Contouring and highlighting are like chocolate syrup and vanilla ice cream: best together. First, let's review these makeup techniques before getting into the mind-blowing contouring maps that follow.
Contouring is when you use a matte (read: not shimmery) powder, cream, or pencil product that's two shades darker than your skin tone to shade areas you'd like to define or reshape, like your nose, forehead, chin, and cheekbones.
Highlighting (or strobing) offsets contouring by accentuating areas of your face with light concealer or highlighter. To properly highlight or strobe, use a concealer that's two shades lighter than your skin tone or a highlighter that flatters your complexion to emphasize the areas of your face that naturally catch the light.
Figure out which contouring plan is right for you based on your face shape. Here's a handy guide:
DIAMOND FACE SHAPE
How to tell if your face is shaped like a diamond:
- Your hairline is more narrow than your cheeks.
- Your chin is slightly pointed.
- Your face is longer than it is wide.
Where you should contour:
- The area below your cheekbones starting from your ears and ending in the middle of your cheeks.
Where you should highlight:
- Under your eyes in an upside-down triangle shape and along your brow bone to brighten your eyes.
- In the middle of your forehead and the middle of your chin to help broaden these naturally narrow areas.
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