Sunday 2 June 2013

The Basic's too...

Contouring

Hey  Girls. So this week i finally mastered contouring (on my own face) which has been something I've been really trying to do for a while. You see, the problem with me is, i have very red blotchy chubby cheeks and so trying to add some definition to them is quite a task. So after spending a morning on pintrest and Google, i finally found enough tips and techniques to really give it a good go myself. I must say i was pretty pleased with the outcome and even thought for some people it might still look rubbish, it definitely is quite a challenge to contour if you have my face shape and colouring.


The products i used for this were;
M.A.C Studio sculpt (as the base foundation)
No7 Protect & Perfect Foundation (Which is too dark as a base but works well in the hollows of my cheeks to contour) applied by finger and then blended in with a buffing brush.
Two, Bare Minerals powders mix together ('Warmth' and 'Medium c25')  applied with a real techniques 'Contour Brush'
Smashbox Fusion Soft Lights in baked stardust (as a highlight on the tops of cheek bones and down centre of nose)
Bare Minerals Warmth (the one mentioned above- on the temples)

I don't normally use a blush as i already have red cheeks but i put a little Bare Minerals 'first class' on just to emphasise the definition.



If you want to know where to contour for your face shape then above is a little picture to help you out. If your face isn't any specific shape then don't be afraid to mix and match techniques.

I hope this is some help and gives some of you some inspiration.
Let me know what you think of this kind of post and if it helps any of you out as i may do something similar again!

Thanks for reading
 Cat 

2 comments:

  1. I couldn't live without contouring my face, well I could but you get my drift. It makes such a huge difference :) nice post, it looks good x

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  2. You look pretty! Your face is so angelic! (:
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