The Make-Up Studio - HIGHLIGHTING & CONTOURING

HIGHLIGHTING & CONTOURING is important when making someone up.  This is because it gives a person's face a lot more shape and structure.  Below is the equipment, method and technique used when shaping a person's face.

Equipment used:

Kryolan foundation palette

Primer

Kryolan concealer palette

Illamasqua loose powder

Illamasqua cream blusher, Libido

Illamasqua powder blusher, Tremble

Foundation brush

Buffing brush

Concealer brush

Powder brush

Contouring brush

Highlighter brush

How to apply CONTOUR and SHAPE THE FACE

Before highlighting and contouring the face you need to apply a base of foundation and concealer, as shown in week two.  However DO NOT powder, as grease based products cannot be applied over powder

For highlighting areas – use a foundation or concealer 2 shades lighter than your models skin tone

For shading areas – use a foundation or concealer 2 shades darker than your models skin tone

Where you concentrate the highlighted and shaded areas depends on your model’s face shape

o   MAIN AREAS FOR HIGHLIGHTING:

Above the cheek bone

Along the bridge of the nose

In the middle of the forehead just above the nose

Under the arch of the eyebrows

Middle of the eyelids

Under the eyes

Middle of the chin

o   MAIN AREAS FOR SHADING:

Under the cheek bone (use the line from the tragus to the corner of the lip as a guideline)

Sides of the nose

Along the jaw bone line

Around the temple

Once you have highlighted and contoured using the foundation and concealer shades, you can then apply blusher

To apply the blusher ask your model to smile and apply it along the cheek bone using the contouring brush

NOTE: if you are using a grease base blusher you should not powder the face until after you have applied it.  If you are just using a powder blusher then you should powder before applying this