Monday 4 August 2014

The Cheek Trifecta



You don't have cheekbones, you say? Moonfaced like me? Never fear, for the cheek trifecta is here!
^ Did that sound like a bad commercial to you too?
Anyway, going back to the point of this post. Using a boat load - I mean 3 products to create an illusion the illusion of cheekbones. Sussh, its our secret.

The Bronzer/Contour
Refer to the brown portion of the little diagram up there. A matte Bronzer of contour shade - preferably slightly cooler helps mimic the place where the shadow falls - if you're like me an entirely lacking in the cheekbone department. I place it in a triangle because I find it suits my face shape the most (think moon), but this is something that you need to work out for your own face. More oval faces can get away with just a line. Oh, and do not forgot to the blend the crap out of it - because y'know, you don't want to look like you have dirt on your face.
I find the Bobbi Brown Matte Bronzer pretty decent for contouring. And then there's the Inglot 357 matte eyeshadow which is the perfect contour colour on darker skins (yes, I'll shut up about it now)

The Highlight
So, right after the contour I like to highlight the area, because when you add blush over that, it gives you that 'oh, I'm so glowy, I light up your life' face. Ideally, this goes on your actual cheekbone, from the centre of your eye upwards to "lift" the face a bit. High cheekbones = bomb.com. I'd use something that doesn't have visible glitter, but a sheen would probably work. I love the MAC luster drops in Sun Rush for this. It gives me an almost JLow glow (I wish!). What this essentially does is draws the light to the top of your cheekbones, making your contour look more like a shadow - see see? Its coming together, ain't it?

The Blush
You could skip this, but with a stark contour, I find a little blush goes a long way.
Now, once again, the thing about blush is your placements depends on your face - how you like to wear it etc. I personally, hate blush on the apples of my cheeks, so I place it along the contour line and blend it out into the apple-area, so it gives me colour, but intensifies my contour at the same time.

So, 3 steps to cheekbones, told you it wasn't that hard!
In case I sounded a bit.. odd through this post, blame is on me listening to blurred lines while writing this. I know, I know.. judge away.

12 comments:

  1. Hahaha, I was listening to Pretty Little Heart while typing my last post, so I can empathize :P

    I think you just totally revolutionized my contour game, woman! I have a moon face too (except I call mine dosa-face to emphasize how round and oily it is :P) and the traditional line contour never worked for me. Triangle contour? GENIUS. *goes off to try it*

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    1. Try it! It really seems to work for me :o And tell me if it works for thee, lady!
      And I laughed out loud at dosa face. I don't think I can get that image out of my head now.

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  2. I need to try inglot 357 matte now! and i need sun rush lustre drops in my life! but i think mac has discontinued it :(

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    1. HAVE THEY? Oh no :o I love those too much! :o
      .. I want the Inglot Gel Liner, I don't trust majorbrands to deliver it though.

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    2. I agree!! most of the times majorbrands delivers expired or old products..I am planning to visit inglot store this weekend to pick up the black gel liner..its been haunting me since forever! LOL..will def check out 357 matte also :)

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    3. Hah! Lucky you. inglot seems to have disappeared from this city :P

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    4. really?? thats bad..even i am waiting for it to open up in Pune :)
      btw if you want i could send you the inglot gel liner..let me know :)

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    5. Aww, you're really sweet to offer. But I'll be in the UK in about 2 weeks :P So I'll get it there probably.

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    6. Oh my goodness your are moving in 2 weeks! wow! congrats once again! n hope you continue blogging from UK also :)

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  3. That's the plan! Hopefully include what I'm learning also. :)

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    1. That would be awesome! looking forward to the learning posts! :)

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