How to Use a Makeup Contour Brush

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Leslie Moselle and I'm from Tampa, Florida, and on behalf of Expert Village I'm going to demonstrate the multiple uses of makeup applicators. Lesson five: the contour brush. For those of you who aren't aware, the contour brush is used to apply your blush. With most classic blushes, they do come with an applicator, but they're not really as great as the contour brush. As you can see the difference, the classic blush brush is just a normal brush, but the contour brush is shaped at an angle just to help you better apply your brush the way it is supposed to be applied. I'll go ahead and give you an example with both the classic blush, which is in the classic case and it's in a mat form or the powder blush, which is just a loose powder. Basically, you just dab the powder brush or the contour brush into your blush. From the apple of cheeks, as you can see, this part here, you're going to apply the blush from the apple of your cheeks to the temple in an angled fashion. The shape of the contour brush actually makes that easier than most brushes. You'll have a nice angle to it instead of just the straight line. That's the same use for the other blushes. Just dab it into the powder and apply the blush. "