8 Next-Level Beauty Tips We Learned From Celebrity Makeup Artist Kara Yoshimoto Bua

Take a look at Yoshimoto Bua's Instagram account and you'll find that she's the master of understated glam (take Saoirse Ronan's fresh-faced look at the 2017 Academy Awards, for example). That's all to say, her take on contouring tends to be subtle and eminently wearable.

She uses a big fluffy brush to "pat on a little bit of product" (after shaking the excess product out). She's also careful with how she wields her brush: "Instead of poking the face with the bristles, hold [your brush] flat to the face," she explains. "Then you can do little back and forth feathery movements."

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