Face and contouring highlighters. How to do it and application techniques
We have already dedicated some posts on face base techniques, today we are talking to you about face highlighter, a must have product for contouring! The face highlighter allows you to highlight facial features, highlight and reduce signs of tiredness and shadow areas.
We rummaged through the various beauty store shelves and below we point out the one we liked the most.
NYX Cosmetics has thought of make-up addicts with the Illuminating bronzer compact highlighter, available in five shades for an immediate light effect, which touches the oval and enhances its beauty, in a completely natural way. The available tones are: pink, gold or peach to donate to face makeup a glamorous and silky touch.
For those who prefer the gel texture, Zoeva has created Strobe Gel, easier to blend than the illuminating powder for the face base, the creamy texture allows you to create reflections that illuminate the affected areas in order to capture and diffuse the light, leaving a brilliant and natural finish on the skin, thanks to a soft luminosity and the 3D effect.
The gel blends easily onto the skin, ensuring buildable coverage: from a simple glow effect for a natural finish to an intense illuminating strobing for a more evening look.
The three shades of face base highlighters available are:
Halo: silver gel effect, ideal for illuminating lighter skin
Corona: the pink gel with golden reflections, for light to medium skin
Aureole: a bronze with golden highlights, for medium to dark skin
It is used by applying the product with a brush, possibly oblique or with the fingers to illuminate the cheekbones, the eyebrow arch, the bridge of the nose and the cupid's bow.
NARS created the ideal product for contouring with its iconic Sculpt Multiple Duo, a light-dark combination that aims for a contouring effect. On the one hand, the darker shade sculpts and improves the contours of the face, on the other it illuminates the affected areas to highlight and highlight the features. Both shades can be applied on the eyes, lips and cheeks.