Women with pear shaped faces have wide cheeks and a narrow forehead. In such cases, to create the illusion of a well-balanced face, you must highlight your forehead and the area underneath the eyes and on top of the cheekbones. Here, both the jaw line and the cheekbones need to be contoured with a blush..
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High cheekbones
Generally, women with long faces have high cheekbones matched with a deep forehead and a strong sharp chin. Such women should never highlight their cheekbones, as it would only serve to make their face appear even longer. You may however apply a highlighting color just underneath your cheekbones. The goal is to reduce the appearance..
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Full cheeks
People with round faces are generally known to have full (not always visible) cheeks, which lend them an air of looking younger for longer. A truly round face is known to have a rounded chin and a short fairly wide forehead. To make such a face appear slightly oval, you must draw attention and highlight..
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Locating the area to be contoured
Since your cheeks constitute a large part of your face, it can be tricky to locate the portion that needs to be contoured. To find this spot, simply place the tip of your index finger on the tragus part of your ear. If you don’t know what part that is, then you can do two..
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Corrective Contouring on Different Cheekbones
Your cheekbones play a very crucial role in deciding the shape of your face. After your eyes and lips, your cheekbones are the most defining feature of your face, and need to be played up using makeup to get that perfectly sculpted look. Like all other features on your face, your cheekbones too fight the..
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Shading a double chin
A double chin is perhaps the most common cause of concern for plus sized women. The best way to camouflage this is to dust a dark shaded blush along the entire jaw line. Make sure you brush some of this blush underneath the entire chin area as well. Blend this blush with the foundation and..
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Oval jaw
If your face is long in shape then an oval jaw line would hardly suit you well, as it would give your face an even longer and pinched look. Just note that the oval face (consisting of an oval jaw) is the ideal face shape and do not need any corrective contouring but if your..
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Weak Jaw Line
If you suffer from the presence of jowls then using a light powder/eye shadow usually works well to accentuate your jaw line. The best way to cover the entire jaw line is to use a soft angled brush and dust it lightly on the entire line of the jaw. Once done, ensure that your blush..
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Square, round or triangular jaw
It has been proven with age that your jaws keep growing in size and as a result most women end up with a square jaw line, which tends to make them look older than they actually are. Your face could be any shape, but if your jaw is too square, too round or rectangular then..
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Broad and narrow jaw
If you have a very broad jaw, then the best way to mute it is to apply a darker shade of blush or a bronzer on the sides of your jaw, as these are usually the areas that come across as the heaviest. Such smart contouring works wonders to create an illusion of a shorter..
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