Lorac Contour Palette

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Lorac Contour Palette

I can check one item off of my beauty bucket list for the summer: contouring.

At Ulta today, they were having special Lorac contouring lessons. I almost passed it up, but then decided to give it a try since I’ve been wanting to learn. I ended up (of course) buying the palette.

The Lorac contouring palette was $45 at Ulta, but the great thing is that it came with the contouring brush. As a bonus, it also came with an eyeshadow primer (I love freebies).

I am definitely still working on the technique, and I think it will be a while until I get confident. However, I really like this palette because the colors work on me even though I’m very fair. I feel like the results are subtle; my mom described it as a sun-kissed look. However, it definitely adds some definition to my cheek bones and overall facial structure. With the right blush, it just makes your makeup look that much better. Plus, I didn’t think it was too hard to accomplish. The biggest secret is to blend . . . a lot! The girl who helped me today said that you should blend upward to get the most natural effect.

Before (on the left) and After my contouring attempt

She showed me the most basic steps, which I’m still working on.

Step 1: Use two fingers to find your cheek bones. Lightly brush on the bronze color from your temple down your cheek bone. Stop once you’ve reached the area of your cheek bone directly under the center of your eye. Blend, blend, blend. Your contour line shouldn’t be any wider than two fingers.

Step 2: Blend some of the bronze color into your hairline.

Step 3: Lightly streak some of the bronze down the sides of your nose and on the tip of your nose. Blend.

Step 4: Use the light color to make an inverted triangle under your eyes. You can also run some down the center of your nose and on the center of your chin.

Step 5: Put the really shimmery color under your eyebrows and on your cupid’s bow.