Long Face Make Up
Close to the oval face, the elongated face is distinguished by its long proportions. The forehead, nose and chin are almost the same size, and what’s more, the face is narrow. To break this effect of length, you have to soften the features, widen the features and of course, correct the height. It’s not Julie Benz or Liv Tyler who will say the opposite, makeup adapted to your elongated shape can make you irresistible. Let’s round up all the tips and tricks to achieve a successful long face make up.
How to make up the complexion of an elongated face?
An elongated face needs relief and volume. It is necessary to erase the plunging parts, such as the chin and the hollow of the cheeks. Also, it is necessary to lift the features by accentuating the horizontal lines of the face, in order to balance the volumes. It is thanks to the contouring technique that you will be able to enhance your elongated face.
The perfect contouring of elongated faces
Contouring must break the vertical effect of the elongated face by giving it relief, reducing the length, and playing with horizontal lines. The eye should be drawn to the center of your face in order to forget the plunging parts.
- Shade your forehead along the scalp, stopping before the temples
- Put shadow in the hollow of the cheeks towards the nose (almost horizontally), and stop in the middle of the cheekbone
- Degrade the shaded part at the level of the cheekbones to widen them
- Shade your chin going up to the mouth and down to the neck
- Brighten your forehead just under the shadow you have placed
- Highlight the tops of the cheekbones
- Mix the shades using your flat brush or your finger
How to do eye makeup on a long face?
Elongated shapes need horizontality. This is why you will have to do make up to your eyes in such a way as to stretch them and open them outwards. A single watchword: broaden your perspective.
As for oval shaped faces, smoky eyes will be the makeup best suited to the shape of your face. Use pencil, eyeliner and dark eyeshadow to clearly highlight your eyes. To give maximum width to your eyes, stretch your eyeliner from the outside of the eye towards the temples.
If you don’t like the smoky eye, then you can play with contrasts by applying dark eyeshadow to the outer part of the eyelid. Blend the material towards the inside of the eye, and on the contrary, stretch it towards the temples
How to do make up on the mouth of a long face?
Mouth makeup will make you forget your overly long chin. The idea is therefore to draw the eye to your lips. Use a lip liner to redraw the contours of your mouth. If you have thin lips, go over a millimeter on the outside to give them a thicker effect. Gloss, bright or dark lipstick, everything is possible to add volume to your lips and make them luscious.
There you have it, you now know all about long face make up! If your face shape is other than long, take a look at the make up section, there is a blog post for each face shape!
I hope you enjoyed these tips on long face make up and found them useful. Comment down below how you do your make up if you have a long face, or share with us tips you know of to soften its lines.
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