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How to Master Contouring Once and for All

Learning how to contour is easier than it looks -- with this step-by-step contouring guide, you'll have Kim K-like bone structure in no time

by Kelly Searle | COMMENT

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Contouring Step 2: Accentuate Your Cheekbones Perhaps the most essential of all contouring techniques is the cheekbone chisel. The key to getting it right is correct placement of your contour powder.

How to: Dip your angled bronzer brush ever so slightly into the powder and tap off any excess. It's much easier to add more product than it is to tone it down once you've made a mistake.

Pucker your lips. This will create a hollow in your cheek, showing you exactly where to add the powder. Gently blend the powder into this concave area, starting at your ear and blending inward. Don't shade any further inward than the outer corner of your eye to really create a believable shadow placement.

Blend like crazy with your fluffy powder blush. It's crucial that you blend upward, melding your contour with your blush, rather than downward, which can give you a faux five-o-clock-shadow -- not cute.

SEE NEXT PAGE: Contouring Step 3: Add a Forehead Shadow

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