How To Contour and Highlight

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I love makeup but it is not a passion for me. I don’t consider myself to be a makeup artist, but I have learned from some of the best on YouTube when it comes to applying your makeup correctly. It is a form of art and some people are better at it than others, literally. You can keep your makeup natural and simple or completely transform yourself. My personal opinion is why would you want to look like a completely different person with makeup? The point is to enhance your natural features and add a new dimension to your face. It’s not even supposed to be noticeable—just a subtle definition.

Contour is “an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something”. Making your nose look smaller, making your face look slender, accentuating your cheekbones, and making your eyebrows more prominent. A highlight, on the other hand, refers to “pick out and emphasize”. It adds that finished glow to your face that you see on magazine covers.

I do not contour, unless I am doing a photo shoot. I am happy with my facial structure, but I do love to highlight. If you are blessed with naturally sculpted cheekbones and a structured jaw line, you are one lucky person. But for those who need a little help in that department, let’s look at this pictorial on contouring and highlighting.