Ready to look like an absolute Grecian goddess? Perfectly sculpted cheekbones, an ethereal complexion, and an innately mysterious glow – it’s all achievable with a few subtle applications of highlighting and contouring techniques. Let us show you how to highlight and contour for a glowing goddess look!
1. Introducing the Glowing Goddess Look
This season, we’re introducing an alluring and radiant look, the Glowing Goddess look! Whether you’re celebrating a special occasion or everyday life, this look can bring out your natural beauty and have you radiating with confidence. Here’s what you’ll need to create this show-stopping look:
- Skincare: prepping your skin is key. Cleanse your face with your favorite product, and give it some hydration with an antioxidant-rich serum and/or an oil-infused moisturizer.
- Foundation: for a sheer and glowing finish, opt for a lightweight liquid foundation, and blend it outwards until you’ve achieved your desired coverage.
- Highlighter: next, use that same liquid formula, or a cream or powder highlighter, to glow up your temples, cheekbones, Cupid’s bow, brow bone, and chin.
- Eyes: accentuate your gaze with a set of wispy lashes, and a neutral-toned eyeshadow palette. Master the art of contouring and keep it subtle with the placement and intensity of your colors.
- Bronzer/Blush: to further accentuate your features, use a rosey blush to give your cheeks a bit of extra definition and glow factor, and a matte/frosted bronzer to subtly sculpt the cheeks and jawline.
- Lips: For the perfect finishing touch, line and fill in your lips with a creamy warm-toned lip color or your favorite rosey lipstick.
The Glowing Goddess look is all about capturing the natural radiance of your soul, and letting your inner and outer beauty shine through. With the right combination of products, practice and patience, let your confidence and beauty be the center of attention.
Good luck creating the Glowing Goddess look!
2. The Basics of Highlighting and Contouring
Highlighting and contouring make up an important part of makeup application. However, before you jump into using all the tools and products, it’s important to understand the basics.
Understand the Shades: When it comes to contouring, it’s essential to use the right shades. To contour your face, use a shade two or three shades darker than your natural skin tone. The most common areas to shade are the sides of the nose, the hollows of the cheeks, and the temples. Meanwhile, when highlighting, the opposite shades are optimal. Meaning, use a shade two or three shades lighter than your skin tone to give yourself an illuminated look.
Know the Tools: Purchasing the right contouring and highlighting tools is essential to getting the best possible look. For a specific contoured look, use an angled brush, preferably one made from natural hair. To effectively blend, you’ll want to opt for a curved kabuki brush. And lastly, when it comes to highlighting, a small fan brush or a sponge works best.
Practice with Products: Now that you know the shades and the tools, it’s time to start experimenting. Make sure to find all the necessary products for your contouring and highlighting needs, like a contouring stick or cream, a highlighter stick or liquid, and a setting powder. You can also opt for multipurpose products like a contour palette to provide you with a full range of shades.
3. Tools of the Trade: Makeup Must-Haves
Makeup is an art form, and for any artist there are essential tools to create masterpieces. When it comes to makeup, there’s a suite of must-haves to help you create whatever look you desire, from ultra-natural to totally made up.
Foundation. The base of any masterpiece, foundation allows you to even out your skin tone, cover imperfections, and create a smooth canvas prior to adding in any other makeup. Choose one that best suits your skin type and tone to ensure flawless coverage.
Concealer. When you need a bit of extra coverage, concealer comes in handy to help spot treat problem areas and brighten up under-eye circles. Use a brush for precise application.
Powder. Finishing your look with powder gives your foundation and concealer a fixative, ensuring the makeup doesn’t budge and lasts all day. It also helps to control oil and shine. Use a big, fluffy brush for a light and even coverage.
- Eyeshadow palette
- Mascara
- Eyeliner
- Blush
- Highlighter
- Lipstick, gloss, or balm
- Brushes
- Beauty blender
These are just a few of the many tools at your disposal in the makeup toolkit. Build your personal arsenal with products and shades that fit your unique beauty and flaunt your perfect looks.
4. Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Sculpted Look
Creating a sculpted look requires a deft hand, but the results can be truly eye-catching. With the right techniques, you can create a look that’s sleek and stylish yet natural and believable. Here’s a step-by-step guide to achieving the perfect sculpted look.
- Prep the Skin Begin by prepping the skin with a gentle exfoliating scrub. This will rid your skin of any impurities or flakes that could interfere with your final look. Then, gently pat on a moisturizer of your choice.
- Choose a Foundation For the foundation, opt for one that’s light in texture yet provides solid coverage. This will ensure that the base has a natural yet sculpted appearance.
- Emphasize the Cheeks Apply bronzer on the top of the cheeks to create an instant flushed look. Then, use a blush brush to sweep slightly glittery blush onto the apple of your cheeks to take your complexion up a notch.
- Contour the Face To contour the facial features, apply a contour stick or cream to the areas you want to define. Uses a blending sponge to buff out the edges for a soft-focus finish. You can also contour your nose and chin for extra definition.
- Highlight To enhance that sculpted look, lightly dab on a liquid highlighter on the areas you’d like to call attention to, such as the cupid’s bow, cheeks and brow bone. For these areas, use a small brush or beauty sponge for a seamless finish.
- Set the Look To set your sculpted look, spritz a setting spray 6-10 inches away from your face to lock the look in place. This will ensure that your look stays in place throughout the day.
With the right techniques, you can achieve a sculpted look that is soft, subtle and believable. Remember to blend each step slowly and with purpose. If you’re looking to refine your sculpted look, feel free to experiment with different products and techniques.
5. Mastering the Art of Highlighting and Contouring
When it comes to mastering the art of makeup, highlighting and contouring is essential. This technique may seem intimidating at first, but there’s no need to fear. With the right tools and the following tips, you can start to make your facial features appear sharper and more striking.
1. Choose the Right Shades: Choosing colours that are most complementary to your skin tone is key. When looking for blush, bronzer and highlighter shades, select tones that reflect how much light your skin is likely to absorb or reflect. You also need to choose the right textures, like a powder for highlighting and a creamy or semi-matte formula for contouring.
2. Learn How to Apply Products: To get the most out of your highlighting and contouring, it’s important to understand the various application methods. Initially, you may find it helpful to use a beauty blender to soften the edges of your contour, making it look more natural. Additionally, applying the products with gentle circular motions can help ensure an even coverage.
3. Know Where to Place Products:Draw imaginary lines and work the product outwards for a softer and natural look. Here are some helpful tips on where to place and blend products:
- Highlight the browbone, centre of the forehead, bridge and tip of the nose, cheekbones, cupid’s bow and chin.
- Contour the sides of your forehead, temples, nose, sides of the jawline and hollows of the cheeks.
4. Don’t Go Overboard:It is essential to remember to keep the look natural and blended. Keep in mind that less is more and there is no need to go overboard with contouring and highlighting. Overexposing too much product can take away from your natural beauty.
6. Radiate Like the Glowing Goddess You Are!
Look within: With the passing of summer, many women feel their inner light dimming. Brighten your inner goddess and learn to embrace your newfound courage and strength. Take a moment to reflect upon what speaks to you and what has been holding you back. Now is the time to take a few giant steps forward in discovering your true self, no matter how hard or daunting the journey seems.
Breathing from the heart: Passive breathing is a great way to clear your mind and reconnect to the core of who you are. When you are feeling overwhelmed and completely disconnected from yourself, take the time you need to sit and breathe. Focus on connecting to your heart and allowing yourself to become truly present.
Radiate:
- Celebrate yourself and recognize all the steps you have taken on your journey so far.
- Welcome every moment as a learning experience.
- Surround yourself with inspirational reminders, positive mantras, and beautiful people.
- Appreciate yourself and find solace in loving who you are.
Now that you have taken the time to honor yourself and become more mindful, you are ready to radiate like the glowing goddess you are. Opening up to a new level of vulnerability can be scary and often times downright uncomfortable, but the glow of joy and contentment that comes from letting your light shine is worth an infinity. So let the world see the goddess you are and bask in the glory of your inner light.
Glow like a goddess today and every day. Look amazing with the perfect highlight and contour to create a truly dazzling sculpted look. Forget what they said you can’t do—take charge of your beauty and shine like never before!
