Contouring

Contouring: Products for a defined look

Contouring is a make-up technique that allows you to redefine your face and emphasize your best features. Find out more about this popular make-up technique here!

What is contouring?

Contouring describes the make-up technique that allows you to skilfully highlight and define your facial features through skillful shadow play.

When contouring, you can, for example, accentuate your cheekbones, make your nose appear narrower, or make your face appear narrower overall by applying light and dark colors. But don't worry, contouring doesn't have to be complicated!

But you can't talk about contouring and leave out highlighting. Since contouring involves adding shadows, highlighting involves placing bright accents on the light points of the face. These are the areas that the light hits first, such as the cheekbones or the tip of the nose.

When highlighting, you enhance the effect of contouring and can remodel and skilfully highlight certain parts of the face.

Choosing the perfect contouring product

When it comes to contouring, you can also choose from different textures and products. Here is a brief overview:

• Contouring stick: Ideal for beginners, as you can work much more precisely with a stick and place the product in a targeted manner. Then blend the product with your fingers, a makeup sponge or a suitable brush so that no sharp lines remain. The formulas are rather creamy and suitable for all skin types.
• Contour Powder: Contour powder products are the ideal choice for oily to combination skin types. It is best to apply them with a fluffy contouring brush. However, you should be careful not to use too much product at the beginning and work in layers.
• Cream contouring: You have to be a little more careful with cream products - here, just a small dot is enough to contour your face. Cream contouring products are particularly suitable for dry skin types, but actually all skin types can use creamy contouring products. However, if you have oily skin, it can be beneficial to fix the finish with a contouring powder after using a cream contouring product so that the result lasts longer.

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Contouring: How it works

With contouring you can make your face look a little narrower or more angular.

To do this, place the contour product below and on the cheekbones and blend it upwards towards the temple.

At the same time, you can also make your forehead look narrower by placing your contouring at your hairline and blending it gently.

Using the same trick, you can also make your nose appear narrower, creating shadows along the sides of your nose bridge.

Contouring the chin area and jawline makes your face appear more angular and is a good option for more defined facial features, for example if you have a round face.

For gentle shading, it is essential that you blend the products well and create delicate transitions. A result with hard lines and transitions looks unnatural.

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