Contouring: 5 most common mistakes
How to correctly use the popular make-up technique
G-Club
April 12th, 2021
April 12th, 2021
If there is a beauty technique that never fails to surprise us it is the contouring: whether or not you want to sharpen the face, cheekbones or make the nose appear thinner, nothing is impossible for those who know how to make the most of this noble art. Thanks to contouring it is possible, in fact, to create games of lights and shadows on the face in order to make it more tapered or even more rested. But be careful! Making a natural and delicate contouring is not at all easy and the mistakes that can be made without realizing it are many. Do you want to know which ones?
1. Apply the products in the wrong areas
We all probably do the same kind of contouring, darkening and brightening key points. With practice, however, you will soon notice that following this technique is not always the best solution, because each face is different and has specific needs based on its volumes. So, don't literally follow what you see in the tutorials but learn to observe and know your face, going to customize the effects, enhancing and enhancing your natural beauty, always without exaggerating.
2. Use cream or shimmer textures
Wrong. First of all, the contouring must be made mainly with powder products (much easier to use and blend); in addition, the pearly textures reflect light and are unable to give depth to the face. Basically, therefore, prefer opaque and powder products.
3. Not blending
It is a somewhat tedious and time-consuming operation but it is absolutely necessary that it be done correctly to avoid the band effect that does not sculpt the face but transforms it into a mask.
4. Using wrong shades
Let's say that this applies to all types of make-up products: in general you should use a color of a darker tone to outline the shadow areas and, of course, a color of a lighter tone to emphasize the points where we are interested in creating areas of light.
5. Not cleaning the brushes
A bad idea is to use tools that are already stained with make-up as you will certainly end up altering the pigment of the product you are going to apply or blend. Here then is that the previously chosen shade will now look different and will not adapt well to our complexion.
Are you ready? nss G-Club has selected for you the 10 contouring palettes to try right now.
