Practical - Everyday Contouring

Everyday Contouring
Health & Safety: Apply apron round the neck of the model to protect clothes from makeup. 
Secure the hair away from the face using clips/pins.
Run a consultation to ask about any allergies/medications/contraindications. 
Products Used:

• Metal palette and spatula 
• Foundation brush
• Buffer brush/Powder brush
• Small flat concealer brush
• Triangular powder puff
  Ultracolour foundation palette - light
• Dermacolour concealer palette
• Illamasqua matte primer
• Illamasqua translucent powder
• Glamour glow 8 colour palette - essence 
• Kryolan classic matte blusher palette 

Contouring and Highlighting - Cream Makeup
GREASE ON GREASE, POWDER ON POWDER

1. Wash hands thoroughly before touching the clients face. 
2. Apply a foundation as a base for contouring but do not powder.
3. Using fingers feel across the clients face with clean hands to distinguish areas of contour such as the cheekbones,  brow and nose. 
4. Taking a cream concealer two to three shades darker than the skin tone dab along the bone line and work into the hairline with brush or clean fingers.
5. Apply where needed on the face from the sides of the cheekbones, jaw and sides of the nose. 
6. Slowly build up the layers and take the colour down the face a small amount to blend, do not over blend as this may create a shadow that appears like facial hair. 
7. Blend up into the hairline to create a natural contour. 
8. Taking a concealer 1/2 shades lighter than the skin tone dab onto the middle of the nose, upper cheekbone, chin and forehead. 
9. Again using clean fingers or a brush soften the highlight to create a natural glow.   
10. Taking a fluffy brush blend colour over the whole of the face. 

Contouring and Highlighting - Powder Makeup

1. After applying a foundation base, powder the whole face using a translucent powder.
2. Using a small fluffy brush work small layers of bronzer 2/3 shades darker than the skin into areas of natural shadow such as under the cheekbone, the jaw, sides of the nose and sides of forehead. 
3. Slowly build up the layers until desired contour is achieved. 
4. Using a clean small fluffy brush add light layers of highlighter (preferably a golden tone) onto the centre of the nose, upper cheekbones, chin and forehead. 
5. Repeat stage 3 but until highlight is glowing and soft. 
6. Taking a fluffy brush blend over the skin to soften the contour and highlight. 
7. Use a blusher that best compliments the skin tone and using a blusher brush apply the colour to the apples of the cheeks and blend up the cheekbone.
8. Slowly build up the layers until desired colour is achieved. 

Evaluation

Basic contouring is definitely a technique that I need to develop as I found the process
rather challenging. Although finding the clients areas of definition such as the cheekbones, nose, temples and jaw was not to much of a challenge it was the actual application of product that was difficult. I personally found that judging which contour colour would be most suitable and the amount of product that should be applied a slight obstacle and am aware that it is definitely an area for practise and improvement. However as I am confident in locating the areas suitable for contouring and had no problem choosing a suitable highlight and applying that I feel that with practise my skills at contouring the face for everyday beauty will improve.