How to Complement Your Face Shape with Makeup
Enhancing the shape of your face is key to bringing out your natural beauty.
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You Will Need
- Foundation
- Pressed powder
- Powder brush
- Eye shadow
- Eyeliner
- Mascara
- Blush
- Lip liner
- Lipstick
- Lip gloss
- Bronzer (optional) (optional) (optional) (optional) (optional)
Steps
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Step 1
Apply foundation and highlights
Apply foundation and create highlights with pressed powder in a shade lighter than the foundation. Highlight a square-shaped face above the cheekbones, in the center of the forehead, and the tip of the chin. Place highlights on a round-shaped face on the forehead, underneath the eyes, the center of your chin, and just above the cheeks.
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Wearing bangs can shorten an oblong face.
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Step 2
Apply eye makeup
Apply dark eye shadow on the outside corners and highlight the top lid and inner corners of a square face. For a round face, use dark-colored eye shadows. For an oblong face, use dark shadows and apply eyeliner beyond the width of the eye. Finish with black mascara.
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Use makeup tones that complement your skin tone as well as face shape. If you are very fair, don't go too dark.
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Step 3
Apply blush
Apply light-colored blush toward the center of the face upward at an angle to make a square face appear longer. For a round face, use a dark blush along the apples of the cheeks. Neutral-colored blush in a more horizontal line widens an oblong face.
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Use bronzer or powder that is a shade darker that the foundation to contour the face and make it appear more oval.
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Step 4
Apply lipstick and lip liner
Draw attention to the center of the mouth if you have a square face. Outline the lips with a lip liner and fill the center of the top lip. Finish with a lipstick one shade lighter. Make lips stand out on a round face by lining and using a darker lipstick. If your face is oblong, use a neutral-colored lipstick without liner.
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Step 5
Finish with gloss
Finish your look by dabbing a bit of gloss on the center of the upper and lower lips to make lips look fuller.
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