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Why opt for surgery when you can fake it with contouring? When applied the right way, it could enhance your makeup features! Unfortunately I threw away the receipt that would tell me how much I bought this for but I promise I'll find out from Canmake and update this post!

Canmake Nose Shadow Powder

Stick foundations was relatively new in the market when I first started doing makeup in 2004, and I always opted for liquid foundation (First of all, it looked cooler to have more bottles in your kit. Hee-hee). I first started using stick foundations when I started to travel for makeup gigs. I had to downsize my makeup kit, and transfer my liquid foundations to lightweight plastic dispensers.

Then years later, I had to move on to airbrushing to keep up with the times, and had long forgotten how much I loved stick foundations. Until recently.

Fashion 21 Perfect Stick Cream Foundation, PhP 195.00/each

CONTOURING. There’s a word most women fear when I put makeup on them. They think that contouring will make them look mannequin-like, and it's completely understandable. Contouring is actually very helpful when done right. This technique is specially important for women with no creases like me. It will give your eyes depth.

Let me tell you about the importance of contouring when done the right way. It can shape your face, or make your nose more “matangos”.

For me, I love contouring the cheekbones and the eyes. Not necessarily on me but I love doing it on my brides as well. For me, it gives my eyes depth, and make my cheekbones higher, hence, making my face elongated as opposed to being round.

Makeup sure that when you’re putting on makeup, that you look 3D rather than just slapping on the makeup on your face. The makeup contours don’t have to be dark and obvious like what they do in the theaters, by using a half shade darker of the product you are going to use like a bronzer or a matte eyeshadow, will be as natural looking as creating a subtle shadow.

Use a contouring eyeshadow brush or cheek brush that is angled. It creates the most natural looking contours. This angled brush is my favorite for my personal use. I found this angled brush in Landmark, which they now sell a wide variety of good pro-quality brushes at reasonable prices.

This "Jenny" short-handled angled blending brush has natural hair and it's great for contouring the creases. And the best part? It only costs P167!

PS. You like the kissme bangs on my forehead? LOL

I was in a shoot today with Robbie Pinera. While he was doing makeup, I was going through his makeup kit and saw that he has Chanel's Bronze Universel.

Bronze Universel is a cream bronzer which goes on like foundation anywhere you need a glow.

I was about to try it on my hand but we had to start shooting already. I couldn't get the product out of my mind so I went by Rustan's to buy myself one before my bridal clients arrive at home at 5:30PM.

The moment I touched the product, I already fell in love with it! The consistency is so creamy and it glides on easily. So easy to blend with a foundation brush too! If you are going to invest in this amazing product, I recommend blending with a Kabuki Brush as well. Suesh Brushes have great Kabuki Brushes for only PhP 700!



This product is so creamy and smells amazing. The shade is classy and golden, great for all skin types. And because it's a cream formula, you don't need much foundation underneath. A tiny bit of this product goes a long way, not to mention the jar is huge! So it lasts forever.

I used the product to contour my brides' faces and they all loved the effect it gave. It wasn't too orange that's why it looked so natural. I give this product a 2 thumbs up!!

HOW TO APPLY:

1. Dip your ring finger from tip until halfway down your finger so that you have an inch worth of product on your finger.

2. Apply the product just below your cheek bones and blend downward.

3. With a Kabuki Brush, blend in small circular motions until there are no more hard lines, but faint line is visible just below your cheekbones is showing.

4. Dust translucent powder all over your face to set your bronzer!


PHOTO CREDITS
Model Photographed by FILROBES
Hair and Makeup by Sabs Hernandez
Model: Angie Sandel

I just LOVE beauty finds specially once that are a bargain!

I just recently came from a Subic trip. Subic, as most of you know, is known for its duty free shops. We were browsing the beauty aisles at the Royal Subic when I came across a small box with STILA sets! I didn't even give it a second thought, I just grabbed a box and put it in my cart! I was expecting it to be about $25, but when the lady punched it, it was only $15.60! I was thrilled! Even more thrilled when my boyfriend paid for it as a gift to me.



The set comes with a contouring trio powder palette, 2 lip pencils, and a blush brush.

Some people go off running in the other direction once they hear the word "contour". A lot of women can benefit from contouring when it is done right and in the right places. You do not have to completely alter your face to make you look stick thin, that would only make you look ridiculous.

In our line of work, contouring is crucial so that the model, bride, or celebrity will have dimension on camera or on tv. Otherwise, they will just look flat because of the harsh lights.

Let's start with contouring. I broke down Carolina's face in 6 parts so that I can show you important points that need contouring. When you contour, use a nice taupe shade or a deep bronze color. Try to avoid using bronzers when you are contouring, you'll just look too orange! When you tan, you do not go bronze in these places right? So use a matte taupe shade or a light brown matte blush.

1. The temple. The purpose is to make your face a little more oval in shape. As you might know already, the oval shape is the ideal shape for makeup application.

2. The nose. Try avoiding making your nose mega-narrow. This would completely alter your face. Imagine the shape and size of your face with a narrow nose. You will look too artificial! So use this technique just to define your nose so that you wouldn't look flat in pictures.

3. Cheekbones. This is my favorite part to contour. It really makes a lot of difference! It can make you look like you've lost 5-10 lbs! Hahaha! Just be careful not to pile it on, otherwise, you will look like you have a streak of dirt on your face. Just make it subtle and blend!

4. Jaw line. This defines your face more. It can easily disguise double chins and it really separates your face from your neck. It also adds shape to your whole face.

5. Eye Crease. The purpose of contouring this part is to create the illusion of depth in the eyes. It adds drama to any makeup, and make your eyes pop out and really 3 dimensional.

6. Inner corners of the eyes. Make your nose appear stronger and your eyes deeper by adding shadow on this area.

Highlighting is used when there is a certain part or feature you would like to bring out or "highlight" or "bring focus to" when there are certain flaws you would like to take focus off of. Here are the main 8 points to highlight to enhance your features.

1. The central part of your forehead. When you've completed points 1, 2, 3, and 4, this creates an illusion of an oval face because it highlights the central part of your face. You highlight your forehead to bring it out from the rest of your face.

2. Under eye and cheek triangle. Disguise your tired eyes or dark circles with highlight. In this area, you can use a little bit of shimmer (but not glitter), or go with a highlighting powder like that of Revlon's Bare Lights. The light reflecting particles reflects light so it gives your dark circles a lighter finish. This also brightens up your entire look. You want to bring out your cheeks, not make them recede.

3. Chin. This will bring out your chin area so that your chin is separated from your jaw line. Plus, this completes the oval-illusion we are trying to achieve.

4. Nose line. Highlighting the top narrow bridge of your nose will make your whole face appear more oval and a bit longer. Plus, this makes your nose look "matangos" so that it looks more, again, 3 dimensional. You want to make your best features come out. I cannot stress this out more.

5. Brow bone. This is the area between your crease and your eyebrows. By bringing this out, your eyes will have more depth giving you more space and "drama" to work with. Defining the eyes is important to give you that sophisticated and a put-together look.

6. The central part of your lips. By highlighting this part with a lighter shade of the lipstick you have already put on will make your lips appear poutier and more plump. Ideal for those who have thinner lips. I do not recommend drawing an artificial lip line to make your lips more full. Instead, use a shiny lip color in the same family as the one you have, or just dab gloss in the center of your lips.

7. Center part of your neck. When wearing a tube or bustier, highlight the center of your neck. This elongates your neck even more making you look slimmer.

8. Collarbone. Bring out your collarbones so that you appear slimmer! There is no other reason and purpose for this. Haha! When you do do this step, I recommend using a cream highlighter first before you top it with a highlighting powder. If you use powder alone, it will just get erased before you even step out of the house.

*Highlighting and contouring is not as easy as it looks. This takes practice and a lot of good lighting. If you do this in normal indoor lights, you might not realize how thick you have applied on your face. So use natural light as much as possible.*



PHOTO CREDITS
Hair and Makeup by Sabs Hernandez
Photographed by Pocholo Ignacio, assisted by Louie Sumcio
Modeled by: Carolina