Without exaggerating, the contouring step is like a `magic` show for the face, giving the face depth and angles in areas that need to stand out… making facial expressions suddenly become attractive and catch the eye.

Determine face shape

Join ELLE to take a look at the most common face shapes and determine which group your face belongs to!

How to create contour for each face shape

Heart-shaped face

Identifying characteristics:

The cheeks are wider than the hairline on the forehead. At first glance, the face will appear to be slightly wider due to the wide cheeks

Slim chin

How to create blocks:

Contour along and below both cheekbones

Connect an arc from the temple to the contour under the cheekbone to conceal the wide bone

A little bronzer under the chin to make the chin less pointed

Rectangular face

Identifying characteristics:

The forehead is broad and the jawline is prominent and angular

Face length is much longer than width

How to create blocks:

Rectangular face Photo: Cosmopolitan

Apply dark powder along the hairline on the forehead to create a slimmer look

Add powder to the jawline to reduce the angles and make the face softer

Create a diagonal line from the ear to the middle of the cheek for the cheekbones

Round shaped face

Identifying characteristics:

The face is balanced because its length is approximately equal to its width

The face is round so the bones are not obvious, the chin is quite flat

How to create blocks:

Brush along both sides of the forehead and down to the ears

From the ears, apply the powder diagonally to the middle of the cheekbones, then from there blend it down to the chin to create the feeling that the face is no longer exposed but will be slimmer.

Oval face shape

Identifying characteristics:

The face is a bit long

The face has a `V-line`, a neat jaw angle, and a slim chin

At first glance, the face resembles an oval shape

How to create blocks:

Long face Photo: Cosmopolitan

Apply contour powder on both sides of the forehead to narrow the forehead so that it fits in with the face

Area under the cheekbones, apply powder diagonally from the ears to the middle of the cheekbones

Diamond shaped face

Identifying characteristics:

The hairline is narrower than the cheekbones

Pointed chin

The face is longer than it is wide

How to create blocks:

Just apply the powder diagonally from the ear to the bottom of the cheekbone, because the remaining features, although natural, already look like contouring.

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Square shaped face

Identifying characteristics:

The face is as long as it is wide

The hairline on the forehead is about the same length as the width of the jawbone

How to create blocks:

Square face Photo: Cosmopolitan

Powder the sides of your forehead down to the bones to look slimmer

At the jawbone, draw a chalk line from the ear to the chin

Finally, apply powder below the cheekbones

Long face

Identifying characteristics:

The length of the face is almost twice the width

Detailed parts such as the chin, jawline, and forehead have no angles.

How to create blocks:

Apply powder along the hairline on the forehead for evenness between length and width

Add a little powder under the chin to give the face depth

Apply powder from the temples to the cheekbones

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