The best part about makeup is that it can be completely experimental. Whether you want to go full glam, minimalistic, or even shave a few years off your face, how you appear to the world is completely ...

As with most make-up techniques, the skin prep is key for perfecting your contour technique—especially with mature skin, ...

If chiseled cheekbones and a snatched jawline are what you're after, the art of contouring is necessary to learn how to ...

“Contour is a staple in the beauty world,” Fenty Beauty Global Makeup Artist Priscilla Ono tells ESSENCE. “It’s a technique that defines and sculpts the face by using light and dark shades to ...

Makeup has the incredible power to enhance our features and bring out our natural beauty. One technique that has gained immense popularity in recent years is contouring. By strategically using shadows ...

The Kardashians may have begun the contouring trend, but it has also become part of the makeup routine of millions worldwide. Contouring doesn’t need to be dramatic or over the top, even a subtle ...

Ahead, the nine best cream contour sticks for all skin tones and skin types, according to beauty editors and experts.

As a self-proclaimed blush connoisseur and admitted late-night TikTok scroller (anybody else?), it didn’t take long for me to discover that contouring with blush is totally a thing. Interestingly ...

I asked makeup artist Hillary Clark to critique my beauty routine to help minimize my uncertainty. Clark suggested a few improved application techniques and said I can repurpose some of my products. I ...

“Contouring is a way of adding dimension and sculpting the face to bring out someone’s bone structure,” MAC Senior Artist Fatima Thomas tells ESSENCE. However, while higher cheekbones and sculpted jaw ...