I've been looking at pictures of face contouring on Pinterest. What is the darker contour make up?

[Cocolepew]

Is is darker foundation? The lighter is highligher or concealer?

Bronzer and highlighter?

Bronzer usually, non sparkly

Thanks. It looks very complicated

I know my face would look dipped in mud if i started that carry on

Depends on your skin tone - if you are cool toned (pink based) then bronzer won't work. Something like Illamasqua cream pigment in hollow works in that case

You don't have to do the whole lot - just doing the cheekbones helps hugely.

I think I'll just suck my cheeks in.

I saw a tutorial on eBay and it said foundation several shades darker than your skin. I think bronzed looks mucky unless you are already olive skinned so I'm going to try foundation (with a very cheap foundation in case I look totally ridiculous).

YouTube not eBay!

And bronzer not bronzed. Stupid phone.

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Sorry phone went a bit made there. Why are you bothered? Just spent several mins watching Wayne Goss demonstrate this; I honestly couldn't be arsed with it.
But crack on .

I'm not . I couldn't be arsed with all that palaver, I was just wondering after seeing the pictures.

I have deepset eyes and high cheekbones; if I add any more contours I'll end up looking like a screaming skull!

I've actually spoken to a few SA/MA people and they say in the whole don't bother re face contouring!

I had someone in Debenhams (Helene E brand?) do this to me and sell me the kit and guess what?! It stayed in the drawer a year before I ditched it. Way too complex.

I'm going to try it tonight. I will time it!

The time will only count if you look beeutiful afterwards. Not looking like you've been crayoned on

I use v dark foundation. So normal foundation lightly applied, contour with dark foundation and a highlighter/concealer pen and blend. Doesn't take me long but I've been doing it for a good while. I don't think I look crayoned on. The truck is blending. I use high beam as extra highlighter if I'm going out for a dewy look.

Eat that would be trick is blending!

You can use any product that works for your skin. Even an eyeshadow! Whether you use a cream or powder depends on your skin and to an extent on what other make up you're wearing. Trick is to make sure the colour is right-anything remotely red/orange will look weird and lots of bronzers do have red in them, so you have to be careful. Really you want something which has a hint of grey about it. Illamasqua Hollow is fab, and a while ago Chanel did a contouring powder that I think might have been limited edition sadly, but it was very grey and worked beautifully on pale people like me!

Curioustiger we also need before, during and after photos.

Ha! I will take them. We'll see about posting! What should I use for the lightening bits? Here is what I have so far

• normal foundation
• cheap dark foundation
• pink blusher
• concealer but I think it is my normal skin tone
• benefit highbeam
• white eyeshadow?

I was thinking about mixing the high beam and the concealer. Don't mind a bit of sparkle as it's NYE. Anyway if its a disaster I will just wash it off!

Oh also setting powder.

There was a great video posted here that showed step by step. Easier than a picture I felt. I would use white to highlight and then dab high beam over when it was finished iiwy

Ok! Will give it a go! Was the video? She seemed sensible so I am following her instructions.