Learn how to contour and highlight your face as pro makeup artists break down how to contour for beginners. Plus, the lazy hack that works every time.
What Is Contouring? Contouring is a makeup technique that helps to sculpt and define the face. Contouring chisels your appearance and helps change the shape of some facial features, too (if you so choose). Common areas for contour are the nose, cheeks, forehead, and jawline/chin.
Contouring is a makeup technique that has been used by makeup artists for decades to add definition and dimension to the face. Similar to the art of shading with darker colors to create a shadow, to contour your face, apply darker makeup shades in areas that you want to sculpt such as under the cheekbones and jawline, and lighter shades where you want to pop or highlight like the top of the ...