Have you ever copied any makeup look of your favorite magazine or a celebrity, and you got shocked about the result? Something that looks perfect on some faces doesn’t do justice to someone else face shape. Because we all carry different face shapes, we first need to find your face shape and then know the makeup tips and tricks for your face shape.
How to Identify Your Face Shape?
Knowing about your face shape is an easy task. All you have to do is to tie down your hair or somehow pull away your hair from your face to determine your face shape.
Check for the Broadest Part of Your Face.
Stand in front of a mirror and look for the broadest feature. If you have a wide forehead, then you are an oval-faced person. If your widest face part is the cheekbone, you have either a round face or a heart-shaped one. You have a square-shaped face if the face seems to be proportioned in width.
Check Your Face Shape with Your Jaw
A jawline test can help determine your face shape if you are still confused. If your jawline is short or round, you have a round face. If you have a pointy and narrow jawline, you have a heart-shaped face. A strong jawline with sharp angles determines a square face shape.
Check for the Length and Width of the Face
Still confused? Now, it’s time to measure your face length and width to ensure your face shape. Measure it from the center of your hairline to the tip of your chin, then measure the face from the left side to the right side. Now, check if the face tends to be longer than its width. Then you have an oval face.
If the face is wider than the length, you have a round or heart-shaped face. You have a rectangular face shape if the length is twice the width. And if your face is as long as it is wide, you might have a diamond face shape or square face shape.
Makeup Guideline for Different Face Shapes
Follow the tips and tricks mentioned below to shape your face in your desired look.
Oval Shaped Faces
This face shape is the most balanced so that you can make a standard makeup application. Take a tapered brush and start from the bronzer. Apply it to the temple’s beginning and bring it down to the center of the face.
Now apply blush with the same brush. Start applying from the temples down to the cheeks to get an even look. Apply blush using a light hand. Now take a fan brush and apply a highlighter to the high points of the face like temples, brow bone, bridge of the nose, and chin. Before applying lip color, line your lips to define the chin area.
Apply light-colored eyeshadow to accentuate the eye shape, and then apply darker eye shade to the crease and blend them well together.
Oblong Shaped Faces
For this face shape, handle the pressure you put on the brush and product. Take a bronzer and apply it around the forehead’s hairline, then along the bottom of the cheekbone *taking it upwards towards the temple). Now apply it under the chin, along the jawline, and across the bridge of the nose.
Now use light hands to apply blush directly to the apples of the cheeks and blend in back and forth to add width to the face.
End it with the highlighter application. Apply it to the tops of the cheekbones, temples, browbone, the tip of the nose, and cupids bow. Do not apply a highlighter to the chin and the forehead to avoid more height to the face.
A cat-eye eyeliner with bright colored shadow will work best for such a face, and don’t forget the fun lashes.
It’s better to avoid lip liners and bright shades for lips. Keep your lips closer to the natural pink shade.
Heart Shaped Faces
Apply bronzer starting from the top of the forehead and blending down it to the temples and underneath the cheekbones. As this face shape has prominent cheek features, apply the blusher one or two fingers away from the nose. And then take it to the top of the cheeks and towards the ears. Blend the blush nicely. Also, use matte blush without glitters.
Now highlight the bridge of the nose, cheek’s high points, underneath the brow bone, jawline, and chin.
Apply subtle eyeliner and light eyeshades. If you apply pop lip colors or bright shades, you will be able to draw attention from your strong cheekbones to the lips.
Diamond Shaped Faces
To make your narrow features look wider:
- Apply a dark shade foundation to the tip of the chin to give a perspective of a wider jaw.
- Use bronzer near the temples and blend it upwards towards the hairline.
- Apply your foundation to your jawline and gently mix the makeup. This technique will give the illusion of a wider jawline.
Apply a highlighter to the high points of the cheekbone. And blush to the apples of the cheeks. It’s better to use matte blush.
Also, go for light shades in lip colors. Do not overdo lip lines to avoid the chin looking smaller.
Round Shaped Faces
Starting with the eyes, go dramatic as you like. Smokey makeup will look great.
Use bronzer or contour to cover the outer parameter of the entire face and also under the cheekbones. This way, you can add edginess and definition to your face.
Apply a highlighter to the high points of the cheeks, the center of the forehead, and underneath the brow bone, chin, and bridge of the nose. And use a blusher on the apples of the cheeks and blend it towards your ears.
Critical Areas for Different Face Shapes When Applying Makeup
Keeping in mind the main features that need enhancement or making them prominent can change the overall look. Here are the key areas of the different face shapes that need to be understood while applying makeup:
Oval Shaped Faces
- Nose
- Eyebrows
High arched brows look perfect on oval face shapes. After foundation application, concentrate on the sharp features, i.e., the nose. Apply bronzing pigment on both sides of the nose.
Oblong Shaped Faces
- Cheeks
- Eyelashes
- Sharp edges of the face
Adding fancy eyelashes to this face shape will enhance the features: highlight cheekbones and brow bones to balance your face length.
Heart Shaped Faces
- Lips
- Cheekbones
Highlight your cheekbones and add a dash of color on your cheeks, sweeping upwards to the cheekbones. Apply nice lip colors to stick to the soft and subtle tones that a youthful face requires.
Diamond Shaped Faces
- Forehead
- Bridge of the nose
Apply bronzer on the top of the forehead and the cheekbones to balance the face structure. Now highlight along the nose to soften down your sharp face-cut. Also, apply highlight along the jawline and not to the forehead to balance the prominent areas.
Round Shaped Faces
- Jawline
- Forehead
Applying a highlighter to the forehead, brow bone, and chin can make a difference. Apply blush along the cheekbone. Contour the jawline and focus on your makeup on just one feature.
How to Contour Your Face Shape?
Face contouring can change the game by enhancing and making a face look more youthful and beautiful. The latest trends going on social media have inspired many makeup artists to contour the face and then apply the rest of the makeup. Let’s see how you can contour your face according to your face shape.
Oval Face Shape
You need to enhance the feature of this face shape because of its natural symmetry. First, use a darker contour to shade the forehead, temple, and jawline. Enhance the cheekbone under the cheeks using a sculpting brush.
Highlight the under-eye area by making an upside-down triangle shape.
Oblong
You need to define your chin, jaw, and hairline in this face shape. Therefore, contouring along the hairline gives an illusion of a smaller forehead. And contour below your cheekbones (from ears towards the middle of the cheeks).
Make a triangle shape under the eyes in an upside-down shape using a contour highlighter.
Heart Face Shape
In this face shape, the forehead needs to be contoured along the sides of the forehead and temples. This way, you can balance the broader part of it. Also, contour on the lower chin to bring up the point.
Now, you need to highlight under the eyes in an upside-down triangle shape. And highlight the middle of the forehead and chin to make these areas look wider.
Diamond Face Shape
You must contour a narrow chin and hairline with wide cheeks face shape below the cheekbones (starting at the ears and ending in the middle of the cheeks). Keep the contour to the middle area of the face, and do not extend it near the mouth. Because this can reverse the effect, you want.
Highlight under the eyes in an upside-down triangle shape and bring the highlight down in line till the dark contoured is done. Also, highlight the middle of the forehead and chin.
Round Face Shape
No obvious points along the jawline, chin, and forehead present a round face that you must contour around the sides of your forehead and temples to make this area look slim. Now contour the face below the cheekbones (from ears to the middle of the cheeks, down to the jawline) to add length to the face.
Now, highlight the face under your eyes in an upside-down triangle shape. Also, highlight the middle of the forehead and chin.
Conclusion
Every face shape is unique in its way. There is no hard and fast rule to applying makeup, but there are tips with which you can make your appearance charming and glamorous. You might feel confident with your new look, which can make your day!
The main reason to contour the face is to make it look slim and make the narrow appear larger. Contouring and highlighting enhance the features and brighten up the overall look.
Enjoy what makes you feel better!