Fabulous Tip of the Day: Contouring Without Makeup

Today's Fab Tip:

Contouring your cheeks when you don't have any makeup? Sounds like a quick fix that's too good to be true. But I found this tip in Glamour UK, and it actually does work. This is meant to be a touch-up idea at work kind of thing, but you can easily do it anywhere on the go.

"Rest your elbows on the desk [or other flat surface], then position your cheekbones over your fingertips and relax forwards, so your fingertips go up and under your cheekbones. Hold this for a minute. Then cup your hands and rest your chin and jaw into them. The slight upward traction will stimulate your facial muscles."
-- Facialist Emma Hardie in Glamour magazine, UK edition, June 2015, p. 164.

Just a word of advice: don't do this if you have really long nails or, say, a jagged broken nail cuz you could accidentally scratch your face. And the contouring doesn't really stand out against a scratched, bleeding face. Just saying.

Have you tried this tip? Let me know if it works for you or not.

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul.

Fabulous Tip of the Day: Buff When Contouring

Today's Fab Tip:

Contouring can be hard. You don't want it to look like you've drawn a line on your cheeks. The important thing is to blend.

Contouring done wrong, probably because Barnabas can't see his reflection in the mirror. Pic from feralintelligence.com

"To make sure your contour looks flawless, I recommend using a clean powder brush with a little transparent loose powder to buff the edges out."
-- Taken from Nylon March 2015, p. 52.

Doing so will help your contouring look natural. For me, contouring is a must to make my cheeks less fat-looking and my face less rectangular-looking, but contouring is mainly used to give your face dimension. You don't want your face looking flat, after all.

Contour away.

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul.