How to Contour Your Nose
Discover how to contour the appearance of your nose to enhance the look of the structure of your face with ICONIC Hollywood Contour & Beauty Light Wands!
- 6th August 2021
- By Charlotte Tilbury
3 minute read
Contouring is a magical makeup technique to enhance the look of the natural structure of your face, whether you want to add the appearance of definition to your jawline or make your cheekbones look more prominent. One of the most popular ways to use the contouring trick is to alter the appearance of your nose — the fastest way to a defined, red carpet-ready complexion in a matter of minutes!
Follow Charlotte’s step-by-step guide for the perfect nose contour.
Before You Contour, Create A Flawless-looking Base
Before you create the illusion of your ideal nose, ensure your contouring makeup MAGIC stands out against a flawless-looking complexion! After cleansing and moisturizing with Charlotte’s Goddess Cleansing Ritual and Charlotte’s Magic Cream, apply Airbrush Flawless Foundation, Charlotte’s light-as-air, full-coverage foundation with smoothing, imperfection-blurring, AIRbrush effects. Infused with skincare ingredients to perfect the look of your complexion for flawless, poreless looking skin, this revolutionary foundation was the result of Charlotte’s in-depth color study mixing the perfect blend of pigments to create 44 flawlessly-matched shades for EVERYONE!
To use, apply Airbrush Flawless Foundation using the Hollywood Complexion Brush, buffing it in from the center for a flawless-looking complexion. Then using the Powder & Sculpt brush, apply Airbrush Flawless Finish powder to the T-zone.
Must-Have Makeup Magic to Contour Your Nose
With your beautiful, flawless poreless looking canvas, you can now begin your sculpting and defining your complexion by contouring your nose!
Charlotte’s Hollywood Contour Wand is the perfect lightweight, blendable, buildable formula to create a well-contoured nose, as its easy cushion applicator dispenses product evenly and blends beautifully. Ideal for a buildable, natural-looking contour, this magical wand features treated pigments with good adherence and color uniformity to create the appearance of shades shadows and define the look of your features for a natural-looking finish.
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How to Contour Your Nose
Generally, to contour your nose, you can apply the Hollywood Contour Wand in vertical stripes on the sides of your nose and loop underneath. Use this contour stick with the Hollywood Beauty Light Wand for the ultimate deepening and highlighting effect.
You can also adjust your strategy depending on your nose shape and how you want to contour it:
How to Contour A Long Nose
It’s possible to shorten the appearance of your nose if you add the darker, bronzing contour color of Hollywood Contour Wand at the end of your nose. This creates the illusion of a shorter nose. After, dab Hollywood Beauty Light Wand in Spotlight down the middle and at the tip!
How to Contour A Nose Bump
If you want to minimize the prominence of a bump on your nose, add Hollywood Contour Wand on the bump itself to add a the appearance of a shadow, which can visually flatten the look of it. Then, add a natural-looking, soft-focus luminosity to the tip of your nose with Hollywood Beauty Light Wand to draw attention toward it—and farther away from the bump itself.
How to Contour Your Nose to Look Smaller
Swipe on a line on both sides of your nose with Hollywood Contour Wand and keep this rule in mind: the closer the lines, the smaller the nose!
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Author Details
Charlotte Tilbury
Founder, President, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.