With contouring, you can sculpt your face into whatever shape you like. To add shadows or depth, we’re going to use darker powders or creams. Usually, the key places to contour are the hollows of the cheeks (You can find these by sucking your cheeks in like a fishy face), the temples, and the jawline. However, you can pretty much contour wherever you’d like! (Even your nose or eyes – it will help add dimension to your face if it’s looking a bit flat.) When contouring it’s best to use matte products (without shimmer), because this will be more natural looking.

1. Start with a clean face (no blush or bronzer, foundation is OK).
2. Add a dark shade of concealer to the areas you would like to contour and blend out with a buffing brush for a natural look.
3. Next, Take took a matte brown contour color and blended that in
4. Look at those cheekbones!

Contouring pushes back or hide certain areas of the face. Highlighting brings them forward. Again you can use a cream, powder, or liquid product for this. This will go on highest points of your face or the places you want to draw attention to – so don’t apply it anywhere you wouldn’t want noticed. The main points of highlighting are the tops of the cheek bones, the bridge of the nose, and sometimes above your cupids bow (just above your upper lip). Note: a highlighter with a natural glowing finish will be a lot less noticeable than one with full-fledged glitter.

5. Applied a cream highlighter to the top of the cheekbones
6. Blended out with a buffing brush and you’ve got a nice natural glow!

Remember to blend everything so it looks seamless and natural. Have fun!

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As a woman of color I know how difficult it is to find an appropriate nude lip color. I’ve gone through many different brands, finishes, colors ect. Some are too light for my skin tone and make me look washed out. Some are too frosty. The list of issues is endless. My advice: Look for lipstick that is only a shade or two lighter than your natural skin tone. One’s with brown or red undertones look great. Finding a nude lipstick that is perfect for you is a great addition to your makeup collection. These can be used when you want to have the focus off of your lips. Perhaps with a smokey eye or bronzed skin. Another option is a “your lips but better” nude. This color will not be something that will hide the lips, but accentuate them. This can be a neutral toned lipstick with red undertone (as picture) or even a tinted lip balm. Anything that makes your lips pop.

For this tutorial I’ll be showing you how to make that lipstick that is too light work for YOU. Let’s get to it!

• First things first. Always exfoliate and moisturize the lips properly before applying anything! This will help remove any dead skin on your lips and provide you with a better application.
• Once your chapstick or balm has soaked into your lips for a few minutes wipe off the excess product with your finger. You don’t want things too slippery.
• Now it’s time to apply your lipstick. With darker skinned women it can be hard to find a lipstick that doesn’t wash you out or look to pale. I’ve found a way to fix that.
• After apply the “wrong” lipstick, take a warm toned gloss. Preferably one with peach, brown, red, or orangey undertones. This will help warm up the color a bit and be much more flattering for your skin tone.
• Voila!

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