How To Contour Makeup - Best Bronzer and Blush

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Assemble Your Kit

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The goal is to emulate your skin's natural tones so your results look "as real as possible," says Kashuk. For the deepest "shading" color, you'll need a sculpting product or a matte bronzer two shades darker than your skin (nothing orange-based or shimmery).

Sonia Kashuk Chic Defining Contour Stick, $10.99, target.com.

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Use your favorite rosy blush, then choose a pearlized silver or gold highlighter. Keep the textures consistent throughout.

By Terry Terrybly Rose de Rose blush, $115, byterry.com.

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Assemble Your Kit

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Blend, Blend, Blend

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Step 1: Dip an angled brush in your sculpting shade, suck in your cheeks, and blend the product down the sunken line in an up-and-down motion. Stop an inch from your mouth.

Sephora Collection Flatter Yourself Contouring Brush Set, $48 for three, sephora.com.

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Blend, Blend, Blend

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Blend, Blend, Blend

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Step 2: Using a circular motion, diffuse the blush on just the apples of your cheeks.

L'Oréal Paris Visible Lift Blur Bush in Soft Peach, $14.99, ulta.com.

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Clinique Chubby Stick Cheek Colour Balm in Amp'd Up Apple, $21, clinique.com.

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Step 3: Highlight the uppermost point of your cheeks with Menard's trick: Place a finger below your brow bone near the outer corner of your eye and move it down until you feel your cheekbone—that's where you'll apply highlighter. Soften it until all harsh lines have disappeared.

Flower Beauty Glisten Up! Highlighter Chubby in Pearl Shimmer, $9.98, walmart.com.

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Blend, Blend, Blend

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Butter London Cheeky Tinted Highlighter in Pence, $24, ulta.com.

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Goodbye, Jowls

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For those over age 50, the focus should shift from your cheekbones (they hollow out naturally over time) to defining your jaw. Dust bronzer under your jawline, and blur the edges into your neck.

Tom Ford Beauty Shade & Illuminate palette, $77, bergdorfgoodman.com.

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