Contouring, when done well, can sculpt your face and chisel your cheekbones. When done badly, it resembles a child drawing on you with a crayon. What takes your make-up look from a juvenile drawing to ...

Drawing depends first on really seeing what’s in front of you, contour drawing can help train your hand to follow your eyes. By Diane Olivier Over the years, people develop a manner of “seeing” that ...

If you have ever used a brow product, whether it was a powder or a gel or a pencil, you know that doing your brows is a literal art form. The act of painting (or drawing) your brows in is a technique ...

Ever since Kim K. started selfie-ing with a perfectly contoured face, I was hooked — I needed to know how long it took her to do it, how she achieved the look, and most importantly, how I could get ...

“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 ...

Hi, hello, and welcome to today’s brief beauty history lesson (I promise no pop quizzes): Contouring, baking, and extreme highlighting didn't come from your BFF who's, like, super into makeup. It ...

There's something about the word 'contouring' that instils fear in even the most make-up savvy among us – and if the concept of cheekbone-chiselling breaks you out in a sweat, frankly, it's ...

"A good contour is like a great pair of Spanx," says makeup artist Vincent Oquendo. "You want to shape and define different areas, without anyone noticing you've had assistance." In other words, you ...