The contouring
I saw this weekend a report on Anastasia Beverly Hills who is the popesse of the contouring.
Contouring is a makeup technique that uses dark / light optics to improve the perception of the appearance of a face. The technique has been popularized in the United States, where it has made many followers, including major figures of fashion, film, stage, and other celebrities, such as Kim Kardashian.
Contouring is a makeup technique that can change the perception of facial features, carve the contours of the face to make them more harmonious. It's a makeup that plays with two families of colors, namely dark shades and light shades. It consists of shading the parts of the face that seem too imposing or unflattering and to enhance the natural assets.
This play of shadows and lights, or chiaroscuro, is the very foundation of the technique. By ingeniously distributing shaded tones and clear tones on the face, we can conceal certain areas and highlight other parts through a well-known technique, the highlight. The interest is to discretely enhance the natural assets to better hide the small defects while avoiding going through the plastic surgery box.
The contouring would suit all women, regardless of the shape of the face and the complexion. It is particularly suitable for a person complexed by the size of the nose, double chin, a forehead too small or a face too round. Men can also use this technique to disguise certain features of their face, in order to look their best. There are some who draws abdominals with this technique.
History
The origins of contouring go back as far as the invention of the art of make-up. It was mainly reserved for professionals in the performing arts and major theatrical performances. During the 1950s, Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe or Sophia Loren were particularly fond of it.
Later in the 1980s and 1990s, this makeup technique was further democratized, becoming more used by professional makeup artists involved in fashion shows, in the cinema or in the middle of the stage.
In recent years, as this technique still seemed to be disappearing from the public arena, the reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian has fully resurrected her through hundreds of photos of her shared on social media. In these photos, you could see Scott Barnes, a makeup artist Hollywood stars, carefully applying the technique on the face of the young woman.
Subsequently, YouTube's beauty community helped teach the technique on a global scale. Youtubers from around the world have filmed their contouring techniques that allow ordinary women to recreate this make-up and put their face in the spotlight.
Process
Like any makeup, contouring is a technique that applies to clean and completely unified skin. The first step is to apply a makeup base, consisting of a base of complexion that will help fix the makeup and a foundation of classic perfectly suited to the complexion.
The second step is to shade, that is to say, refine the parts of the face considered too imposing. Specifically, this operation consists of using a matte powder to shrink the forehead, digging the cheeks, refine or shorten the nose, or make the double chin disappear.
The third step is to use a complexion brightener to bring light to the not-so-impressive parts of the face, such as the high crown of the cheekbones, the lower part of the brow bone, the Cupid's bow (above the upper lip), the chin, the forehead, the middle of the nose and the sides of the mouth. After lighting and shading, it is necessary to harmonize the face by melting the colors with a brush or a sponge, a last step which gives a more natural aspect to the face.
Contouring helps correct facial defects without the need for surgery. However, the processes vary more or less depending on whether the face is round, long, square, rectangle, oval, triangular in shape, or in the shape of an inverse triangle. For each type of face, there is a special way to apply makeup to achieve the desired result.
To work an oval face, it is often necessary to stretch the foundation from the center to the outside, and apply dark powder on the outer contours. For a face too long, it is necessary to redraw the horizontal axis of the chin. To correct a forehead that is too small, light up the forehead and shade the temples. To shrink a part of the face, just shade it, and instead illuminate it when the goal is to enlarge it.
For a too rounded face or jaws too square, it is necessary to shade the bottom of the jaws abundantly.
It should be known that a perfect face is cut into three equal parts at the level of the height, in fact, it is necessary that the area of the forehead, the nose and the mouth are of the same size. If this is not the case, contouring helps to rebalance these 3 zones.
Everywhere a hoax :)
Some women are cleverly disguised in order to attract attention and look prettier in the eyes of men.
Interesting article, this is the whole art of make-up. But another question, it is better to hide the defects and weaknesses of your appearance or work on yourself and make of the disadvantages - the advantages (to make lemon juice out of lemon)? Everyone chooses himself :)
I liked it, women's camouflage is amazing
The problem with the make up is that the true arrive in the morning when you wake up without make up π I am a natural girl I just put a little make up. I have the same face in the evening and in the morning π
I respect the girls who are not shy about their appearance and look natural, respect for you
I remember one meme and just have to share it with you
Love this man. Makeup is make up - a lie. I thought as a man to try use some makeup, and I found this immoral, and refuse. Maybe one day I will try to show to people that it's a lie, and fake makeup makes fake ralatioship.
Makeup can be a lie! It depends on how people are using it! -> Too much product on their faces or making a lot of money! But still, makeup is art and you can find some amazing makeup looks with lots of creativity!
your video is very nice i like makeup :)
You are learning .how can look i pretty.that very good. Some people have worry that they are not beautifull. But i am sure by this anyone can look shine.
Thank you for share
That's good app but there's problem if you looking for someone so can't imagine his her beauty in picture
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wow! really nice video i like makeup:)
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I love contouring. The only thing is that you need to cover face with A LOT of makeup that can lead to many skin problems. So I would recommend to use this technique more for the special occasions
Any contouring for guys .. We also need bit of fun
I find it amazing! Now i realize the importance of contouring in my drawing/animation class we call it shading. it could greatly improve the 3D effect the drawing. Thank you for this info.
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An interesting article worth reading. What an interesting techniques in applying make up. Well I still believe that being natural is still the best. True it is good to look good, but the more you appear natural with at least very little makeup it makes you happy and confident of your self. Thanks for this
Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.
I tell my lady @kelsnm all the time how beautiful she is to me, without any makeup at all. But she goes ahead and slaps some on... for herself she says.
me encanta el maquillaje,no puedo vivir sin el, te felicito por tu interesante post.
@herlys
Now we don't know who's really beautiful and who's not.
I wish to be profession that much haha !!
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This is very interesting article, you have explained everything in a really good way.
Since this whole trend began, I have been viewing all those videos on Instagram just to see the final result after all the conturing.
I am no expert in makeup, I just put a little makeup so this whole conturing thing looks really complicated to me, but it is nice for a change to see that someone (in this case you) explained it with words, not just with video :)
Great article @indesta120282 ..pretty helpful for photoshopers. However being natural is remain perfect.
Great article, I really enjoyed reading it!
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Great Post! I am a Makeup-Artist and I understand the article! But still for your everyday makeup routine, you don't need to contour your face if you really need to, use just a little but you don't have to use a ton of product! Back then and now they are using it for shows, shootings, theater etc... also because of the lights... but now they are just earning a lot of money with this trend...
Nice, but of course the art of using make up is not just to be applied for artists or for professionals in theaters...this is applicable to everybody, and as a mommy it is still my right to be interested in this...
We women will be loved and accepted for who we are, with or without make up we are beautiful inside and out for people who loves us.
If we put make up that is for our partners and love ones to be comfortable to be with us because we look presentable not because we are trying to hide some of our defects, it's not a good idea for us to wait for someone to tell us to put some make up or learn to beautify ourselves so that we will look pretty and men will be attracted to us.
I will continue doing this because I believe I need it for my husband to be more attractive to me (hehe my husband is really vocal in supporting me for this) ...my husband says "its a great artwork and makes beautiful woman more beautiful."
Still for me it's a good idea to learn some of this techniques to be used for some occasions, right? @rosely028 @rotchel and @ranfa and special thanks to @lndesta120282 for this post.