“Contouring is a way of adding dimension and sculpting the face to bring out someone’s bone structure,” MAC Senior Artist Fatima Thomas tells ESSENCE. However, while higher cheekbones and sculpted jaw ...

They say an artist is only as good as their tools, and that's certainly true of makeup brushes. Use the wrong blush brush, for instance, and you just might wind up with clown cheeks. Grab too wide of ...

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Makeup has the incredible power to enhance our features and bring out our natural beauty. One technique that has gained immense popularity in recent years is contouring. By strategically using shadows ...

Nose contouring is a huge trend in the beauty world, helping you enhance your features and feel more confident, but before you start, let’s dive into what contouring really means and how to pick the ...

“Underpainting is essentially ‘painting’ or applying contour and highlighter before your foundation,” explains Dani Kimiko Vincent, celebrity makeup artist, brow artist and founder of Kimiko. The ...

We’re all familiar with the art of contour makeup (whether we can actually do it well ourselves is another thing) and how artists are able to create envious bone structure—even if you weren’t born ...

After a certain amount of time has passed, it becomes embarrassing to ask questions about something seemingly everyone knows everything about, like contouring. If the details of this trend have ...

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Contouring is all about manipulating the play of shadow and light on your face. With a contour palette, you can “sculpt” your face. This non-invasive makeup technique can define your cheekbones, slim ...