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5 Ahhh-mazing Contouring Tutorials

Learn the art of using makeup to sculpt your face in these contouring how-to videos for different face shapes and skin tones
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How to Highlight & Contour Like a Pro -- Maskara

Products Used:
the Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer
Maybelline New York Dream Bouncy Blush in Fresh Pink
Clinique Even Better Concealer
Smashbox Artificial Light Luminizing Lotion in Diffuse

Credit: Maskara

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Tutorial: Extreme Contouring & Highlighting ft. Sedona Lace Concealer Palette -- Ariel Hope Makeup

Products Used:
Sedona Lace 10 Color Camouflage Concealer Palette
Sedona Lace Contour and Blush Palette
Beautyblender Sponge
Mac Fix+

Credit: Ariel Hope Makeup

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Contour & Highlight -- Teni Panosian

Products Used:
Make Up For Ever HD Foundation
MAC Prep+Prime Highlighter in Light Boost
Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder
Benefit Hoola Bronzing Powder

Credit: Teni Panosian

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How to sculpt your face: Highlighting & Contouring 101 -- Alexa Chan

Products Used:
L'Oreal Paris True Match Super Blendable Makeup
TIGI Loose Face Powder
Milani The Multitasker Face Powder
Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso
MAC Iridescent Powder in Silver Dusk
Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Tattoo 24Hr Cream Gel Shadow in Barely Beige

Credit: Alexa Chan

Ask any makeup-obsessed beauty junkie the skill they're most confused about and most will agree: contouring is a bit of a mystery. (At least according to an informal poll in our office.) Contouring and highlighting, for the uninitiated, is the process of using bronzers, light and dark foundations and highlighters to accentuate the contours of your face. Contouring brings out your cheekbones, slims your nose, makes your eyes pop, and gives you an overall 3D, sculpted face that typically requires great lighting or highly paid professionals.

No matter how many face charts, Pinterest pins or photos of Kim Kardashian I study, I just don't understand how lighter- and darker-than-your-skin-tone makeup applied in stripes and shadows makes a photo-perfect face. But these five beauty vloggers have more than mastered the art of contouring. They cover contouring for round faces, dark skin tones and everything in between ... just about every type of contouring you need to know. Click through and watch these amazing YouTube tutorials for a lesson in contouring -- you won't believe the before/after transformations.
BY HAYLEY MASON | FEB 12, 2014 | SHARES
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