Erine I'm still learning to contour also! Do you think this brush will work with liquid? I bought the nars radiant creamy concealer in a darker color to contour.
Only powders. This brush is sooo fine, liquids will weigh it down. I'd suggest mac's 163, but again, i wouldn't suggest a concealer to contour with, as the colour doesn't give the right effects needed for a proper contour.
just watched this video. Erine what's a good contour powder for NC50
I'd say either shadester or shadowy. I'm leaning more toward shadester with a heavy hand or shadowy with a lighter hand, depending on the brush and desired result.
What's a good highlighter and contour powder for it? I used some concealer palette and it looks too bright for highlight and white in photos and the dark color looked muddy.
You wanna use something grey-toned in colour for contouring. The problem with foundations and concealers is that they are skin-tone in colour, and bronzers are warm, creating the illusion of a sunkissed glow (warm) on the high plains of the face in the E3 shape and are used instead of contouring/highlighting. Contouring creates shadows (grey) in the hollows of the face. I'm not a fan of using foundations/concealers for anything other than what they are-foundations and concealers. There's a reason contour and highlighting products exist-to be used :lol: MAC has contour and highlight powders, as does Anastasia and i believe BH Cosmetics. I'm sure other brands do too. You can use matte highlights or shimmer, but a contour colour must always be matte! Any form of shimmer and you lose any bit of depth you were trying to create.
See this is what I've been wondering. It seems like most people use a bronzer to contour, but shouldn't a contour color be more grey toned? I don't think the bronzer looks bad but I can't imagine such a warm look in the fall or winter. Do you use the sculpting powders, Erine? And would Shadowy be good for NC42? Thanks for any help. I never contour, but I wanna start and don't wanna look crazy lol.
Marry me cuz of the bolded! :bouquet: Thank you!!! You never want a warm colour for a contour. Does it look bad? No. Does it look off? Definitely! Here's one way to look at it. Why do we use a warm colour to bronze on the high points of the face (E3-forehead, cheekbones, jawline-different placement than contouring btw)? Now, why would we wanna use that same colour to create depth? And yes, i use sculpt when i contour, which is very rarely! I prefer to highlight personally. For you I think Shadowy may be too dark, so id check out that I'd check out that and shadester as well. It all depends on the brush you use and how intense you want it.
Yea I have no idea how to contour either
. I hear a lot of people use a darker matte color blush and I do hear some use a bronzer as well like Hula from Benefit
And i cringe every time!
