Thursday, 6 August 2015

Contouring 101 with Shashi Naidoo

Hello to all my Beauty Police SA Readers!

Today we're going to learn how to contour with the beautiful Shashi Naidoo.  Shashi is known to South Africa as one of the most beautiful women, as well as actress, television presenter and fashion blogger of Shashi's Closet. After seeing Shashi's Instagram post on contouring, I requested if I could share it with my readers, and she gladly agreed... 

So over to Shashi Naidoo, and let us begin contouring!
 "Contouring your face helps define your features, creating the appearance of higher cheekbones and a slimmer nose and chin."
 Here's a few easy steps on how to do it: 
STEP 1:  Start with foundation the colour of your skin. Using a foundation the same colour as your skin evens your skin tone and provides a base you can build upon when you contour using lighter and darker shades. Contouring your face without first applying foundation is more difficult, since skin tends to be uneven in colour.  Your face could end up looking patchy instead of smooth and contoured.

 STEP 2: Get foundation a few shades lighter than your skin. Facial contouring consists of highlighting places you want to stand out, and shading places you want to recede. For your highlighting product, you need foundation that's about two shades paler than your base foundation.

 STEP 3: Choose a foundation a few shades darker than your skin. The darker tone will be used to shade the parts of your face that you want to draw attention away from. You'll be creating strategic shadows that make your cheekbones appear sharper and your chin more narrow.

STEP 4: Get a good blending brush. Since your face will be wearing several different shades, it's important to get a good blending brush. If the different colours aren't well-blended your makeup will look unnatural. Go for one with natural bristles to leave the softest-looking finish. 

STEP 5: Look fabulous!

 I would like to thank the gorgeous Shashi Naidoo for agreeing to this contouring post, I hope this helps all my readers who requested a contouring post, thank you again Shashi!

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