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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to Contouring Your Face

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How to Contour and Highlight Your Face

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to Contouring Your Face

5 January, 2016 by Jessica Cruel

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Fair Skin

Face Shape: Heart

Is Your Face a Heart? A heart-shaped face typically has a pointy chin, and the face is widest in the brow and forehead area. Some women also have a widow's peak, but it's not a hard-and-fast rule. Overall, the face is shaped similar to an upside-down triangle.

The Strategy: The goal is to balance out the forehead and chin. So, you want to minimize the width of the forehead by contouring along the upper temples. Then, focus your highlight shade on the center of the chin to emphasize the area.

Fair Skin

Fair Skin: Before

Fair Skin: Contour

Fair Skin: Contour + Highlight

Fair Skin: After

Medium Skin

Medium Skin: Before

Medium Skin: Contour

Medium Skin: Nose Contour

Medium Skin: Contour + Highlight

Medium Skin: After

Dark Skin

Dark Skin: Before

Dark Skin: Contour

Dark Skin: Contour + Highlight

Dark Skin: After

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