Contour and Highlight Like a Pro

Makeup artists know that the best way to get that straight-from-the-red-carpet celebrity look is to highlight and contour your natural features. Nothing says professional beauty like perfectly chiseled cheeks and multidimensional warmth. Fortunately, you don't have to fly to Hollywood to get that A-list look. With a few tip from Pur Minerals, you can contour your face with the best of them. Here’s how:

Step 1: Highlight

The first rule of contouring is to work from light to dark. That means starting out with your lightest shade and adding progressively darker shades. Using a shade that's slightly lighter than your natural skin tone, apply a concealer, like glo Skin Beauty Under Eye Concealer, above your cheekbone and over areas where the sun naturally hits, such as your forehead and the bridge of your nose.

Step 2: Balance

After highlighting, apply your foundation as you normally would. An all-in-one correcting formula, like glo Skin Beauty Pressed Base, won't just conceal imperfections like dark spots and blemishes; it will actually help improve your skin's appearance with built-in skincare ingredients like Waltheria Extract, ceramides and vitamin A.

Step 3: Contour

Using a powder brush, apply bronzing powder beneath your cheekbones, below your jaw line and along the outer edges of your forehead. Rich in good-for-you antioxidants, glo Skin Beauty Bronze adds the perfect touch of natural depth, mimicking the skin's own golden undertones for a look that’s never orange or streaky.

Step 4: Warm Up

Now that you've sculpted your features, it's time to add some colour. Using a blush brush, sweep blush over the apples of your cheeks, blending up to the hairline for a multidimensional look straight from the makeup artist's chair!