Anastasia Beverly Hills – Pro Series Contour Kit

Contour like a pro with Anastasia Beverly Hills’ palettes – each containing six shades of neutral shadow, to help you put your best face forward. For contouring newbies, the premise is to create depth by ‘colouring in’ shadows, then brightening the ‘high points’ of your face where light would naturally strike – cheeks, chin, forehead and bridge of the nose. Celebrities rely heavily on contouring to help them look younger, leaner and more ‘cheek-boned’ in photographs (even when being bleached by a blanket of camera flashes); just look at J-Lo, Angelina, J-Law and clan Kardashian to see what a difference just a little bit of artful contour application can achieve – defining, streamlining and creating the illusion of perfect symmetry. This is one craze that’s certainly here to stay…

For a step-by-step diagram,

1. Drag a line of contour 2-3 shades darker than your skin tone at an angle from top of the ear to corner of the mouth (going lighter as it reaches the mouth area so the contour line can disappear before hitting the laugh line). This step chisels the hollows of the cheeks.

2. Contour the temples and top of the forehead (along hairline) to minimise a large forehead and create a ‘3D’ effect.

3. Apply the same powder along the jawline under the ear and connecting the the chin, to chisel the jawbone.

4. Blend the jaw contour down to the neck to avoid a harsh line.

5. Starting at the inner corner of the eyebrow, use a narrow brush and drag a contour line down the bridge of the nose. Do the same on the other side of the nose so you have two parallel lines running down the bridge of the nose.

6. Apply contour on the bottom of the nose to connect the two parallel lines and to make the nose appear shorter if you have a long nose.

7. Highlight the cupid’s bow above centre of lip to create a pout, and highlight centre area of chin to balance the face.

8. Highlight under eyes, across top of cheekbones, and down toward apple of cheeks to brighten under eyes and make the cheekbones appear raised.

9. Highlight the laugh line area (from beside the nostril down to corner of the mouth) to make them appear less deep of shadowy.

10. Use what’s left on the brush to clean up under the cheek contour and sharpen.

11. Highlight between brows to centre of forehead, and fan toward the arch of the brows to make the brows appear bolder and clean.

12. Use a shimmery highlight to dust lightly all over the previously highlighted areas for a pop of shine.

13. Remember, do not add shimmer to laugh lines, wrinkles, or areas within extremely visible pores of bumps.

Light/Med (Vanilla, Banana, Sand, Java, Fawn, Havana):

Banana, Fawn, Havana, Java, Vanilla Ingredients:
Talc, Mica, Silica, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Magnesium Stearate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, May Contain/Peut Contenir (+/-): Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891)

Sand Ingredients:
Mica, Talc, Silica, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Magnesium Stearate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, May Contain/Peut Contenir (+/-): Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891).

Med/Tan (10K, Peaches & Cream, Macchiato, Nutmeg, Havana, Espresso):

10K Ingredients:
Mica, Talc, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Silica, Magnesium Stearate, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylylglycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide.

Espresso, Nutmeg & Havana Ingredients:
Talc, Mica, Silica, Boron Nitride, Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)

Macchiato Ingredients:
Talc, Mica, Silica, Boron Nitride, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Magnesium Stearate, Nylon-12, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)

Peaches & Cream Ingredients:
Mica, Talc, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Silica, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Magnesium Stearate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Caprylyl Glycol, Dimethicone, Ethylhexylglycerin, Methylparaben, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Propylparaben, Tocopheryl Acetate. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)

Tan/Deep (Earth, Cinnamon, Espresso, Latte, Nutmeg, L’Orange):

Espresso & Nutmeg Ingredients:
Talc, Mica, Silica, Boron Nitride, Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)

Cinnamon Ingredients:
Mica, Talc, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Silica, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Magnesium Stearate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Caprylyl Glycol, Dimethicone, Ethylhexylglycerin, Methylparaben, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Propylparaben, Tocopheryl Acetate. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)

Earth, Latte & L’Orange Ingredients:
Talc, Mica, Silica, Boron Nitride, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Magnesium Stearate, Nylon-12, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)