hi this video is about how to blend
contour my name is Melissa van Dijk and
I'm a professional makeup artist and if
you like to you can join me every Sunday
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down below in the description box so
without further ado let's get right into
this video in this makeup tutorial I'm
going to show you how to blend
contour but I'm also going to show you
where and when you need to contour
especially your forehead and your jaw
line and then I'm also going to show you
where you need to contour when it comes
to your cheekbones but we are going to
do this step-by-step and contouring is
all about giving your face a little bit
of bone structure so that if you have a
little bit more of a roundish face and
you feel uncomfortable with it then you
simply can just reduce it by contouring
your face so let's get started with the
first step before you are going to
contour you need to make sure that you
have already applied your foundation
concealer and whatsoever you want to
apply which is liquid and when it comes
to powder contouring you need at first
to set your face and when you have set
your face then you can use the powder
contouring on top because powder on
powder will be the best if you're using
your liquid foundation without setting
your face with some powder then the
powder contouring can get very patchy
and uneven because it just sticks to the
places which are still wet so just make
sure that you're using a fluffy brush
and some translucent powder and set your
face with it
for step number two you need to choose a
contouring shade and this can be
sometimes a little bit difficult because
you want to keep it as natural as
possible if you like to keep it natural
otherwise just go for it and be crazy
but I'm going to show you and also
suggest you that you're going to pick an
contouring shade which has a grayish
undertone because this will pretend that
it's your natural contouring shade on
your face already so when you're looking
at some people they have it already
under their cheekbones sometimes you
will see a greyish shade right here but
this is still natural and some people
don't have it the reason why I don't
know just because the cheekbones are
wider than others so for that I'm going
to choose from this palette right here
which is the L.A colors contouring kit
and I'm going to pick this shade right
here which I use the most obviously but
this has also a grayish undertone and
gives me a little bit of warmed to the
face so two-in-ones and i'm going to
show you now how you can apply it first
up number three you need to choose a
brush so I'm going to show you now two
different brushes and I'm also going to
show you which I'm going to use for my
contouring part so you can get the
angled brush which is a typical
contouring brush and this will get you
right underneath your cheekbone so it
will just fit into it and you can also
take a roundish fluffy brush so both
brushes are very fluffy but this just
has a rounded shape and this has an
angled shape so just go for it which you
prefer and if you don't know what you
should choose just experiment with it
I'm going to chose the roundish brush
because I know that this works the best
for me and that I can get it nicely
blended into my skin so let's move on to
where you should contour first step
number four you need at first to analyze
your face shape and also you need to
know where you should contour and when
you need to counter so for that I'm
first going to show you now where your
cheekbones are and that you should
contour underneath your cheekbones so
for that I'm going to use this brush
right here and I'm going to show you now
where normally you're starting from the
top of your ear towards the outer corner
of your mouth which is this angle right
here and you can see that it's also
going a little bit
inside towards my skin and this is now
where my actual counter should be and
this is also where some people have
already the natural contouring so this
angle right here is where you should
come to underneath your cheekbones if
you still can't find it just feel where
your cheekbone is where you can feel the
bone and just underneath your bone you
feel that it goes a little bit towards
the inside of your mouth and this is
where you need to contour so it goes a
little bit inside and on your cheek bone
it's quite hard so this is your bone
structure and just underneath you need
to contour this is where your cheek bone
is and this is where you need to contour
so this part right here is going to be
my contouring part and when you are
contouring your cheek bone then don't
contour from the top of your ear towards
the outer corner of your mouth because
this looks a strange I wouldn't do it
alone at all just stop right in the
middle right here just like this line
right here go from this side from this
part right here take the middle so
you're going to contour from your ear
towards the middle of your cheeks and
don't drag it towards your mouth because
this will look awful I'm promising you
this doesn't look good so now we are
going to move on to your forehead if you
want to know if you should contour your
forehead or not so just take your hands
and your fingers and this will tell you
if you need to control or not so I have
a four fingers forehead which is quite
large but some people have also a
five-fingered forehead so if you have a
five finger forehead you need to
contour quite a bit because you have a
large forehead and you want to bring it
down towards your brows so otherwise you
will have a really long face and you
don't want that so if you have a four
finger forehead like I have you're going
to conjure next to your hairline just to
bring it down a little bit so I'm going
from to start from here towards my
hairline right here on also on the top
if you have a three finger forehead
which I don't have I have a larger
forehead you need to contour where your
temples are so just contour where your
natural temples are
and also this will bring it a little bit
downwards but not shorten it just bring
it a little bit down so that you have
kind of an even face shape and if you
have a two finger forehead you don't
need to contour at all if you're going
to contour it will so it will be so
close to your brows that it can look a
little bit awful and now we are going to
move on to your jawline and to your nose
if you have a large nose I also have a
video on that so go and check it out how
to contain a large nose then you're
going to contour your nose I'm going to
contour my nose because I have quite a
large nose and then when it comes to
your jawline if you feel that this part
right here is quite wide and if you have
more like a square face shape then go
and move on to contouring your jawline
I'm going to contour this part a little
bit I'm not going to drag it towards my
chin because my chin is quite pointy but
this part right here I'm going to
contour to even out my face shape and
this is how you can analyze if you need
to contour your face and if not and
where you need to contour first step
number two you can dip your brush in
some contouring powder and apply your
contour so I'm going to start with using
a brush so that you can see where I'm
going to apply my first contouring part
which is underneath my cheekbones and
I'm going to use it very light handed
and I like to use circular motions and
I'm not going to press too hard on my
skin
otherwise it won't blend and I used a
little bit too much to be honest but
this just will show you where I'm going
to contour and later on I'm going to
blend it out even more so that it gives
you a flawless finish
and as I said before I'm not going to
drag it down towards my outer corner of
my mouth I still keep it towards my ear
and I'm going to do the half way so I'm
starting from my ear towards the middle
but I'm not going to finish off with my
outer mouth corner and now when we are
moving on to my forehead I'm going to
blend it into my hairline lay down I'm
going to blend it even more and then you
can see that my forehead which looked so
wide and also so big is going to reduce
because of the contouring
and now for my jawline I'm going to
contour just the outer part of my
jawline so I'm keeping it very close to
my ear because this is the part which is
the widest area on my jawline and I'm
not going to drag it towards my chin
because my chin is very nice and pointy
so I don't want that this looks even
more pointy so this is why I just kept
it towards my ear
first up number says you can finish your
countouring so just blend it until you are
happy with it and I'm also going to add
on some places a little bit more and on
some places less and I'm also showing
you how to reduce some powder if you
have too much so now that I saw it on
the camera I'm going to reduce certain
areas but still now you know where you
need to contour and I'm going to start
off with a big fluffy brush which I used
before for translucent powder and I'm
going to dust it on the areas where I
apply too much and I'm just going to
reduce it because this is a brush where
I have nothing on just translucent
powder but it doesn't add any color so
if you just chose to apply too much but
you're not happy with the result then
you always can reduce it
and with this one you also can blend it
so that it looks a little bit smoother
and I'm also going to add a little bit
right here because this is a part where
I nearly have no hairs anymore and I
don't know why so I'm going to add a
little bit more right here
and then I'm going to blend it even
better with the fluffy brush so just
kind of dust the excess off and mix it
in with your foundation and with the
translucent powder
and this is how you can blend your
contouring this was a video on how
to blend your contouring but now you
also know why you should apply your
contouring when you should apply your
contouring and how to blend it and of
course also how to reduce some color if
you have applied too much so just take a
fluffy brush with no product on it and
just remove it and if you really need to
you still can use on translucent powder
and this will just fade the color a
little bit and take off some color so
now that you know that I like to share
also my video on how to contour a big
nose which is right here and don't
forget to have a look at it and don't
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bye
