MAKE UP MAVENS SPOTLIGHT HI LIGHTING AND CONTOURING AND BEN NYE BANANA POWDER (MAKE UP GOLD)

THE MAKE UP AND BEAUTY WORLDS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY STORM WITH HI LIGHTING AND CONTOURING. HI LIGHTING AND CONTOURING HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN MAKE UP APPLICATION AND HAS BEEN USED BY MAKE UP ARTIST FOR SOMETIME.  WHILE RESEARCHING FOR THIS BLAWG I CAME ACROSS SEVERAL VIDEO TUTORIALS SHOWING THE STEPS TO HI LIGHTING AND CONTOURING. AFTER WATCHING SEVERAL VIDEOS I WILL GIVE YOU THE SCOOP TO HI LIGHTING AND CONTOURING IN A SHORT SUMMARY.

HERE'S THE FACTS

• IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR FACE TO HAVE A MORE SCULPTED, FRESH, YOUNGER, GLOWING LOOK HI-LIGHTING AND CONTOURING IS MAJOR IN YOUR MAKE UP ROUTINE.
• AS FAR AS THE HI-LIGHTER YOU FIND YOUR FAVORITE HI LIGHTING CONCEALER, WHICH EVER WORKS FOR YOU FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED YOU WANT THE HI LIGHTING CONCEALER TO BE 1-2 SHADES LIGHTER THAN YOUR ACTUAL SKIN TONE.
• APPLY YOUR FOUNDATION FIRST
• THEN YOU APPLY YOUR HI LIGHTING CONCEALER TO PARTS OF YOUR FACE YOU LITERALLY WANT TO HI LIGHT SUCH AS THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE, UNDER YOUR EYES. CHEEKS, CHIN, BASICALLY YOUR T- ZONE AREA. **TIP** YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO USE A MAKE UP BRUSH FOR THIS STEP BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT FLESH TO FLESH CONTACT BLENDS THE MAKE UP BETTER. USE YOUR FINGERS.
• NEXT COMES THE MORE DIFFICULT STEP CONTOURING, YOU APPLY THE CONTOUR POWDER TO PARTS OF YOUR FACE AND NECK THAT YOU WISH TO HAVE A MORE CHISELED EFFECT. EX. IF YOU HAVE A LARGE FOREHEAD LIKE MYSELF THE CONTOUR POWDER CAN BE USED TO MAKE IT APPEAR SMALLER WITH CORRECT APPLICATION.
• IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BUILD UP THE PRODUCT DO NOT GO IN WITH A LOT OF CONTOURING POWDER ON YOUR INITIAL APPLICATION BECAUSE IT IS VERY EASY TO OVER DO!

AFTER YOU ADD YOUR HI LIGHTING CONCEALER IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SET THE CONCEALER. SETTING IT PREVENT FINE LINES AND CREASES IN YOUR MAKE UP. YOU ALSO WANT TO TOUCH IT UP THOUGH OUT THIS PROCESS AND APPLY IT TO THE WHOLE FACE UPON COMPLETION OF HI LIGHTING.

THIS IS WHERE THE GOD OF SETTING POWDERS COME IN AT..... BEN NYE BANANA POWDER WAS MADE FAMOUS BY KIM KARDASHIAN'S MAKE UP ARTIST. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND MANY POSITIVE REVIEWS ALSO AFTER WATCHING A FEW VIDEOS I SAW THE PRODUCT USED AND I AGREE IT IS BEAUTIFUL. THE BEN NYE LINE OF POWDERS ARE AFFORDABLE HOWEVER, MAYBE A LITTLE HARD TO FIND DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PRODUCT.


AS YOU SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT POWDERS IN THIS COLLECTION BUT THE BANANA POWDER IS THE ONE I'VE SEEN USED THE MOST.

THERE ARE ALSO BEN NYE LUXE POWDERS AND LUXE SPARKLE POWDER WHICH CAN BE USED AS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND DEEP EYESHADOWS (*REMEMBER TO USE A BASE WHEN APPLYING EYE SHADOW, IT GIVES THE EYE SHADOW SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO).





HERE ARE SOME HI LIGHTING CONCEALERS THAT I'VE ALSO HEARD GOOD REVIEWS ON...

 THE MAYBELLINE INSTANT AGE REWIND ERASER.CONCEALER


 NARS RADIANT CREAMY CONCEALER.

 SMASH BOX HIGH DEFINITION LIQUID CONCEALER

HERE ARE SOME CONTOURING POWDERS THAT YOU CAN TRY...
 KORRES MAGIC LIGHT CONTOURING TRIO


 PETER THOMAS ROTH FIRM X CONTOURING COLOR STICK

 FUSION BEAUTY SCULPT DIVA CONTOURING BLUSH

 ALL OF THE LIGHT SPLOTCHES ON THIS DIAGRAM IS THE HI LIGHTNING CONCEALER AND THE DARKER SPLOTCHES IS THE CONTOURING POWDER. ** REMEMBER TO BLEND AND USE YOUR FINGERS A BRUSH IS GOOD BUT THE WARMTH FROM FLESH TO FLESH APPLYING BLENDS THE PRODUCT BETTER**

 THIS IS A EVEN MORE DETAILED DIAGRAM OF WHERE TO APPLY YOUR HI LIGHTING AND CONTOURING FEEL FREE TO CUSTOMIZE THIS IS JUST A TEMPLATE.

AND IF BEN NYE BANANA POWDER JUST ISN'T YOUR THING....... TRY OUT THESE SETTING POWDERS AND SPRAYS.

 DERMABLEND LOOSE SETTING POWDER

 E.L.F. HIGH DEFINITION SETTING POWDER

 URBAN DECAY MAKEUP SETTING SPRAY

 E.L.F. STUDIO MAKE UP MIST

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR CONTOURED AND HI LIGHTED LOOKS LADIES POST YOUR PICS AND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.