Makeup has become an essential part of everyday life, enabling people to flaunt their best selves. There are dozens of makeup techniques to try on clients in order to deliver results that suit their face type and occasion. Among the many, contouring and highlighting are essential techniques that work to sculpt facial features. These assist in creating sharp and radiant looks by giving amazing pigments to the skin.
Contouring and highlighting makeup techniques are done using distinct makeup brushes that are designed especially for these makeup types. As a makeup professional, you must learn how to highlight with makeup brushes and contour to enhance the natural beauty of your clients. In this blog, we shall take you on a step-by-step guide on how you can use these essential makeup brushes by Vega Professional and master the art of contouring and highlighting for flawless results.
Understanding Contouring and its Techniques
Contouring, as the name suggests, is the technique of enhancing the face structure. It is done by using makeup items that are either darker or lighter in shade than the skin tone to give an illusion of a sculpted face. This particular technique is done using highlights and shadows to sculpt and add definition to the many areas of the face. When done strategically, you can easily slim down certain facial areas to enhance the bone structure for a more sculpted look.
Here's how you can contour your clients’ faces using the best brushes for contouring by Vega Professional that are made with the finest quality bristles and are ergonomic in design:
- Understand the face shape:Not all clients have the same face shape. Hence, you must first understand the importance of contouring for different face shapes to determine where contour application will be required. For instance, those with round faces would require contouring under the cheekbones and along the jawline to add depth whereas those with oval faces would require along the hairline and cheekbones.
- Pick a shade:Selecting the right contour product is key to perfect contouring. Pick a contour shade that is a shade darker than the natural skin tone of your client.
- Correct application:Using a professional contour brush, apply and blend the contour product on the temples, cheeks and jawline. The angled brush allows easy blending of shades with no visible lines.
Understanding Highlighting and its Techniques
Also a technique to add dimension to the face along with creating a radiant and glowing effect, different shades of makeup are used in highlighting makeup. This particular technique helps showcase certain features of the face to draw attention to the areas that your clients want to emphasize. Using quality makeup brushes for highlighting by Vega Professional will ensure the precise application of highlighter products without leaving any traces on the face. Also known as a fan brush, you can use this brush to remove any excess product from the face by gently brushing it off till the desired result is achieved. Here’s how you can use one to highlight:
Pick the right product: Similar to contouring, pick a highlighter shade that complements the skin tone of your clients. For instance, the tone of bronze and similar shades works well on dark complexions whereas light shades on fair complexions. Additionally, you can also experiment with rose gold or gold shades as they work on most skin tones.
Understand the areas to highlight: Take a small amount of highlighter on the brush and apply it on the cheekbone tops, nose bridge, cupid's bow, and finally the inner corners of the eyes. If needed, dust a little more on the brow bone and collarbone for that extra glam.
Blending well: Ensure that the products are properly blended on the skin to offer a seamless finish. However, do not overdo it as that may result the skin in looking too glittery.
Conclusion:
We offer professional makeup brushes for contouring and highlighting for beginners and professionals to ace their creativity. You can also shop for our other makeup brushes or simply invest in our Vega Professional Makeup Brush Set of 30 which also comes with other makeup brushes to meet all your makeup solutions.
FAQs
What are some common mistakes in contouring and highlighting?
Not considering the shape of the face, using the wrong shade, over-contouring, skipping the blending process, highlighting the wrong areas and neglecting the importance of blending with foundation are some common mistakes in contouring and highlighting.
What are contouring and highlighting in makeup?
Contouring and highlighting in makeup are done to sculpt the facial features to give more toned and sharp features to the skin.
Which makeup brushes are best for contouring?
The Vega Professional Straight Contour Brush, Vega Professional Cheek Hug Contour Brush, Vega Professional Precision Face Contour Brush and Vega Professional Side Sweep Blush and Contour Brush are the best makeup brushes for contouring.
