Contour Makeup Brushes

Video Transcript

"Now we're going to talk about using a contour brush. A contour brush is slightly like a blush brush, only smaller and it is angled out. You can use this with either bronzer or highlighter. I'll show you demonstrations of both. When you contour, you use bronzer. I'm using a dark suntan color today. You just want to lightly apply to your brush. We're going to contour the cheekbones. You need to find where the cheekbone is and then you're going to go right under it. Starting at the hair line you want to lay the brush to where the angled part is going toward the hair line and just lightly brush in toward the outside of the mouth so it goes from darker to lighter. Then you can work your way back out. Now I am going to demonstrate highlighter. I'm just using a powder highlighter today that is pretty much skin color, you can use it on anyone. Again, lightly apply. We're going to come to the top of the cheekbone now with the angle working down and just coming out, to give her a nice dewy finish. If you put on too much highlighter then your face just looks shiny. If you can't find a brush that's labeled contour, you just want to make sure that you're getting the shape. Again, it goes from a shorter end to a longer side angled out."