Makeup theory: Highlight and contour
10:50 PMSo today is the post of how to draw you face in 3d!
Hah, that's actually very simple and very complicated thing at a time.
Why?
Cause its easy to do the contour and highlight but its difficult to find colors that would work great at your skin.
Just imagine that there is a lamp in front of you and it shines directly onto your face. Which areas on your face will get more light and where would be the shadow?
That's right, areas which will be lighted is where you need to highlight your skin and shadows are in areas where you have to contour your face.
Matching your skin color is the main thing you should find out.
Highlight color is easier to find, its just your main skin tone + a bit of white so you can use the concealer/highlighter/foundation about 1 tone lighter than your main foundation.
Contour color should look like natural shadows of your face. You can try to put some pressure with your finger to your cheek and the color around your finger is the right shadow color.
Yeah, its easier to use bronzer or contour kit from some beauty company but it doesn't match skin tone sometimes. I'm the proud owner of rosy-pale skin (as you know from previous posts) and my contour should be... rosy-gray. Almost all bronzers look yellow or brown on me and I haven't found the right color in a ready contour palette yet so I have to use different products to get the normal color.
Now. Small tutorial of how to highlight and contour your face.
Apply your main foundation on your skin the way you like it to apply. Don't forget to blend your foundation to your neck cause it needs some matching color too.
Take a foundation 1 tone lighter than your main foundation or take a highlighter if you like and apply it to your T-zone (the area right above your eyebrows and the spot between them, if you have one; down the center of your nose; the middle of your upper lip; and the middle of your chin), your under-eye area, and right above your cheekbones.
This picture might help you with your T-zone identification
Blend all of thу highlighting and foundation together to get a tone without visible abrupt transitions. You want this to look seamless.
Then you should contour your face on the sides of your nose, right under your cheekbones, and around your hairline.
(the darkest areas on the diagram)
Blend in your contour just like you did your highlight. Veeery eeeeasy, right?Select the prettiest blush color you like and apply it to your cheeks, moving upward from the apples to your temples
(pink areas where you should apply your blush)
After all of that drawings on your face you can set your makeup with translucent powder or fixing spray. And you're ready for everything! Except shower rain...
Hope you found it helpful and you reeeeally like it. Let me know if you like this post!
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