Sculpt and enhance facial beauty: face contouring
Improving the beauty of your face is also possible without having to resort to cosmetic surgery : in fact, there are several methods that, by expertly using make-up tricks, will be able to give you a perfect face on any occasion. One of the most used techniques that will be able to allow you to sculpt and improve the beauty of your face is certainly face contouring. Widely used by celebrities and models around the world, face contouring thanks to clever play of light and shadow due to the use of concealers, foundations and bronzers , will allow you to obtain a visibly different face and improve it as you wish: you will then simply need to use makeup remover to be able to go back to how you were before! In this article we will go into detail about where face contouring comes from, what it is, what it is for and some practical tricks to be able to do it directly at home: consult our section Contouring to see all our most popular makeup products to buy now.
The History of Face Contouring
The word "face contouring" was used for the first time by one of the most important make-up artists of the world's leading brand Max Factor, way back in 1945. It was him who began to teach his students the different make-up techniques for to remodel the facial features, and over time this special technique has managed to capture the attention of the most important make-up artists and also of models, stars and many other personalities, making it one of the most used make-up techniques nowadays both at a professional and amateur level.
What is face contouring and what is it for?
Face contouring is nothing more than a clever use of different make-up products which, if used with awareness and dedication, will be able to recreate play of light and shadow to be able to minimize, enhance or even hide some somatic features, softening them and significantly sculpting the face and making it visually "better". All this will be possible to obtain without having to resort to cosmetic surgery or aesthetic medicine treatments: the effect you can obtain will be very visible and just as easy to eliminate at the end of the day.
Changing Face Shapes: From Square to Triangle for a Perfect Oval
One of the most common defects encountered especially by the female public is certainly having an excessively square face, often due to significant growth of the masseter, i.e. the muscle between the jaw and the cheekbone. In this case, contouring can allow you to to sweeten and soften the square, moving towards a more triangular profile.
Filling the gaps in the face
Using contouring will not only allow you to to shape aesthetically to suit the shape of your face, but it can also allow you to minimize defects and act on the less harmonious areas of your face. For example, you can act directly on the gaps, to fill in the areas of the temples that appear more empty thanks to the chiaroscuro of contouring products, such as for example the contouring palette by Peggy Sage , or go and give more highlight to the jaw.
The right contouring for every face!
Each face shape can also be very different: it is precisely for this reason that so many face shapes exist, so many methods of using contouring there will be! The most important make up artists have unanimously drawn up three main face shapes on which to apply contouring, namely:
- Round face , where you will act by spreading an illuminating product above the chin and on the cheekbones, slightly darkening the cheek areas by blending outwards. Finally, it will be important to also add a light blush above the cheeks, blending everything;
- Square face , where you will have to spread the earth on the jaw and the sides of the forehead, then go on to illuminate the chin and forehead. Then you will have to apply the blush above the cheeks, spreading everything with small targeted gestures without blending excessively;
- Oval face , where you will darken with the help of the earth the entire area of the forehead, jaw and cheekbones, without touching the mouth and nose. Finally, you will have to blend the blush above the cheekbones, illuminating the areas where there are small imperfections of the skin.
It is also possible to apply the contouring technique on well-defined areas of the face, such as just the nose area , just the cheekbones or the jaw area. It is also used to aesthetically volumize the lips, applying contouring on the mouth outline for an immediate effect of volume and shape.
It is also important to remember that for perfect contouring even at home it is important to use the right equipment: brushes . For every make up it will be essential to use the correct brush, to facilitate the work and have an absolutely professional and detailed result: consult our site to find everything you need to start, right away, to apply the contouring technique!
