Fake a Face Lift A face lift in a plastic surgeon's office averages about $6,500 and comes with its share of risks. To get the illusion of tighter, plumper skin without going under anesthesia, Chang-Babaian says that contouring and highlighting is key. "Use darker shades of foundation or bronzer to lift falling cheeks, minimize a sagging jawline and add color to dull skin. Use highlighter to bring forward sunken under-eyes, highlight the bridge of the nose and lift brows," Chang-Babaian explains in her book. Here's how to do it:
- For your contouring color, choose a shade that is two or three shades darker than your natural skin tone. Pale skin should stick to one or two shades darker and avoid products with shimmer. Your highlighting color should be two or three shades lighter than your natural skin tone.
- To hide a thinning hairline, you need to minimize the forehead, which tends to look larger as the hairline recedes, says Chang-Babaian. Use the contour shade along the temples and hairline.
- To lift falling cheeks, apply the contour shade from under the cheekbone toward the nose and blend up.
- To thin a widening nose (something that happens as we age), apply your contouring shade along the sides of the nose from the inside of brows down to the tip of the nose and blend down the sides. Chang-Babaian recommends applying a thin, straight line of highlighter along the bridge of the nose -- the wider the line of highlighter, the wider the nose will appear.
- To hide a sagging neckline, create the illusion of shadow. "Apply a darker contour shade under the jawline and blend down into the neck area," says Chang-Babaian in her book. Keeping the neck moisturized will make the makeup blend more easily.
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