Contour Makeup for Heart-Shaped Faces

When a celebrity appears all pretty and dainty and blessed with a perfectly interesting face, we either marvel at their genes or we hint darkly how there's a lot that money can buy these days. There's one thing that we often don't think much about - contour makeup.

Just think about this - when they get those paparazzi shots of those celebrities and they don't have their makeup on, don't theyappear a lot more ordinary? Somehow, their entire shape seems changed. That's your sign right there. When Kim Kardashian has a lean and very interesting face when she is at some gala, but she appears with a face that's rounded out with puppy fat when she's caught off-guard, that's contour makeup right there.

Now you can't use contour makeup like they do. That kind of thing only works in the movies and photographs and strongly-lit red carpet events. Anyone wearing that kind of makeup to the office would look like a streetwalker.

The trick to using contour makeup is to do it in a way that seems barely noticeable in real life, and to get yet use it in a way that gets people thinking that you have face that's shaped the way you want them to see it.

In our example, we'll talk about heart-shaped faces.

Most the time,, women with heart-shaped faces have cheekbones that stand out. The usual mistake women make with contour makeup on such a face is, they will overdo it. This makes the face appear kind of pointy. You just need to know what parts of your face you want to darken to make them look less than prominent and what parts to use light highlighting makeup on, so that they appper to come forward and present themselves.

Okay, the first step in any contour makeup exercise is to apply primer all over for a soft and warm appearance. Once you're done with that, it's time to use the contouring product. To make something like your prominent cheekbones recede, use product that's one shade darker than your skin color. Use it  right under your cheekbones and on each side of your forehead - your temples.

Using your fingers, smoothe the contouring product along each side of your nose and also to the tip. Work it up to where your eyelids begin. The reason you should use your fingers and not a brush to put on contour makeup is that your fingers are warm and they will soften the product sufficiently.

Finally, to make everything blend in nicely use a brush to apply primer. Use the brush to blend downwards from your ear down to your cheekbones. Use a little highlighter on your eyelids to make your eyes appear higher, and that's it.