How to Make Your Nose Appear Smaller With Makeup

Change the shape of your nose with a few swipes of makeup.

If the size of your nose has you feeling self-conscious, create an optical illusion with makeup. In the makeup world, it is referred to as contouring and highlighting. Using lighter and darker foundations or powders, you'll create shadows to make your nose appear smaller.

Things You'll Need

• Makeup brushes, small sizes
• Matte foundation powder 2 to 3 shades darker than your skin tone
• Mineral powder 1 shade lighter than your skin tone, or concealer
• Highlighting cream or pen

Instructions

1. Find a well-lit place where you can put your makeup on. Natural light is best, but make sure it's not so light that your face appears bright or that the light hits one side of your face more than the other.

2. Create shadows around your nose. Dip your makeup brush in the dark foundation powder. Tap it off. Make a line down each side of your nose, and blend it out on both sides.

3. Shorten the appearance of your nose. Take a smaller makeup brush and dip it in the darker foundation powder. Tap it off. Brush the tip and bottom edge of your nose downward a few times. Go a little darker than the shadow lines in step 2.

4. Highlight the center of your nose. Taking a small clean makeup brush, dip it in the lighter powder. Brush is straight down the middle of your nose from top to tip. But don't overlap the dark lines. You may use a highlighting pen or cream for this step, then lightly blend it with your fingers.

5. Practice a few times before you do this for an outing or pictures. Test the effect by taking a picture of yourself to compare to a regular photo.

Tips & Warnings

• After you are done, take a look at your new nose under different light sources to make sure it looks natural.

References

• Oprah.com; How Do I Make My Nose Seem Smaller?; Valerie Monroe; Feb. 2010w