Extreme contouring and highlighting

Extreme contouring is used for photography purposes and is not an everyday look - it is very over the top and exaggerates some features to large extent.

A demonstration

• Apply a primer to the face
• Scrape some of the desired highlighter colour out onto a palette
• Apply this to the designated areas on the face (see below)
• Blend this out using a clean brush so that the areas are not as clearly defined/have sharp edges

• Select 3 colours which you are going to use for contouring
• Apply the lightest colour to the areas on the face that you will be contouring e.g. the cheekbones, the sides of the nose, the top/sides of the forehead, and around the eyes
• Gradually build this contouring up, working in the darker colours on top of the lighter colour
• Continue blending and building this up until you are satisfied
• Powder the make-up to set it in place

Products and equipment:

A puff

Translucent powder

Primer

Palette & spatular

A foundation brush

A small rounder brush

A highlighting colour (Kryolan white supacolour)

Contouring colours (Kryolan eyeshadows) 

A buffing brush