Contouring and highlighting is the latest beauty trend which the famous and gorgeous Kim Kardashian sent buzzing around. Contouring and highlighting is a great way to enhance our facial features whilst also doing the reverse and hiding features that we do not want to be to be too prominent. Contouring can be used define our noses, cheekbones and facial shape. Contouring is a simple process which depends on blending in order to achieve the desired look.
Product Information – The Supercover Corrector Wheel
In this blog post I am using the Supercover corrector wheel on my client. The Supercover wheel is a great product which contains 5 selected shades from the Supercover cream foundation range made from only minerals and high quality refined cosmetic waxes in order to provide great coverage and is priced at £30.
The Supercover corrector wheel contains the following shades:
No. 13 - Cream rouge; a natural blusher in a cream form.
No. 36 - Highlighter; Used to enhance features and reshape facial structure.
No. 37 - Contour/shadow; to contour and reshape nose, chin, etc.
No. 16 - Red neutraliser; to conceal major skin discolouration such as redness in the skin, port wine stains, birthmarks, red veins.
No. 25 - Blue neutraliser; to conceal major skin discolouration such as dark circles, pigmentation, blue veins etc.
Center - Lavender/Purple Veil; to brighten up complexion for sallow skin types.
It is recommended that you use a shade two or three tones darker than your own skin tone for the contour. The contour that comes with the Supercover wheel is ok to use on fair –medium Asian skin tones.
Let us begin…
Phase 1 - Contour
1. Create your base
Conceal your imperfections and apply foundation to your face in order to create a blank canvas to do your magic!
2. Using a mac 195 concealer brush, take a small amount of shade No 37 which is the contour/shadow from the Supercover wheel and start contouring sides of the bridge on your nose.
3. Apply the same shade along the underside of the cheekbones.
4. Contour along the jaw lines this will make your face appear slimmer.
5. For someone with a wide forehead you could contour at the temples, to make your forehead appear smaller.
Phase 2 - Highlight
1. Using a Mac 195 concealer brush highlight the bridge of your nose using shade No 36 (highlighter). Highlighting the bridge of your nose will make your nose appear slimmer.
2. Apply highlighter to your upper cheekbones as this will create the appearance of sleek cheekbones.
3. Apply highlighter under your eyes and on the forehead.
Highlighter can be applied to any area of your face which you would like to make “pop”.
Phase 3 – Blending
When it comes to contouring and highlighting, it is essential that you blend well!
1. Using a Mac 109 brush blend in areas where your have applied contour and highlighter in a swirling motion.
You could use make up sponges and beauty blenders which are good tools to blend makeup with.
Make sure you blend well, whilst ensuring that there are no sharp lines visible where contour and highlighter have been applied.
Phase 4 - Blush
1. Apply blush evenly on both sides of the apples of your checks just above the contour.
Results
I purchased 2 of the contour wheels years ago. I may fish it out again. I don't contour as I find the powder sets make me look muddy.
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