light contouring

Everyday light contouring

Health and safety

Apply apron on the model to protect them from the makeup. If they have long hair pull it back in to a ponytail. Must always do a consolation to find out is the client has any allergies or medical history that could affect the service or the product used.  Also find out if they have any contraindication. Always wash the hands thoroughly before torching the clients face.

Tolls used

Foundation brush

Powder brush

Angle brash

Small angled brush

Blending brush

Product used

Kryalan foundation palate

Glamour glow 8 colour palate- used the bronzing sun

Derma colour camouflage palate

Method

-Prepare the model’s skin/face by cleansing, putting primer and moisturizing the skin.

Apply the foundation mixed with a primer or you can apply primer before the foundation if preferred.

-I powdered the face; because I chose to use a powdered contouring product; if I was using grassy products to contour I would have not powdered till the end.

-Using my finger I fill around the face to determine where I need to contour. Fast fill the cheeks then the nose and the brow.  

-Using a shade darker than the model natural skin complexion start by applying lightly on the hallow of the cheeks bones, add if need more. Blend all the way in to the hair line and then upwards into the temple and the hair line.

-In the arch of the nose draw a line down both sides of the nose using the same shade used on the hallow of the cheeks bones.  Then blend outwards and down.

-Then shade the jaw line downwards and blend well.

-To highlight, take a shade lighter than the model and Start at the inner corner of your eyes and go down to your nose, then go up to the edge of your eye. Draw dots in between that triangle. Blend with a blending brush, a beauty blender, foundation brush, or concealer brush

-For the nose, draw a straight line at the middle of your nose using the same highlighting product chosen; making sure to blend well for a natural look. Also apply on the middle of the forehead and blend.

-Apply setting powder all over the face and blend well.

Evaluation

Basic contouring was slightly challenging for me. I would say there is still room for improvement. Finding which contouring product to use was a little challenging for me. I did not want to make my model look overly contoured, but for them to look as natural as possible.

In the end I must say I loved the final look. And it was very interesting to work on a guy.