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What are your top tips on how to contour my nose?

Ashleigh Grounds
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Ashleigh Grounds is a Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist based in Austin, Texas. Ashleigh has over 11 years of cosmetology experience. She studied cosmetology in Dallas, Texas and completed a two-year hair salon apprenticeship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Toni & Guy Hair Salon. She is accredited by the International Board of Cosmetology, is a certified Babe Hair Extension Professional, and is a certified Brazilian Blow Out Professional. Ashleigh was voted the best Hair Stylist in Austin for 2012 by RAW Artists and was voted in the top 20 salons for 2020 in Austin by Expertise. Ashleigh's work has been featured in Talentmagazines, BlogTalkRadio, KXAN, and Studio 512.

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Beginning with a contour brush, start where your eyebrows begin and work the contour down just on the side of your nose, like the side of the bridge. Go all the way down to your nostrils, then round it off on the tip. Blend that through, then put a lighter color right on the center and a little on the tip of your nose, and blend it again.

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Apart from contour powder, what can I use to contour my nose?

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You can use foundation darker and lighter than your skin color. You can typically get this in a pallet. Matte eyeshadow will also work.

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What products can be used for nose contouring?

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You can use eyeshadow, as it works really well.

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Can I use liquid foundation to contour my nose?

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You can, but it is easier to use powder. Try powder foundation that is 1 - 2 shades darker than your skin, dark eye shadow, or bronzer.

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How do you contour a bulbous nose with makeup?

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Apply shadow to either side of your nose bridge as well as under the tip of your nose, making a V shape. Add the highlighter horizontally across your nose bridge, right in the middle.

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I want to counter my nostrils for a character play. How to do it?

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Take some sunglasses with the nose holders. Put the contour on the nose holders and slide the gasses down your face and blend.

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Can I contour my nose without using foundation?

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Yes! You can use a darker powder or bronzer to contour instead of a cream/liquid foundation.

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How do i contour my big, long nose?

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If you want it visually shorter, add contour at the tip and highlight above it. Besides this, contour the sides of your nose if you want it to look slimmer.

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How to contour and highlight in unsymmetrical nose?

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Rather than following a straight line from eyebrows to lips, crooked noses appear uneven or slightly slanted. To correct the shape, contour a straight line on both sides of the bridge and apply highlighter in the middle.

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How do you contour a big crooked nose that protrudes against the rest of the face to look straighter and shorter? Hope you have a solution, as I'm feeling insecure and need a confidence boost. Thanks.

Arianna Harrell

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Apply your highlighter straight down the tip of your nose. If you don't have a highlighter/don't think it's the right shade, replace the highlighter with your concealer. Either one will work.

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To correct the shape, contour a straight line on both sides of the bridge and apply highlighter in the middle.

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