How to Apply Makeup According to Your Face Shape

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Have you noticed that some shades of makeup don't make you look good at all, but others bring out your facial features? Read on to find out how to apply makeup according to your face shape.

Steps

1. Put on lip makeup.
   
   • Round Face: Put on a ruby red lipstick or shiny dark pink lipgloss. This will make your face appear more bold, and not too rounded.
     
   • Heart-shaped face/Oval: Since heart-shaped and oval-shaped faces have high cheek bones and a narrowed chin, add a soft color like rose on the upper lip, and a bold shade like cherry on the bottom lip. This will focus more boldness to the bottom part of the face, evening out the top part and bottom part of the face.
     
   • Square Face: If you have a square face, the jaw will appear larger than the forehead. (This does not make the face look ugly, it gives it a beautiful and bold look.) Avoid dark shades and use light colors like a soft orange shade, or a pale pink, but not light as in neon, like hot pink, this will add more focus to the lower part of the face.
     
   
   
2. Apply Lipliner.
   
   • Round Face: Put a small ammount of liner to the sides of the lips, giving your face a less rounded look, but more straight around the edges.
     
   • Heart-shaped face/Oval: Apply a little more lipliner on the bottom than the top, evening out your face.
     
   • Square Face: Softly apply a wide but light border of liner on the edge of your lips, making it look like a shadow. This will make the edges of your face appear softer, and not as square.
     
   
   
3. Put on blush.
   
   • Round Face: Put on a good ammount of blush, preferably a fairly dark shade, again, this will give your face a more bold look. Just be sure not to apply too much blush, or you'll look like you got a bad sunburn, and this won't look good.
     
   • Heart-shaped Face/Oval: Avoid too much blush, you don't want to much makeup on the area where your cheeks are, remember, heart-shaped faces already high cheekbones. Just apply a light ammount of a soft pink blush on your face. If you already have rosy cheeks, you probably don't need blush.
     
   • Square Face: Put on a fair ammount of blush in circular motions with a medium-sized brush. If you have fair skin, avoid putting on a bright shade of pink, you want your skintone to look even.
     
   
   
4. Now, it's time for eye makeup. Start with eye shadow.
   
   • Round Face: Put on a dark purple shade of eye shadow.
     
   • Heart-Shaped Face/Oval: Apply soft colors of eye shadow, like pale pink, mint green, or sky blue.
     
   • Square Face: Put on unique colors like scarlet, periwinkle, and lavender. Remember, a square face is unique and different, so unique colors of eye shadow will bring out your facial features, especially your eyes.
     
   
   
5. Now, simply put on black mascara, or whichever shade you feel comfortable with. Whatever face shape you have, a nice ammount of mascara will bring out your eyes, making your eyelashes appear longer and bolder.
   

Tips

• Try wearing makeup that will match your outfit, or even your other makeup. For example, if your wearing a red shirt, wear a warm shade of eye shadow, like scarlet, or even a dark orange color.
  
• If you really want to make your face look pretty, use colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. (i.e. light green eyeshadow and ruby red lipstick or lip gloss will clash perfectly!)
  
• If your lipstick looks dull, but it's the exact color you want, add clear lip gloss, this will make your lips shine.
  
• If you want your eye shadow to match your eyes, wear the same color eye shadow as the color of your eyes. If you'd like, you can even wear a different hue of eye shadow than your eyes. Let's say you have blue eyes. You can wear a darker shade of eyeshadow, like navy blue, or even a lighter shade like aqua. Just be sure if you're using a darker shade you don't look like your over-doing it.
  

Warnings

• Don't over-do makeup. You want it to look natural.
  
• Avoid wearing black lipstick and eye shadow. (Unless you want to look goth.) But, if you want your eyes to look bigger, you could wear black eyeliner.
  
• Make sure you aren't allergic to any of the products you're using. This could be bad for your skin or health, and you don't want a skin rash, or irritated skin.
  

Things You'll Need

• A mirror and good lighting
  
• Lipstick
  
• Lip Gloss
  
• Lipliner
  
• Blush
  
• Eye shadow
  
• Mascara
  
• Eyeliner (Optional)
  

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