I waited ALLLLL month for this one!
Sculpting my face-more specifically, contouring and highlighting have always escaped me. I have tried, I have Googled, I have sat and watched MUA’s work on other people and me. It just never clicked….
Enter Anjali-who taught me how to sculpt. What to use, what my face shape was in order to guide me as to what areas to highlight/contour and then some hands on time.
Good stuff.
Anjali and Anna talk about face shape
our face shape handout-I determined myself to be a 'Squoval'
Anna and Shilpa listening and soaking up the knowledge!
Shilpa having her face contoured/highlighted by Anjali!
Shilpa's fish face so Anjali can contour in the appropriate place!
Shilpa is all smiles after some clever contour
cheekbones of a model.....
Shilpa....natural beauty enhanced with some clever contour/highlight
I think some of the best things that I take away from these workshops are the simple tricks/tips I pick up. For instance, my contour brush was WAY too large and thick! My contour powder was too orange! I was applying my blush in the wrong place!
Things are starting to fall into place and while my contouring skills aren’t perfected (yet), I feel better about creating my cheekbones and how/where to apply.
Cheekbones here I come!
What’s your contour/highlight routine?
Jenn A.
Isn’t it funny how much of a difference contouring and the right blush placement can make? Sounds like Anjali did a great job of teaching. I’m glad you had a good time!
meredith
@Jenn I’ll tell you it was quite eye-opening for me. I am loving the results!
Shilpa
Thanks for the post M!! It was a great workshop and I went home a very happy girl…Anjali did a great job! I have some tools and tips now… can’t wait to use them! 🙂
meredith
@Shilpa you looked fantastic-you have a great face to work with! Have you been trying things out on your own?
kat
wow what a great workshop. i don’t really contour. i just wear makeup so i don’t look like a haggard corpse!
meredith
@kat I love how contour/highlight looks and I have had artists do that for me but it was AWESOME to learn how to do it myself! I have actually been doing this and people have commented on how ‘good’ my face looks. It’s all contour!
Alicia
I am really looking forward to this workshop. I know how to contour (well at least I have been taught) but it never works for me. I have a very round face and need help to figure out where to contour on my face specifically. I also find with a lot of acne on the side of my face, a darker contour powder makes the acne look worse.
xx
Alicia
meredith
@Alicia you are going to love it! I had my colors and application all wrong so I was so glad to learn the ‘right’ way! It all starts with face shape!
Anjali
Yay!!!! So glad that you enjoyed the workshop and are using the tips 🙂 Woohoo!!!
meredith
@Anjali I am just amazed at what proper placement and some contour skills can do!