The first cure-all was on too-dark eye and lip liners, and too-light concealers. This time, it’s on brown eye shadows, and too dark concealers and foundations. We’ve all been in that position – the drug store foundation is dark, you bought brown eye shadow for the “natural look” and decided you hated it. One word: shadows.
What the hell am I on about? You know how make up artists claim they can make you “look ten pounds lighter”? All you need is to throw some darker shades into your make up repertoire. Mix a shade with the right foundation, or use more or less of it, to create the same colour as the shadows under your cheekbones (if you can’t find them, shine a light head-on, suck in your cheeks, and find the shadow your cheekbones create in a mirror).
So where do you apply this? Put your hands on either side of your cheeks and push – feel the cheekbones? Apply on the bottoms of the bones, (but on your skin, lol!) and blend, blend, blend. You should not be applying it like blush, though – it should already be fading out when you get to the apples of your cheeks.
Where else? On either side of your nose bridge and on the bottom side of your brow bone. A touch by your temples, along your jawline (just skim a LITTLE BIT right along your jaw, I like using a blush brush and simply following my jawline with the centre of the brush, allowing it to fan on just the right amount), and on the sides of your throat – you know that bit that juts out? A tiny bit on either side will actually make your neck look thinner and longer. You can also create darker shadows around your collar bone area.
What to remember? Apply it only to emphasize where you already have shadows on your face – never create cheekbones that aren’t there, for instance – you’ll only look like you’ve dipped wayyy too far into the bronzer. Just dust on a little bit, and BLEND IN WELL – the point is to look naturally skinnier, not overdone! This IS NOT a bronzer, and isn’t meant to make you look tan – though you could use a dark brown bronzer for this, if you wish – but don’t use a glittery one!
That’s all for now – have fun contouring!
