How to: Highlight and Contour

So, I just wanted to share a contour and highlight technique

made famous by Mario Dedivanovic, one of Kim Kardashian's MUA.

Mario is a great MUA and he is the contour & highlight king!

Kim K is known for her sculpted face makeup and it has been

a makeup trend ever since. Though this might not be ideal for

everyone, I would say it's great for photo shoots and film.

 I don't do this daily but I would do this technique if I were to put on

makeup for a special occasion requiring a full-on made up face.

To start of, you would need 2 cream concealers/foundation:

One that is a couple shades lighter than your skin tone, 

and the other which is a couple shades darker than your skin tone.

I used my foundation palette that carries a variety of shades from

a pale pink-ish shade to a dark brown shade.

You can mix the foundations until you get your desired shades

for the highlight and contour.

You'll also be needing a damp sponge to blend everything together.

I used my beauty blender dupe, but you can use a regular white

triangular sponge if you don't have a sponge similar to the beauty blender.

So this is what I look like without makeup.

 You would want to start with a clean face,

then moisturize and prime (if needed).

Let's start with the highlighting!

You would need to highlight the following areas:

1) the center of your forehead -- but don't go too far up.

Just about 2/3 of the way up from your brows.

2) On your brow bone -- area under the arch of your brows.

3) Under your eyes. Create an inverted triangle that

goes down the sides of your nose.

4) Down the bridge of your nose.

5) Your cupid's bow. (The concave area right above your upper lip)

6) From the side of your mouth towards your ear lobe.

7) The center of your chin.

Next are the areas you would contour:

1) The top of your forehead near your hairline.

2) Your temples.

3) From the top of your ear towards your lips.

4) Down the sides of the bridge of your nose.

5) Your jawline.

Now, you want to blend the highlighted areas first, starting under

your eyes since we want to keep this bright.

When you're done blending the highlighted areas,

move on to the contoured areas.

Blend everything together until the highlights and contours

are seamless.

And voila! You get a very natural looking highlight & contour.

This complexion makeup would work well with smokey or

dramatic eyes or if you just want to give your face more depth.

If you would pair this with smokey eyes, I suggest darkening

the contour of the cheekbones and leaving blush out of it.

Nude lips would go well with this look.

Here is a comparison -- the before and after photos.
Left: no makeup
Right: with contour and highlight

This is the final look -- in a couple of angles.

It gives your face more depth, and for photo shoots, more dimension.

Pardon my snobby face.

So, I hope this was helpful to you guys in some way. :)

Thanks for dropping by! x

Katniss Everdeen in Catching Fire: Look#1

I just saw Catching Fire last night and I was totally inspired by all the makeups in that movie! I plan on doing a series of makeup tests inspired by Katniss Everdeen's makeups in Catching Fire and this is going to be the first one.

I loove this makeup (her wedding makeup) because it's quite simple, there's not much to it, but it actually looks stunning and elegant.

I don't have JLaw's bone structure and other features but it was fun recreating this look. :)

This is me doing some highlighting and contouring.

This is what it looks like when it's blended together.

Sorry but I don't have other photos of the other steps I made in producing this look.

The following shots are of the finished product.

A top-side view of the makeup (and hair).

 For the hair I just had 2 braids and placed them across the top of my head and tied the rest of my hair into a bun.

 

A close-up look of the makeup

For the face, I used:
Clarins Eclat Minute Instant Light Perfector in 02
Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse Foundation in Medium Beige
Maybelline 24hr SuperStay Foundation
Orgasm blush by NARS
Dark foundation for contouring
Pink lipstick from Lancome
Pink lipgloss from Clinique


For the eyes, I used:
Silver e/s from ELF quad in drama
Dark gray and browbone shimmer e/s from Nordstrom Fall Essentials Beauty Palette
Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner in 01 Black
Covergirl Liquiline Blast Eyeliner in Silver Spark
Brown eyebrow cake from James Cooper
and some crystal stickers

Here is the finished look alongside my inspiration picture of 

Katniss Everdeen in her wedding look.

I plan on doing Katniss' look at the Capitol Presidential Party featuring her 

fiery red eye makeup and braided hair.

I hope you guys found this helpful, although it isn't a tutorial, and try recreating

Catching Fire looks as well since they are very playful and somewhat out of the ordinary.

Thanks for dropping by! :) x

I'm sure it isn't mandatory but I just wanted to show you guys my face 

and how i look like (with some makeup on, of ofcourse). 

Just a little bit of introduction, I am 21 years young, 

I am a student from the University of the Philippines 

and a proud member of Sigma Theta Delta. 

I decided to start blogging because I've recently been really interested in makeup

and all things beautifying. lol I have no training in makeup whatsoever,

 I am self-taught and I get most of my knowledge of makeup on YouTube.

I look forward to be blogging, reviewing, and sharing views with fellow bloggers

and of course YOU. :)

So I'm blogging now?

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