Makeup Article: Fashion is More than Just Clothes – Makeup Tips for Plus Sized Women

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Makeup Hints and Tips for BBWs.

You found the perfect outfit and now it’s time to discover your perfect make up. Use these hints and tips to look fabulous every day and for special occasions.

Contouring Your Face

If your face is round, you can add some subtle contouring to make your features pop. To make features recede, use dark colors. To highlight features, use light colors and/or shimmer.

There are makeup brushes that are specially made for contour. Gently brush it over your brown eyeshadow or bronzer to load up the brush. Tap the brush so that excess falls off before using the brush on your face.

Places to apply contour would include under the cheekbones, under the bottom of your face/top of your neck area, to make your face stand out more from your neck. You can also use a bit of contour around your nose. To narrow the top of your face, you can also apply it around your temples.

If you’re going to contour, you must blend and blend some more. If you have harsh edges, it will look terrible. Make sure you have good lighting including a well-lit makeup mirror and check yourself before heading out the door.

Highlighting Your Face

In addition to setting back areas of your face, you can also bring forward other areas by either using lighter colors or using a bit of shimmer. Places to highlight are on your cheekbones and under your brow bone. Depending on the shape of your nose, you may also want to use some highlighting to bring the tip forward to help make a thick nose look thinner.

Be careful of shimmer if you’re middle aged or older. Glistening shimmer can emphasize wrinkles.

Smashbox Lightcast Detail Highlighter provides the right amount of light without shimmer. This is a great product for us 40-somethings who want highlighting but don’t want to emphasize wrinkles. This product is also great for hiding crow’s feet.

Balanced Makeup

You can wear subtle lips and dramatic eyes, or dramatic eyes and subtle lips, but not both. Too much makeup will look garish and if you have dramatic eyes and lips, it will overwhelm your face.

Many women are afraid of lip color but have fun and experiment. You can stick with tones near your own lip color but why not sample the reds, corals, and plums at the department store makeup counter. Don’t be afraid to add some color to your face.

Image courtesy of Smashbox cosmetics.

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