How to Contour – Beginners Guide To Makeup!

Good Afternoon team glam,

Questions I get asked the most are…..what actually is contour? how do I contour? why do I contour? So I’m brought it back to basics this week…Stripping it all back and bringing you through the basics of how to contour in a few easy steps! .

                                            What to use, where to apply it and why…

I used the contouring sticks from So Su cosmetics for this look and I must say I fell in love, They are creamy and so easy to work with especially if you are a beginner! I would recommend a stick contour over a cream palette.

You can check out the full In-depth video tutorial HERE

Products used:

SO SU contouring sticks: CLICK HERE
Benefit hello flawless: Ivory: CLICK HERE
Thrive cosmetics sponge: CLICK HERE
Becca cosmetics prosecco pop: CLICK HERE
Anastasia Beverly hills contour palette: CLICK HERE

Hope you enjoy the video!

love always

Saz x

sun kissed tutorial

Hey Girls,

Today Ive decided to take a break from my back to basic's series to do a "sun kissed" look.

So lets get started :)

What I used:

• Coastal Scents Concealer palette
• NYX eye shadow base
• L'oreal True Match foundation in c2 and w3
• maybelline dream matte powder in golden sand
• sleek contour kit in light 884
• NYX trio i used taupe as my midtone and I used brown to fill in my brows
• NYX trio I used black to define my eyes
• Natural collection Lip Liner in Almond
• Brow highlighter from soap and glory
• NYC seperating mascara
• NYX orange soda lipstick
• Sleek lipgloss with vitamin e in a touch of pink (dupe for NARS turkish delight)

face brushes: 

Avon foundation brush

concealer brush

Avon powder brush

peggy sage fluffy brush for bronzer

Dunnes fluffy brush for highligher

eye brushes:

flat shadow brush

mac 224 (fluffy brush)

mac angled brush 266

1. after preping the skin....conceal check out my post on how to use and apply concealer click here (sorry about my hair it was very early haha)

 2. for blemishes: apply concealer onto the area and press your finger on it for a few seconds this will help the concealer stick to the blemish

3. for my foundation i mixed c2 and w3 on the back of my hand and applied it with a foundation brush starting at the center of the face and working outwards

for foundation tips: click here

4. powder the face using a fluffy brush I wanted a dewy look so I applied very little powder
For tips on face powder: click here

                                               
                                 5. I took a brown shadow and filled in my brows with a angled brush

Remember to apply shadow in the direction of hair growth

                               6. Then I took my contour kit and using the contour colour

                                                                 and a fluffy brush

I rolled my brush into the contour

taped of the excess powder

                      and holding the brush at the end of the handle ( for a lighter application)

                       I applied the contour under my cheekbones the brush should barely touch the skin

I also brought the powder up to my temples and forehead for that sun kissed glow

                                                            7. curled my lashes

                             8. And applied a black shadow to the base of my lashes to define my eyes

                         9. Taking a fluffy brush and my midtone colour i sweeped it across my crease

10. Then I took my highlight colour and applied it to my cheekbones, the center of my forehead, down the bridge of my nose and my chin

                                          11. I also used my highlight colour on my lids and applied 3 coats of mascara

                                     

                                                12. lined my lips with a lip liner pencil

                                                        13. And applied my lipstick and lipgloss

 14. Then I went back to my highlighter and applied it with a shadow brush to my cupids bow to give the illusion of fuller lips

15. and for my last step I took my brow highlighter

and applied it onto my brow bone

and blended it out and

Ta-da im all done :)

 I love this look it looks so fresh and dewy! 

Here's the finished look :)

Hope this was helpful

love

saz xxx

Back to Basic's part 5: Highlighting and Contouring

Hello my lovely viewers :)

Today Im doing part 4 of my Back to Basic's series and its all about highlighting and contouring.
for part 1: concealer Click here
part 2: foundation Click here
part 3: powder Click here
part 4: blush/ bronzer Click here

Why do we highlight and contour?
The objective is to create the illusion of having a oval shape face.



What do you use to highlight and contour?
To contour you will need a dark matte powder or cream you can also use a matte bronzer to shade the area
and to highlight you need a light colour cream or powder or a shimmer to catch the light and bring the area forward.
You can buy contouring sets like this one from sleek.

To know which area's you need to highlight and contour you need to find your face shape.
The oval shape face (egg shape) is the perfect face shape. You do not need to highlight or contour.

Round face: shorter and wide with full cheeks and round chin
Highlight: forehead, underneath the eyes and top of cheek bones
Contour: temples, cheeks and jaw line to create the illusion of a oval

Square face: same width at forehead,cheeks and jaw.
Highlight: center of forehead, underneath eyes and chin and apply blush on apples of cheeks.
Contour: hairline at 2 corners and jaw line at 2 corners

Heart shape face: wide at forehead and narrow chin
Highlight: chin, forehead and underneath eyes
Contour: temples and cheeks

Pear shaped: narrow at temples and wider at cheeks and jaw line
Highlight: forehead, underneath eyes and chin
Contour: jaw line and cheeks

Long face: high cheek bones and forehead and strong jaw line
don’t highlight or contour just simply brush a bit of bronzer across chin to shorten length and apply blush on apples of cheeks and work outwards this will widen your face.

To slim your nose:

Take a fluffy eye shadow brush and dip it into your contour colour and run the brush down the sides of your nose making sure you blend well then take your highlight shade and highlight the center of your nose.

Keep a eye out for part 6 :)

Don't forget to check out sinead's videos for more basic tips :)

Hope this was helpful

love

saz xxx