Hi, all. AnnaRose here again. I’m sure you all have seen the dramatic Instagram befores and afters of highlighting and contouring with concealers à la Kim Kardashian, and it seems pretty intense and intimidating. I wanted to show you guys a way to contour your face in a similar, but simpler, way.
1. Apply your base as you usually do (this could be tinted moisturizer, BB cream, or a light foundation).
2. Conceal any problem areas, like dark circles or blemishes.
3. Find your cheekbone with your fingers, and apply three dots of the darker shade directly underneath. Do NOT make the fish face to find them; this will result in improper placement of the product (too low and too close to your mouth; this is a good rule of thumb no matter what contouring product you’re using). You can also dot it along your jawline and the top of your forehead for more sculpting. These places aren’t needed on everyone but if you feel like you want to define your jawline or make your forehead appear a little smaller, this is a great trick for that!
4. Blend!! You can use your fingers or a brush; just blend, blend, blend!
5. Dot the highlight color onto cheekbones, inner corners of eyes, bridge of nose, and cupid’s bow.
6. Blend!! Same as last time; just make sure you clean your fingers or brush off first so that you don’t muddy the colors.
7. Check in some good light to make sure that everything is smoothly blended, and then set with a translucent powder.
8. Finish with some blush to warm up the face; this step is the icing on the cake!
I hope that broke it down enough for you guys. I love to do this to my face when I know I’m going to be photographed, because it really adds dimension. It does take a little bit of practice to get it down, but it’s really simple once you get the hang of it. Always start light and build from there! Good luck! xo. AnnaRose
great tutorial! i’m pretty fair in skin tone similar to here – do you know which nyx colors were used ?
I like this… not too much makeup. But clean
So pretty! What brand and shade of blush did you use?
best tips about contouring that i’ve found! much more natural!!
Really great! I’ll never do the fishface again for contouring. I’m absolutely IN LOVE with the result and need to try this.
I’ve never before bothered with contouring but this makes it seem lazy-proof. Will definitely be giving it a go!
So beautiful! I also would love to know the lip color.
I love how natural and beautiful this contouring looks! I tend to contour with bronzing powder but I think I’ll have to try contouring with concealer now xxx
Love this! I’ve been trying this technique, but it always seems so complicated! I’ll have to try with the 3 dots for sure!
Great tips I thought you had to buy all sorts of expensive make up for contouring!
Lauren
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such a subtle difference, looks amazing. Im going to try this, I generally use powder for my contouring but im going to try doing it with liquid!
thanks
x
jess
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What colors did you use of NYX? I have similar coloring to you and feel like I never buy the right shades to contour.
Oh I’ll have to try this. I just can’t get contouring down.
I also love that she’s using affordable products that I can find at my local drug store! 🙂
x Sara from awildroseblog.com
Great tips and absolutely beautiful!
Looks good! x
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You look wonderful, before and after!
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Beautiful
Thank you for showing this in an easy to follow tutorial.
Love this. So easy and simple to follow!
I love simple makeup tricks! I need quick, simple ideas to up my look that I can accomplish before heading in to work and some tutorials on the web look like they would take me hours! Cannot wait to try this!