Contouring

Contouring is one of those things that looks so easy to create but when you are the one with the brush in your hand it is beyond hard.

I never truly realised how much colour matching and face touching would be involved with contouring but there is a lot.

For this experiment I did my base as usual, however I didn't apply it thick enough so when it came to contouring the skin, the blemishes made it hard. So I need to use more and conceal the skin fully.

So I ended up doing the base twice!

I then used the same colour that I used for my concealer as my highlighter colour, this looked really nice as the skin looked even and not all patchy with colours and I managed to get it symmetrical. I then did my contouring but I didn't make the original colour dark enough so I had to do that twice as well. I wanted to really enhance the cheekbones.

Lastly, I added the blushers. I used a oil based Illamasqua that was really bright so I had to spread that on my hand first so my model didn't look like a clown. The I used a softer pink powder blusher and went over it. Then powdered.

I think for a first attempt it went well. But I just need to practise and as I do it more I can more the colours and the lines more extreme.

My hand at the end of the session... Covered in colour.