7 years ago

This Make-Up Technique Means We Can Skip Contouring

Try as we might, we can't master the art of contouring and so, we're going in search of alternative make-up techniques.

While we've heard of colour correcting to eliminate under eye bags and conceal redness, it's now being used as a technique to apply an entire face of make-up.

YouTuber and make-up artist Tiana Cosmetics recently shared a tutorial on Instagram where she showed how to get the look.

NOTE: (AFTER I BLEND THE COLOUR CORRECTING OUT I PUT FOUNDATION AND CONCEALER ON TOP) Hey guys!! I'm super excited for this insta video because it's a collab with the one and only @nicolconcilio ❤️❤️?? we both used the @nyxcosmetics @nyxcanada colour correcting kit! The purple is to correct any weird yellows on my skin, green is for any redness or blemishes I may have, yellow and the salmon pink are for any dark circles, darkness or any acne scaring. DISCLAMER: this video was for fun and just a fun way to teach you about colour correcting. The amount used is not for every day colour correcting unless you do have any extreme discolouration on you face. A little can go a long way for colour correcting :) SHOW US your CRAZY colour correcting using the hashtag #colorcorrectingclash !! PS I have a mini makeup tutorial on this look a few posts back (my inspired Barbie makeup tutorial) as well as the FULL tutorial on my YouTube channel! Hope you are all having a lovely day! #tianacosmetics

A video posted by #tianacosmetics (@tianacosmetics) on Aug 22, 2015 at 4:57pm PDT

We tried The Body Shop's charcoal mask and it's surprisingly good

What we like about this idea is that it's using light and bright shades as the darker colours used in contouring can result in something you'd find on a Pinterest fail board.

We're off to practice this and this time, we will get it right! Yes, we will (after twenty million tries, that is).