Makeup Contouring Tutorial for busy moms

I've recently been sucked back into the world of Pinterest.  And I'm finding so many good recipes and crafts for the kids for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.  But more interestingly, I've discovered makeup contouring.  Has anyone else heard of this?  I'm amazed that you can take a basic face and create the appearance of high cheekbones, longer or shorter nose, and even less of a double chin.  I have to try this! 

I started by taking pictures of my clean, washed face.  Definitely lacking high cheekbones.  

Definitely have what is referred to as Marcella's nose (thanks to my grandmother).  Aside - anyone sporting the Marcella nose, also known as the 'Pearce' nose (my grandmother's maiden name) makes a perfect turtle face.  End aside. 

turtle face

And I have a chin issue.  Let's definitely deal with that.  

My first obstacle was a lack  of makeup.  I don't own a contouring kit and I don't have a makeup artist to help me.  What I DO have is a surplus of:

Crayola "washable" paint and paintbrushes 

Access to the internet

Artists up to the challenge

I also don't have a fancy headband to keep my hair out of my face, so we adapted.

I showed the boys what I wanted to look like and they said they absolutely knew they could do it.  They even made a plan.  Cade would take the left side of my face and Stone would take the right. 

I was so excited to see the results.  

I opened my eyes once or twice and saw the looks of concentration and knew they were fully invested. 

I saw them looking again and again at the computer and knew that they were taking this seriously. 

I saw tongues - a sure sign that mastery is being attained.  

And once, Cade stopped to point out a part of the contouring they missed, which assured me they were bring thorough.

They finished with a little lip gloss.  It tickled. 

And finally, the finished product was revealed.  All I see is cheekbones and lips for DAYS.  Hollah!

 

 

Here are some close ups of their work, ladies, if you want to book a consultation. 

And here is the glamour shot we took.

One thing the tutorial fails to mention is just how much face washing it takes to get the contouring off.  I mean, it looks like strawberry milk in the sink.  

And I'm not sure the towel will ever be right again.  I wonder what Kim Kardashian looks like underneath all that contouring...