With the right contour techniques, you can refine the nose and soften the jawline while achieving a natural, elegant, and ...

Lots of makeup trends come and go, but one that’s not going anywhere is face contour. Don’t know how to contour? You’re not alone. For many makeup lovers, the technique seems brand-new. But in reality ...

“Contouring is a way of adding dimension and sculpting the face to bring out someone’s bone structure,” MAC Senior Artist Fatima Thomas tells ESSENCE. However, while higher cheekbones and sculpted jaw ...

After a certain amount of time has passed, it becomes embarrassing to ask questions about something seemingly everyone knows everything about, like contouring. If the details of this trend have ...

Over the years, the way we do nose contour in our makeup routines has continuously evolved. First, we used bobby pins to paint perfectly straight lines on each side of our noses. Then, we opted for ...

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We’re all familiar with the art of contour makeup (whether we can actually do it well ourselves is another thing) and how artists are able to create envious bone structure—even if you weren’t born ...

Contouring is a makeup technique that uses darker shades to create shadows and lighter shades for highlighting, giving the face a more sculpted appearance. There are many different ways to contour, ...

“Underpainting is essentially ‘painting’ or applying contour and highlighter before your foundation,” explains Dani Kimiko Vincent, celebrity makeup artist, brow artist and founder of Kimiko. The ...

The barely-there sculpting approach redefining modern makeup ...