Highlight & Contour

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I personally love highlighting & contour.  It's perfect for round faces which I have.  Highlighting and contouring brings more definition to your face and can create the illusion of cheekbones there/stronger jawline/smaller noise etc.

There are different ways to great this look using powders or cream products. Whether you use powders, concealers, highlighting sticks, foundation sticks, foundation liquid...

Using cream products you can create a more natural look more than powders.  I always use the same highlighting products however I switch it up from cream and powder contour just depending in what I am in the mood for.
I have listed below the types of products I find best for my skin tone/type and just generally liked(mix of low and high end).  If you click on the link next to the product it will take you to the site to buy.

Remember: Go a few shades up from your foundation colour for your highlight and few darker than your foundation for your contouring.

Products
Highlighting 
Mac Prolongwear Concealer (NC15) Link
Revlon Colourstay Concealer (Fair 01)Link
Mac Prep + Prime  (Light Boost) Link

Contour

BH Cosmetics camourflage concealer palette  (Cream) Link

BH Cosmetics Glamorous Blush Palette (Top left)  (Powder) Link

Mac Matte Bronze Bronzer  (Powder) Link

Further Details & Tips/Secrets

Mac Prep + Prime Details
I recommend for you to get this instead of a concealer if you don't want the coverage of concealer has on your skin if you prefer a softer look as this just brightens up the face but without giving you much coverage/product sitting on your face.
Light Boost - Sallow/light skin (Cameron Diaz/Kim Kardashian
Bright Forecast - Medium skin (Lilly Ghalichi/Alesha Dixon)
Peach Lustre - Dark Skin (Gabrielle Union/Kelly Rowland)
Radiant Rose - Light/Medium skin tones - This shade helps to cover dark circles as its a peachy tone.


Covering dark circles
You may find highlighting your under eye doesn't help cover your dark cirlces.  What I recommend doing is place a concealer there under your eyes that does cover the dark circles(Peachy tones cancel these out) then underneath that put your highlighter making sure you blend it in up with the product at your eye.


Applcaition

Areas to Highlight
Middle of forehead
Under eye - Draw a line from your inner corner of your eye to the bottom corner of your nose then diagonal line from the corner of your nose to the top of your eat (The area inside this you want to all highlight)
Bridge or your nose
Cupids bow
Middle of chin
Smile lines




Area's to Contour
Side of your nose
Temples
Top of your forehead
Just under/on the edge of your cheekbone
Jawline



Blending
There is various ways you can do this, but this is my preferences

Damp Beauty Blender- (V.Important that its damp) Depending on the consistancy of the product I would use this. (mostly on he highlighted areas I like this)

Foundation Brush-I like to use as its thin so it keeps all the product from moving and spreading into different area's of the face you don't want it to go.  This is great for less liquid products when its the contour area's your blending I find this works best.








I hope this helps, It does go into depth but it just depends in how fierce your preference is.



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Peace & Love
J