I’m getting asked more
and more frequently whether or not I do contouring and despite it being
featured daily in magazines and beauty blogs, contouring has been around for a
long time!
Contouring is standard
practise for makeup artist and is a technique used to enhance and create
shadows and highlights on the face. It’s the same as drawing and shading a
still life in art; you’re creating the illusions of depth on a canvas where
there isn’t any. This technique can help create define cheekbones or an
illusion of a different shaped nose, it’s fantastic.
If however you are
after a very natural look or you’re not used to wearing a lot of makeup,
contouring probably isn’t for you. Whilst a small amount of contouring can be
used in basic makeup application,
the attached pictures of Helen Falanagan and Kim Kardashian demonstrate
how contouring can be used to the max!
Check out this great
tutorial from the team at Illamasqua to see how it’s done step by step: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1VioAh_FMU&feature=share&list=UUtOMYpk2q87zf2G84AxjvRw&index=2
Vicky Brown Hair and Makeup
Based in Hertfordshire
www.vicky-brown.co.uk
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