When I was first asked to write a blog post about sculpting with PureBronze Matte Bronzer, I was a little apprehensive. I had never quite mastered contouring as a skill because I had spent years trying to sculpt my round, pale face with bronzers that were always too orange for my skin tone.
Luckily, I knew the person to turn to for expert guidance: Shawn, our Director of Artistry and Education, who was kind enough to give me a tutorial on how to create a naturally sculpted look.
The lesson
When sculpting the face, Shawn recommends highlighting first and then contouring because that makes it easier to determine where to add definition. To highlight, choose a shade a few shades lighter than your skin tone, or use a brightening product to create a similar lifted effect.
Once the highlighter is blended, apply the contour with a contour brush to the areas of the face that you want to recede. Common placement locations for bronzer are: along the hairline, in the cheeks, along the nose and along the jawline. Pro tip: When shaping the jawline, remember to start behind the ear so that there isn’t a clear line where the contour begins.
Then, once you’ve achieved the level of sculpting you want, the key to making it all look natural is to blend everything. In depth. Keep the areas closer to the hairline darker and gradually blend the color more with your contour brush as you move towards the center of the face.
Makeup
To prep my face for makeup, I prep my skin with Smooth Affair® Brightening Face Primer. Then I add Glow Time Pro™ BB Cream GT1 on my cheeks, forehead, chin and nose and quickly blend it in with the Blending/Contouring Brush. (I find that a little bit of this product goes a long way and it dries quickly, so it’s important to start blending as soon as possible.)
When it comes to highlighters, I prefer to go luminous rather than matte, so I add some Active Light® Under-eye Concealer. 1 to the high points of my face, and blended it with the Blending/Contouring Brush. For extra shine I finish it with the Glow Time® Highlighter Stick Solstice.
I swipe on PureBronze Matte Bronzer Light(Shawn’s recommendation because it’s not too warm a bronzer), under my cheekbones around my forehead and under my jawline, blending with the Blending/Contouring Brush.
Since I have a rounder face, I skip applying blush to the apples of my cheeks and apply Glow Time® Blush Stick instead Sultry from my temple, along the top of the cheekbone to the center of my cheek.
I add PureBrow® Precision Pencil Dark brown to my brows for definition, sweep the shimmering rose gold shade of the Ravishing PurePressed® Eye Shadow Trio over my lids and lengthen my lashes with Longest Lash® Thickening and Lengthening Mascara Black ice.
I finish the look with a swipe of our NEW ColorLuxe Hydrating Cream Lipstick Sorbet for a subtle hint of coral.
When I look in the mirror, I am pleasantly surprised to see that my face looks naturally sculpted and lifted. I don’t look orange either. (Big shoutout to Shawn and his Sculpting 101 Contour Guide.)
