Creating Perfect Cheekbones

One of my favourite parts of make up application is sculpting the cheekbones. I like to start with contour, add blush and finish with highlight. I also like to exaggerate the highlight quite a bit.


Here is how I define the cheek bone step by step:


     1. Contour

Use a powder about 2 shades darker than your skin tone and an angled contour brush to apply in a triangular shape under the cheek bone. It will look like this:

     2. Blush 

Using a powder blush start at the apple of the cheek and follow the cheek bone to the hair line. Try using a colour that mimics your skins natural blush, or for a bolder look try a brighter blush colour (I like to use bright pink). Here is how it will look:

     3. Highlight

Finish by adding your highlight to the top of the cheekbone. I like to use a lot of highlight and make it obvious. This is what the finished cheekbone will look like:

Sculpting the cheekbone can create an instant face lift. Look at the difference between Carling's cheeks with and without contour, blush and highlight:

To your left: without contour, blush and highlight.
To you right: with contour, blush and highlight.
You can see that she looks more awake on the right side.

Did you find this post helpful? Questions, comments, feedback? I would love to hear them! Please comment or email me for more specific questions at karleigh@karleighjohnstone.com, or find me on facebook (Karleigh Johnstone, I am the only one).