Reshape Your Face!!

Everything about your face is unique, including its shape. So why would you want to put on your makeup the same way as everyone else?

Oval Shape

An oval-shaped face is considered by most to be the perfect facial shape because of its beautiful symmetry. It is usually broader at the cheeks, tapering in slightly at both the forehead and the chin. Because of its symmetry, you do not need to contour and highlight your face. You can experiment and play all you want. An oval face can support most makeup trends-so have fun!

Round Face

A round-shaped face is fuller and generally holds its youthful appearance longer than the other face shapes. It's shorter, fairly wide, with full cheeks and a rounded chin.

If you have a round-shaped face:
• Highlight your forehead, underneath the eyes just on top of the cheekbones, and the center of your chin to draw attention to the center of your face.
• Contour your temples, cheeks, and jaw line with a bronzer or a product that is one or two levels darker than your skin tone to create the illusion of an oval

Square Face 

A square-shaped face is the same width at the forehead, the cheeks and the jaw.

If you have a square-shaped face:

•Highlight down the center of your forehead, underneath the eyes just on top of the cheekbones, and the tip of your chin to draw attention to the middle of your face.

•Contour your hairline at the two corners by your temples and the jaw at the two corners.

•Apply blush on the apples of your cheeks to help draw attention away from the corners of the square and help widen the area and make it appear more oval.

Heart Shaped Face

The heart-shaped face is wide at the forehead and curves down to a pointed or narrow chin, like an inverted triangle.

 

If you have a heart-shaped face:
• Highlight the chin to help broaden it. Highlight the forehead and underneath the eyes just on top of the cheekbones to draw attention to the center of your face.
• Contour the temples and cheeks to diminish the width of this portion of your face.

Tip: Pressed powder works well for sculpting the face because it's low in pigment and blends easily. Or, if you like, you could use a bronzer; just be sure to blend really well.

Pear Shaped Face

The pear-shaped face is narrow at the temples and forehead and wider at the cheeks and jawline.

If you have a pear-shaped face:
• Highlight your forehead to create the illusion of width, and highlight underneath the eyes on top of the cheekbones and the tip of your chin.
• Contour the jawline and the cheeks to minimize their width. 

Tip: Remember that the proper hairstyle can go a long way in balancing any face shape. In this case, bangs and hair brushed over the temples add fullness to the upper half of the face.

Long Face

The long-shaped face has high cheekbones, a high, deep forehead and a strong, sharp, chiseled jawline.

If you have a long face:
• Never highlight or contour your face. This will only make your face appear even longer.
• Brush a bit of bronzer across your chin to help shorten its length.
• Be generous with your blush and place a lot of color on the apples of your cheeks. This will help widen and shorten your face.  
• Bangs can help shorten the length of your face as well.