Are you looking for an easy way to make your forehead look smaller with the help of makeup? Contouring is a powerful and popular technique that can help sculpt your favorite features and emphasize facial symmetry. As experts and TikTokers often point out, it can certainly help you achieve this goal!
With one easy contour hack from a professional makeup artist and expert, you can make your forehead look smaller in a few simple steps. Read on for tips, suggestions and insight from Natalia Barlow, pro MUA and owner of Glow by Natalia Barlow LLC.
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Expert Tips for Effortlessly Contouring Your Forehead
Pro Hack: Use a Cool-Toned Contour Shade on Your Hairline
Barlow’s first and main suggestion for shrinking your forehead with makeup is to grab a “cool-toned contour shade that is 1-3 shades deeper than your natural skin tone.” She says that one shade deeper is the “most natural,” two shades deeper is “more dramatic,” and three is even more.
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She then says to apply the shade you choose “along the hairline and on the part of the forehead” that you would like to appear less prominent.
Additional Steps:
Highlight Your Brows with Light Concealer
Next, Barlow recommends using a lighter "highlight shade in the middle of the brow" and "slightly above it" to bring the focus closer to your eyes.
Contouring with concealer and highlighter is nothing new, and emphasizing your peepers and eyebrows can take more attention off of the forehead area that you're trying to slim down.
Blend with a Bronzer
Barlow's last helpful tip is to "use a bronzer to marry the two shades" by applying it "near the hairline and down to where the highlight begins."
As a bonus, she also says to "keep your foundation brush on hand for blending," just in case an excess amount of "contour, highlight or bronzer is applied." Noted!
