#Contour Archives - Voir Fashion https://www.voirfashion.co.uk Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:41:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.17 The Best Contour Kits To Chisel Your Cheeks https://www.voirfashion.co.uk/post/the-best-contour-kits-to-chisel-your-cheeks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-contour-kits-to-chisel-your-cheeks Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:41:40 +0000 https://www.voirfashion.co.uk/?p=31235 It's hard to imagine a time when we didn’t contour our faces – the technique is truly a game-changer. Whether you are bringing out your best features or defining and sculpting, contouring is an art.

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Allow us to explain the difference between a bronzer and a good contour. Bronzer is warm-toned and says ‘I’ve just come from the beach in the Maldives,’ it can be used all over your face but better suited to where the sun would naturally hit. A contour, on the other hand, is a cooler tone that is put in a specific placement on the face to replicate a shadow, unlike bronzer it is designed to take warmth away from the face.

So, here is our roundup of the best palettes which you can select to create your ideal look.

MAC Studio Fix Scult and Shape Contour Palette

Three seamless glow-getting highlighters and three contour powders mean this is the ultimate face-framing palette. Build as much as your heart desires, these highlighters will have a soft-focus finish and can even be used as a contour blush.

Too Faced Cocoa Contour Palette

This palette has a range of warm and cool bronzer shades, meaning it’s ideal for a range of undertones. Bonus: all shades double up as an eye shadow it’ll fill your makeup bag with a lovely chocolate scent.

Kevyn Aucoin The Contour Book The Art Of Sculpting And Defining Volume 3

Kevin Aucoin had been practicing sculpting and defining with makeup ages before the launch of his eponymous line – which has become known for its natural array of contouring products. The Art of Sculpting contains two defining shades, two highlighters and a sun-kissed shade blusher. All of which have a creamy finish and buildable.

Smashbox The Cali Contour

Smashbox was one of the first brands to pioneer the contour palette, and they remain top of the charts. The Cali Contour Pallette is great for faking that LA glow with its range of beautiful shimmers and warm/cool-toned mattes.

Charlotte Tilbury The Hollywood Contour Duo

These are what you need in your makeup arsenal to achieve a candlelit complexion and carve out drop-dead cheekbones. The Hollywood Contour Wand has a cushion applicator for a super blendable mega-watt finish and the Hollywood Beauty Light Wand is a rose gold highlighter for all skin tones.  

Makeup by Mario SoftSculpt Shaping Stick

What would this article be without mentioning King of Contour himself, Mario Dedivanovic? Makeup artist to the formidable Kim Kardashian West, they both have put contouring on the map and now subsequently have very successful beauty lines – especially these face shaping kits. We’d recommend his SoftSculpt collection which comes in 6 different shades which are amazingly blendable and leave no signs of cakiness.

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]]> The Rise of ‘Soft Sculpting’ https://www.voirfashion.co.uk/post/the-rise-of-soft-sculpting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-soft-sculpting Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:21:48 +0000 https://www.voirfashion.co.uk/?p=28824 The heavy contour days are very much behind us as we move into the much more subdued version of ‘soft sculpting.’ For proof, when we look to the trendsetter Mario Dedivanovic (aka Makeup by Mario) he has changed his signature harsh contour vibe that shook the beauty world in the 2010s to a more light-handed approach.

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The heavy contour days are very much behind us as we move into the much more subdued version of ‘soft sculpting.’ For proof, when we look to the trendsetter Mario Dedivanovic (aka Makeup by Mario) he has changed his signature harsh contour vibe that shook the beauty world in the 2010s to a more light-handed approach.

“The contouring trend started to shift when people began to realize that social media make-up is not the same as everyday make-up,” explains Dedivanovic, “Today, now that everyone knows how to contour, and it’s become part of their everyday beauty routine, people are realizing that you can achieve a sculpted look with a lot less make-up.”

He has, on the back of this, released a new Soft Sculpt Collection. The tightly edited line includes five products – the Soft Sculpt Shaping Stick, the Soft Sculpt Bronzer, the Soft Pop Blush Stick, the Soft Pop Powder Blush and the Soft Flow Highlighter, not to mention the three double-sided brushes. Everything has a deeply affordable price point coming in at under £30 and there are a handful of shades available.

The beauty world is seasonal and transitioning into a more natural feel for the incoming summer. However, contouring isn’t going anywhere, it’s just evolving. Here are some pro tips on how to achieve the soft-focus application to let your naturally beautiful self shine.

  1. Shade not in the hollows of the cheeks, but slightly above to avoid the contour looking unnatural. Blend upwards to lift the skin and create warmth. 

2. Use a slightly darker shade of foundation to add depth to your face for a gentle effect. Think cheekbones, temples, forehead and jaw.

3. Pop a blush on to complete the look, not too low on the cheeks.

Words By Rosina Findlay

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