![]() Texture-wise, look out for formulas that aren’t fast drying and provide medium to full coverage, for seamless and streak-free blending. When selecting a defining concealer shade, a general thumb rule is to choose one that’s two shades darker than your complexion for more legit shadows. Depending on the makeup style we have in mind on a particular day (or whatever’s within arm’s reach to be quite honest), we tend to alternate between the below: For us, when cream contouring is involved, we don’t necessarily have a go-to item. So today, we’re giving you a lengthy lowdown on all things cream contouring - from application, worthy tools, and must-have sculpting formulations, we covering it all boo! Step #1: Finding Your Cream Contour Grail Product (and Shade)Ĭontouring palettes used to be a necessity back in the day, but those six-piece pans don’t come cheap! As techniques have evolved, so have our tools, and thanks to the beauty of TikTok tutorials, we’ve learned to achieve flawless contours in a myriad of ways, using products we already have in our makeup arsenal. Today, contouring is all about enhancing (rather than restructuring), adding some soft dimension to the high planes of the face. Fast forward to 2015 and the introduction of ‘clown contouring.’ Spearheaded by Youtuber BellaDeLune, this genius and artsy technique entailed applying contouring, brightening, color-correcting, and blusher shades, all at once, in a clown-like makeup style that once blended, provided sun-kissed and sculpted results that were just beyond.īut as the body positivity movement gained momentum, we saw the heavy-duty contouring style gradually fizzle out as beauty lovers began to embrace a less-is-more approach with cosmetics. ![]() Contouring has evolved a whoooole lot since 2012 - the era of tiger-stripe contouring, popularized by MUA Scott Barnes, which had everyone and their mamas sporting intricately placed brown and beige streaks for perfectly chiseled features. ![]()
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