Extreme Contouring

Extreme contouring uses the same basic rules as the subtle contouring, but it is more dramatic and used more for editorial work. I researched the human skull to get more familiar with the convex and concave parts of the face so that  understood where to contour and where to highlight on the face.

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To slim the face down or to add dimension to the face you should follow where the natural contours and hollows in the face are and highlight where the high points of the face are. You can see these points more easily with a skull, because you highlight the bones and contour the sections between the bones. 

How to: Extreme contouring

Equipment:

-Matte primer

-Foundation brush

-Super colour in white or off white

-Stippling brush

-Loose translucent powder

-Powder puff

-Contour powders

-Big fluffy brush

-Medium rounded brush

-Highlight powder

Step by step:

1. Apply the matte primer all over the face using a foundation brush.

2. Apply the white super colour on all high points of the face using a foundation brush. These areas include the middle of forehead, bridge of nose, upper lip, centre of chin, brow bone, under the eyes, tops of cheek bones and under cheek contour.

3. Once all the white is applied, blend out using a stippling brush.

4. Powder the whole face with the translucent powder and powder puff.

5. Starting with a lighter colour, contour the face with a powder contour and both the big fluffy brush to blend or the medium rounded brush for precision. These areas should include the temples, down both sides of the nose, tip of the nose, under lip, round the nose cleavage, under the jawline and under the cheek bones. 

6. Apply a powder highlight where the white super colour was added, concentrating it on the tops of the cheek bones. 

Only highlight applied.

Extreme contouring

Here I added more black to make the look more intense.

I am really happy with the overall look and would love to experiment with some colour! If I were to do this again, I would have blocked out the pink colour in the cheeks to give it a more flawless look and I would have tried to make the cheek contour and temples contour parallel to each other. I may also not bring the cheek contour so close to the mouth. However I am really happy with the contour along the nose and think it would look really effective if done on both sides and I am also happy with how well the colours are blended into each other as there are no harsh lines that were not wanted.