Hi everyone! Welcome back to my channel.
And in today's video, I'm going to show you how to properly contour a nose.
So you're probably wondering like I'm not, you know, like a makeup specialist
and there's plenty of videos on this, why would I need to address this?
Or you know make a video on showing you how to do it the proper way.
So the reason for that is that I have taken many art classes.
My passion for hair and color really did start in a classroom.
And it was painting portraits that I realized how much I loved makeup and hair
and it was like creating these colors from scratch.
Even harder than that is creating shadows.
So, and I think that's one of the most challenging things with makeup
but considering I learned to draw a nose, like on a flat piece of paper,
where there's, obviously, no shadows,
so I figured I have kind of a little bit more of,
I guess, an artistic approach to contouring the nose.
And but I had never ever thought to do a video on this
but in my last couple of videos, since I've gotten my lips done or my quarter of a lip done.
Since then, I've gotten kind of accused of, like every plastic surgery ever.
When literally, I got like the lowest dose of filler in my lips.
So people have said that I, looks, like I've had a nose job
and that I had like weird eyebrow surgery.
That is actually what made me think of doing this video.
So imagine if your nose was like straight and you're starting from scratch.
How is the proper way to add a correct shadow to the nose?
So I see a lot of tutorials
and they just show you to kind of shade down this way
and then kind of around.
And obviously, that gives you a slimmer kind of affect.
But I feel like that's a very simplified version.
So I kind of want to almost dissect the shape
of the nose and hopefully, of everyone's noses differently,
but hopefully this kind of helps you understand a little bit more
on, like where the shadows are supposed to be
and then you can kind of change it up a little bit
for your shape, of course.
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So I've mentioned in the last couple of videos that it is so much fun.
It's so much fun to connect with you guys
and to really like talk to people from all over the world.
Different time zones.
So it really is, like one of, like the funnest things
I feel like I have done here on YouTube.
So that is it.
So here is my nose completely uncontoured.
So as you can see, it is the God-- It is the God that nose gave me.
It is the nose that God gave me.
What I'm gonna be using today to contour is this
a 'CoverGirl' 'True Blend'.
It's completely broken.
I use it like every day.
I think it was like $4.
So but for nose contouring, I love like creamy contour colors.
I just feel that it's easier to work with
and I feel like powders, it's a lot easier
to kind of make it look a little bit more muddy.
Obviously, you want it to look,
like a natural shadow and really soft.
And I think I get that the best with like creamy colors.
So I think with contouring, we all kind of know,
the main thing is to kind of slim the bridge of the nose.
And the thing with nose is the fact that it like sticks out of your face,
every angle looks completely different.
So that's why by adding kind of like a contour to it,
it really kind of sets in kind of the best angle.
If that makes any sense.
So obviously, the first and main thing like I just said,
is to kind of slim down the bridge of the nose.
And that's what kind of everyone just kind of does.
You know, kind of coming down and around.
And the other thing is how like the nostril kind of meets the rest of the nose.
So as soon as you reach the bottom,
the part where it kind of goes wrong
is where it kind of keeps coming down and around.
And you're basically kind of almost separating the bridge and then the nostrils.
And depending on the shape of your nose that could work for you
but say if you have already a slim kind of bridge and you have wider nostrils,
that's just going to exaggerate that.
So I'm going to show you what I like to do.
And I think this for the most part, would probably be
the most flattering on almost everyone's shape.
So I'm gonna go ahead and just show you how I do it.
And most likely this will apply so much better to you as well.
So I'm just going to grab some of that center darker color
and I'm going to start kind of at the, sort of, at the top
and kind of just work my way down.
And I'm obviously, doing this a little bit exaggerate because I want you guys to see.
And the other thing too is coming up too high here.
Make it look a little bit more fake.
So once you get up here,
you kind of want to bring it in towards the eyebrow
and kind of fade that out so then it,
it does seem like it's that bridge that just continues on.
So then bring that down,
obviously, it's a little more concentrated at the top 'cause that's where I started.
So I'm going to grab a little bit more
and so kind of stopping there.
So kind of where the nose starts
to kind of tip and kind of come around, you stop.
And that's, that's enough for that side.
So now the same thing on the other side.
Now another thing that I've seen
and I'm not saying that I've seen anyone else do this
but when I get my makeup done and someone contours my nose,
they always do this wrong
and I don't know if it's just how I do it myself
but they'll contour my nose and not slim it.
So they'll like kind of come around and like do the other side like here.
So basically, it's almost making my bridge seem wider than it is.
Which to me, I don't understand.
So the whole point is if you want to slim it, even though,
say like that the curve of your nose is out here,
you want to put in the shadow more in,
so that you're kind of pinching that in.
So that obviously, should make sense.
So now coming around and doing the same thing on the other side.
Okay.
And same thing here.
Kind of just bring that up towards the eyebrow.
Okay.
So then the next thing I like to focus on is this bottom part.
A lot of people do it kind of straight across.
In my opinion that are two rounds out the nose more.
If this part of your nose is longer,
some people have this where it's a little bit longer.
Some people have it where it's flatter.
Obviously, it depends
but because mine is kind of just rounder and it ends pretty early I guess,
I like to kind of angle it downwards,
so that I'm chiseling out that bottom.
But I still want this line to kind of continue.
So if I were to just do this kind of across,
it makes it look more like a shorter kind of stumpier nose.
If you can see that kind of edge.
So I want to exaggerate that edge
and just kind of pinch it same way a little bit in that way.
So coming up and then kind of just doing that.
Just see how that is the kind of angle my nose already kind of inches in at
and we're just kind of exaggerating that.
Same thing on this side.
And since my nose is a little bit wider here,
I don't want to like completely like make it like a very narrow V
and make it seem almost kind of fake.
We kind of just want to exaggerate a little bit of what's already there.
And now for the next thing.
So hopefully, you can see I've left a gap there
and to me that's kind of crucial.
And that's what makes a nose contour appear extremely natural.
Because if you think about it, this part of the nose here sticks out.
So if you were to contour that, it would look fake.
No nose on the side kind of just tapers in.
Basically, what you're creating with contour is just an exaggerated shadow.
So you shouldn't add shadows where naturally there wouldn't be one.
So, and this is the last trick
and this is I think what really brings it home.
And so if you are drawing a nose on a piece of paper,
this is the next line that you do.
And that is kind of continuing up from there,
so as you can see we still have that little open gap there,
bringing that line back.
And if I've put my head back a little bit,
you can see that, that totally like narrow the nostril.
And depending again, on your nose shape, depending on what, you know, you need,
if you already have very thin nostrils, maybe you can skip this step.
So as you can see, completely unblended still because I want you to see
but as you can see, it's given lots of structure
to my nose and made it appear, obviously, a lot thinner.
And now another thing.
This doesn't really apply to my nose shape.
Say your nostrils kind of extend lower so another thing you can do is,
kind of bring that in by kind of just...
just shading in that little outer corner.
So as you can see, when I bring it down,
it just makes it, this little kind of corner almost just disappear.
Now the other mistake and I think this is when I started contouring my nose,
this is something that I did wrong and I could tell that it was wrong
but I couldn't really pick up what it was that I was doing wrong.
So as you can see, when you add these shadows here,
these are kind of the main things.
But as you can see it kind of only goes up to there
and then it kind of stops.
And a lot of times what I would do is, like kind of shade this all in.
And the reason that it looks dark is because then when you look to the side,
you really just see this kind of a brown patch.
And obviously, that's not, you know, you don't want war paint on your face.
You just want to create a shadow.
So if anything leaving this here is really white,
you want this side of the nose
to kind of match to your under-eye color.
In this area here, where the bridge of the nose
kind of tapers and goes down.
So once you're happy and you feel you have enough,
I think sometimes the other mistake that I do
is not put enough down
because once you blend and you go back in,
you end up losing a lot of that color.
So the next step that I like to do is kind of start to set everything.
So what I'm going to actually set is the bridge
and what I want to be white and kind of stand out,
that's what I'm gonna be setting first.
Before I even blend things out.
And the reason for that is, if I start to blend out first
and then kind of put in the,
you know, setting powder,
it seems like you lose a lot of that.
So I'm just taking a damp beauty blender and get some of that powder
and apply to that side where it's supposed to be
same color as the rest of your skin.
And now just taking a little bit on the tip,
we are going to do that and go up the bridge of the nose.
So now for the blending.
You always want to start kind of from
where that lighter color and the shadowing that you
and kind of blend those two together so that you want to have really soft,
so continue on with that and just blending, blending, blending.
Okay so now coming into that where it's still more stark.
And the reason why you want to be careful with this is
because you can easily blend too much out
and then it looks round again.
So you want to soften it
but you don't want to get rid of those lines either.
All right, so once you are all done blending that out,
the extra little thing that I like to add
just to really make a perfect nose contour
is to go in with a highlighter.
Not everyone's a fan of this
but I think when contouring your nose
I think it does make it just that much better.
And that is to really just highlight the tip of the nose.
And if you think about it, it'll almost sounds
like you're just making it seem rounder by putting like a little shiny spot.
But what it ends up doing is,
it makes the eye kind of focus on just kind of that shimmer part
and so it makes everything else seem really narrow.
So I like to start with the tip of the nose
because that's where you want most of the highlight
and then what's left on the brush
then doing-- using that for the bridge.
So really just kind of on the tip
and really the smaller you can make it, I think the better.
And then just up the bridge, not too high.
Because in reality when, you know, light hits your nose,
it kind of hits the part that's kind of flat.
Anything up here is kind of already going up
and there the light wouldn't hit.
All right! So that is it.
I think contouring is just so fun.
Because you can really kind of enhance
or kind of downplay any feature of the face.
It really is like a spanx for the face.
So I hope you guys have found this helpful.
If you're already contouring your nose, try just a few of these little tricks out
and see, you know, how it works for you.
And this is not to, you know, kind of change the way you look.
I love my nose but I know that the way photographs
or the way it looks on camera
is a lot different than I think it looks in person.
So, you know, any little trick and any little thing that we can do
to kind of enhance and make ourselves feel better,
I feel why not?
So, and of course, I like to pass that on to you guys.
So hope this was helpful.
Do let me know what other videos, you guys would like to see.
I have something in mind for next week
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And yeah, so I think that is it for today.
And hopefully, I'll catch you on my next live stream.
All right guys! I love you so much
and I'll see you in the next video. Bye.