It's amazing how dusting a little bit of bronzer on the face to contour and carve out features can make a big difference. But it can be a bummer that the face-chiseling results go away the second we ...

“Contour is a staple in the beauty world,” Fenty Beauty Global Makeup Artist Priscilla Ono tells ESSENCE. “It’s a technique that defines and sculpts the face by using light and dark shades to ...

One of the greatest mysteries of makeup is how to contour and highlight based on your face shape. If you're anything like me, these two beauty aspects have confused and haunted me since my early teens ...

After a certain amount of time has passed, it becomes embarrassing to ask questions about something seemingly everyone knows everything about, like contouring. If the details of this trend have ...

Let's be real - contouring can feel like one of those makeup techniques that looks effortless on beauty gurus but somehow turns into a muddy mess when you try it at home. You've probably watched ...

Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok's viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. One beauty movement that continues to evolve, however, is contouring. The makeup ...

As an Asian-American, I have always looked more on the youthful cherub side (no complaints here), which has made contouring extra tricky. So when vertical contouring started popping up on my FYP, I ...

Lip contouring with a lip liner is one of the easiest yet strongest makeup methods that can really bring out the natural contours of the lips. Whether you want to make your lips look plumper, give ...

“Underpainting is essentially ‘painting’ or applying contour and highlighter before your foundation,” explains Dani Kimiko Vincent, celebrity makeup artist, brow artist and founder of Kimiko. The ...

It turns out, concealer is even more magical than you already thought. In addition to its inherent concealing abilities, your concealer can also be used for contouring (as long as you choose the right ...