Hey everyone!
Today, I would be sharing some tips and tricks that
work for people having round face shape.
There’s no denying that although a round face gives
the illusion of having a younger look than what your actual age is (hmph), it
can be really irritating at times for having to deal with fuller cheeks and
also fuller jawline. A person having round face shape doesn’t have defined
features.
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So, what are the tricks for doing makeup for a round
face shape?
The biggest makeup trick for round face is
contouring. Unless you learn contouring for your round face, all other makeup
tricks lie at bay. They won’t help you achieve the slim face look which
contouring with and benefit you the most.
So, let me start with the techniques one by one :-
CONTOURING:
You will need to define your cheekbones by shading
contour powder underneath your cheekbones. Suck in your cheekbones and start
applying the contour shade lightly and blending it nicely. Contour shade should
also be applied along the jawline and along the temples. Please refer to this
diagram to get more detailed information. You will notice a large difference if
you contour your face the right way.
HIGHLIGHTING:
You highlights those features that you want to bring
light on. Highlighter should be applied on the top of cheekbones, on the centre
of the forehead, your under eye area, on the eyebrow area and lightly on the
tip of the jawline. This along with contouring would help in giving round face
a more defined look.
EYEBROWS:
Believe it or not, but having a little high arch in
eyebrows on round face works wonders. This is because the eyes appear large and
the face kinds of gets a lift.
EYELINER
TRICK:
It’s recommended that women having round face shape
should always apply eyeliner going outwards.
This is a trick of making your eyes stand out. I have hardly noticed
Aishwarya Rai not sporting this eyeliner technique.
BLUSH:
For applying blush, you need to start applying blush
from a little downwards on the apple of your cheeks and extending it upwards in a vertical effect. This would help your round face in giving a length.
PRODUCTS
YOU CAN USE:
First, you
need to determine whether your skin is dry or oily. If your skin is dry, its
best to go in for liquid/cream products whereas if your skin is oily, its best
to go in for powder based products. It’s also best to avoid shimmer based
products if you have oily skin as that would only contribute more to the
oiliness.
For
contour shade, you can use:
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Foundation/Concealer/Powder two times
darker than your skin tone.
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You can even use compact two times
darker than your skin tone.
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You may also buy contour kit. Make sure
the contour shade goes with your warm/cool/neutral skin tone.
For
highlighter shade, you can use:
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A highlighter concealer with
illuminating particles. Maybelline is a good choice for that since it’s not
over the top.
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A concealer/powder/compact that is two
times lighter than your skintone.
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A sheen based powder highlighter can also
work for oily skin.
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I have heard that “Bronzing” too works well with
round face shape but since I have little idea about it, I’ll skip it.
Please let me know if you found the tutorial helpful.
P.S.: Again, I'm no expert. But I like to give my two cents which have been helpful to me in my makeup journey. I don't have a round face shape but my friend has, on whom I experiment for studying round face shape tricks.
Disclaimer: I do not own the images used in the post.
Disclaimer: I do not own the images used in the post.