corrective makeup on different face shapes

Brief description:

* Always use matte eye shadow when you do corrective make-up.
* Corrective make-up works on the principle of highlighting and shading.
* Dark colours pushes something back and make it appear smaller where as lighter colours brings out something and make it appear bigger.

Long face

Characteristics:

* High forehead
* High cheekbones
* Long chin
* Small face

Corrective Steps:

1. Do shading around your hairline and at your chin.
2. Highlight your cheekbones with a light matte eye shadow and apply blush just underneath your cheeks.
3. A fringe is good to wear with this face shape.

Square face

Characteristics:

* Wide forehead, cheeks and jaw line.

Corrective Steps:

1. Do shading at the sides of your head (temples) and also at the sides your jaw line.
2. Highlight your cheeks.

Round face

Characteristics:

* Round hairline, jaw line and wide cheeks that cannot be seen.
* Sometimes a person with this face shape will have a double – chin.

Corrective Steps:

1. Do shading at the sides of your head at the temples and also at the sides of your jaw line.
2. Highlight your cheeks.

Oval / diamond shaped face

This is the ideal face shape.

Characteristics:

* Narrow forehead
* Small jaw line
* Accentuated cheekbones.

No correction required.

Heart- shaped face

Characteristics:

* Heart shaped hairline
* Wide cheeks
* Small face
* Sharp chin

Corrective Steps:

1. Do shading in the middle of your hairline and chin.
2. Highlight your cheekbones and the sides of your cheeks.

Pear shaped face

Characteristics:

* Small forehead
* Wide cheekbones
* Strong jaw line

Corrective Steps:

1. Do highlighting at the sides of your forehead.
2. Highlight your cheeks.
3. Do shading around your jaw line.


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