What are step by step instructions for contour makeup?

Highlighting and contouring are two artsy tricks that can magically enhance your cheek bones and creating a flattering bone structure and movie lighting. There are a few levels of contouring, it can be presented as a more glamorous look or as a more neutral every day look. read more

Step 2: Blend it"Take a damp beautyblender and tap over the area of the contour color, merging it into your base foundation. Tap in small circular motions using the bigger, rounded end of the beautyblender because it has more space. read more

So whether you’re an oval, long, round, square, heart and diamond-shaped face, you can see not only which eyebrow shape suits you but precisely how to achieve it too, step-by-step. read more

Inspired to test drive the technique, I asked Laura Mercier makeup artist Matin Maulawizada, to give me a detailed step by step tutorial on face contouring. Step 1: Apply primer."It keeps the makeup on beautifully all day and allows it to wear the same," says Matin. read more