Highlighting and contouring are makeup techniques that can help you transform your look, giving you a more radiant glow from within. It’s true that a good makeup routine can enhance your natural beauty and help you achieve the seemingly unattainable effortless glow. If you’re wondering how to highlight and contour to achieve glowing skin, you’ll want to read on to find out.
1. Highlight & Contour: Glow from Within
It’s no secret that having a contoured and highlight look helps you achieve a glowing complexion and enhances your natural beauty. However, applying it incorrectly can make your makeup look unnatural, so it’s important to understand the basics and apply it correctly.
- How to Highlight & Contour:
- Choose two shades of foundation, one that is two shades lighter than your skin tone and one that is two shades darker.
- Apply the lighter shade of foundation to all the areas where you want to accentuate, like the brow bones, cupid’s bow, bridge of the nose and cheekbones.
- Apply the darker shade of foundation to the areas that you want to minimize, like the hollows of the cheeks and sides of the nose.
- To blend them together, use a damp beauty sponge to press and roll the product into your skin.
Adding shimmer to certain areas of your face can also help bring a warm glow to your complexion. Use a highlighter to enhance your favorite features and add radiance to your face. A few brush strokes along the cheekbones, temples, and bridge of the nose can really “up” your contour game and create a truly impressive and dimensional look.
Blush can also be used to add warmth and color to your face. Just a bit of blush will help bring a healthy flush to your face, and it will give you that “just-pinched” look. You can choose a warm, rosy shade to apply to the apples of your cheeks to finish the look.
Adding a light dusting of bronzer around your face can add an extra bit of depth and natural sunshine to your makeup. Swirl your brush in the pan and gently pat it onto the areas where the sun would naturally hit your face, like the cheeks, forehead, and forehead, nose, and chin.
2. Exploring the Benefits of Highlighting & Contouring
Achieve a beautiful and glowy complexion with the incredible makeup technique of highlighting and contouring. It’s the ultimate tool to help sculpt your facial features and achieve the look you desire. Plus, it can be used to seamlessly cover any skin discoloration or blemishes you want to hide.
Highlighting uses a lighter shade of foundation or cream makeup along your high points, while contouring uses a darker shade below your facial structure to give the illusion of higher and more defined cheekbones, a slimmer nose, and a more chiseled jawline.
Be sure to pick the right contour and highlighter shades for your skin tone. For a light skin tone, use a soft brown as a contour shade and a soft, pale beige for highlighting. For medium skin, use a caramel brown for contouring and a soft, light beige as a highlight. And for darker skin tones, use a warmer dark brown for a contour and a tawny beige for highlighting.
Highlighting and contouring isn’t just limited to face makeup either. You can also use it on what you wear. With stylish ruffles and accessories, you can emphasize your assets and mask any figure flaws. So don’t be afraid to release your inner style diva.
Not only can you rely on the power of makeup and clothing to make a statement, but you can also use highlighters and contouring to make yourself look bigger. Whether you have small eyes, ears, or lips, this powerful technique can make them appear to be more voluptuous and definitely more noticeable.
3. Basics of Highlighting & Contouring: The Essentials
Highlighting and contouring may seem like a complicated endeavor, but the basics behind it are simple. Here are the essential elements you should know to ace this makeup application technique:
- Choosing the Right Shade: Highlighter and contour products should blend into your natural skin tone. When shopping for a highlighting product, you’ll want something that’s one or two shades lighter than your natural skin color. For contour products, choose one or two shades darker.
- Application Tools: Highlighter and contour products should be applied with the right tools to achieve the desired look. Synthetic brushes or sponges should be used with creams, and natural-haired brushes with powders. Start with a light hand, and layer more product if necessary.
- Do’s & Don’ts: For the most natural results, avoid applying highlighting and contour products to the same area of the face. Start drawing the shape of your desired look onto your face softly with a few dabs of product. Don’t be afraid to apply multiple layers to reach your desired look.
An important thing to remember when highlighting and contouring is to be mindful of the colors and symmetry of your face. Avoid harsh, defined lines when applying the products. A good tip is to avoid going too low beneath the chin; it can make the neck look unattractive.
There’s no rocket science to highlight and contour. With the basics down, you can start experimenting with colors and techniques and find the look that’s best for you!
4. Step-by-Step Guide to Getting That Perfect Glow
We all want to get that perfect glow, and it doesn’t have to be hard! Here is a step-by-step guide to getting you on the right path to looking your best:
1. Cleanse the Skin
Before doing anything else, it’s important to give your skin a thorough wash. This will help get rid of any dirt and oil, while also calming and soothing irritated skin.
2. Exfoliate
Exfoliating the skin helps to get rid of any dead cells that could be clogging up the pores. You can choose from different types of exfoliation: from physical exfoliation with a scrub to chemical exfoliation with a mask or peel.
3. Moisturize
The third major step for a perfect glow is to moisturize the skin. This helps strengthen and nourish the skin, while also helping your makeup to last longer. Just be sure to use the right product for your skin type.
4. Avoid Makeup with Heavy Coverage
We all enjoy a bit of makeup every now and then but if you’re aiming for a natural glow then it’s best to avoid foundation and other face makeup with heavy coverage. Instead, opt for something like tinted moisturizer or BB cream to even out the skin tone without leaving a heavy, cakey finish.
5. Add a Highlighter
Finally, don’t forget to add a bit of a glow to your makeup. This can be done with a highlighter that matches your skin tone. Apply it on the upper part of your cheekbones, your nose bridge and your Cupid’s bow for a subtle and natural-looking highlight.
If you’ve read this article, you’ve no doubt begun to understand that glowing from within isn’t just a phrase; it’s a process, an art. Thanks for joining us on this journey into highlighting and contouring; we hope you’ve gained some valuable insight and are ready to put your knowledge to work. Now, go forth and shine bright!
