While doing makeup it’s very necessary to know your face
shape .This will help us to choose hairstyle and create makeup look.
So let’s learn about different face shapes,
OVAL FACE
SHAPE - This face shape is
considered as perfect face shape ,this kind of
face have the proper symmetry, all kind of face aim to be oval shape,
people having oval shape does not need contour or any correction.
SQUARE FACE
SHAPE- This face shape almost have a manly appeal to it, mostly
this face shape will have a strong jaw line and a broader forehead, so while
doing this face we need to be very careful to contour the jaw line and the
temples of the face with a darker shade than foundation, even while applying
blush we need to apply that in a triangle shape and blending towards forehead.
3. ROUND FACE SHAPE-
This face shape is very common to identify, length is approx equal to width
for this face, and they will have a roundish look in their face with rounded
chin.
So while doing makeup to this face we
need to contour plus highlight, will do contour for chin, jaw line, under the
cheeks to give the face more definition. And we need to highlight opposite area
of contouring.
4.
DIAMOND FACE SHAPE- We can identify
by seeing wide cheekbones& narrow fore head, with a pointy chin and thin
face, mostly celebrities like Madonna & Jennifer Lopez have Diamond face
shape. While correcting the face we have to do shading edges of the face and do
highlight with a lighter color to draw attention to the center of the face.
5. PEAR SHAPE FACE – With a narrow forehead and a
broader jaw line and chin we can identify pear shape face ,this face have a
pear like shape, while correcting this face we need to focus on highlighting
the forehead and minimizing the jaw line by doing contouring with a darker
shade.
6. OBLONG FACE SHAPE – A little longer than wide, this
face shape will have straight cheek line and a sharp cheekbone with big fore
head, very important while correcting this face we need to reduce the length of
this face, with a darker shade of foundation contour the top forehead and the
chin, with a bright blush draw the attention away from that extra length of the
face.
7. HEART SHAPE- forehead is the widest part of the face
and chin is pointy. To reduce the wide
forehead we need to contour the sides of the fore head and to the tip of the
chin to make it look less pointy, with a lighter color base highlight the upper
cheekbone and the center of the face.