup artists use that are a little more complex or time consuming but there are simple ways to highlight and contour that you can easily include in your day to day makeup routine.

Let me first start off by saying that high lighting is what you use when you would like to "show off" something, and contouring is what you use when you would like to "hide" something. Here are a few simple steps that you can add to your daily routine to help highlight and contour your beautiful bone structure.

Step 1 Apply a foundation that matches your skin tone. Blend foundation well at the jaw and hairline. Make the foundation "disappear" so that there are no visible lines.

Step 2 Dust your face with translucent powder.

Step 3 Suck in your cheeks to locate your cheek bones. Brush a small amount of matte bronzing powder under the cheek bones. Add bronzer to the bridge of your nose and at the temples. Blend all areas of bronzer well.

Step 4 Brush blush onto the apples of your cheeks. Pull the blush back towards your temples, making the line of brush narrower as you get closer to the hairline. Blend the blush into the hairline and the bronzer using clean fingertips or a clean powder brush.

Step 5 Use a lighter shade of powder to highlight your face. Brush highlighting powder on the bridge of your nose and around the outer corners of your eyes. Add a touch of highlighter to cheek bones, your chin and the temples.

Step 6 Blend all of the cosmetics well so there are no harsh lines. Smooth your makeup so that you can not tell where one color starts and another ends. Use a clean brush for the best blending results.

Hope these little tips help!

xoxox
Allyson Stagg
CEO of The Las Vegas Style Sirens
www.LVStyleSirens.com
LVStyleSirens@yahoo.com

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