Highlighting and Contouring

I promised you guys and updated Highlighting and Contouring Tutorial so here it is.
Lets start with the basics, meaning where you should highlight and where you should contour. By the way contour means exaggerating your face structure. Moving on, to find the place you want to contour is easy it is basically all of the hollows of your face and more. The main places for you to contour is your cheeks, temples, nose, and You can either do your forehead and jaw or not. I like to do my forehead because it is to big for my liking. Surprisingly a lot of people do not know where the hollow of their cheeks are all you have to do is suck in your cheeks and that is it. Now your temple is located right above your cheek bones. Do not be afraid to touch your face. Hollow areas are very easy to detect when you touch your face because they are sunken parts of your face and as long as you are a 3D person then you will have many dimensions to your face. For contouring your nose you want to contour the sides of your nose and then that will leave the center for highlighting. When you do this it makes your nose seem slimmer and it straightens your nose by appearance. Now for the forehead just take your brush and align it to the hairline. From one ear all around to the other ear. Then for your jaw line I suggest only contouring your jaw if you seriously do not have a jaw meaning your face is more round shape. Feel the shape of your jaw I like to start from the back where my ear is and follow my jaw all the way to my other ear and I use my brush and do the exact same thing. But I rarely contour my jaw because it very visible so I do not have to exaggerate it even more. I will say sometimes if you do contour your jaw do it underneath the jaw because then you will not have several harsh lines. That brings me to my next point when you do contour your face make sure to blend out the color you want it to look as natural as possible. Also when blending if you are contouring any where near the hair line blend the color into the hairline. What I use to contour my face is a V angle Brush from Bare Minerals and my bronzer is i.d. Bare Minerals in Faux Tan.

    Now for highlighting it is much easier then contouring. I like to go where natural sunlight is and take my mirror and find my glowing areas. Most likely the center of your face will be more highlighted then the outer edges of your face. So my natural highlights on my faces are the center of my forehead, the bridge of nose, my cupids bow, my chin. and the half circle of my cheeks. I put this Chanel Poudre Caresse which is a Matte highlight. Down the bridge of my nose which starts from the top right between the eyes and down to the tip. I also put this on my half circles on my cheeks. What I mean by half circles is put your finger on center of your cheek bone is basically where your pupil is. Then draw a half circle that connects to your the end of your eyebrow that is where my highlight is. Then I use Shell by Mac on other places like my chin, center of the eyelid (sometimes). inner corner of the eye, underneath the brow, cupids bow, center of the forehead (sometimes). 

REVIEW

     I am going to review this product I guess because I wanted kill two birds with one stone. Anyways this is Poudre Caresse Powderlights by Chanel. I use it as a highlight on my face it is a beauty Matte highlighter and if your looking for one I recommend this. It is translucent but does indeed reflect light. When I first put it on I was amazed that it did and it is not sparkle which I am happy about. No Offense to Shell by Mac but sometimes I want a matte look. I use this on my cheeks and nose and it just perfect. You can also use this as a setting powder if your skin is that fair.

Enjoy!

I hope everyone has a beautiful day!

-Brittanie Cruz

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