Highlight & Contour

Highlight & Contour

Sculpt and shape your face solely with the power of makeup with THE ICONIC’s ever-growing selection of highlight and contour products. With a range of beloved local and international beauty brands onboard, creating a flawlessly defined complexion has never been easier.

Once the realm of runway models and makeup artists, contouring and highlighting has garnered a global legion of fans thanks to the spotlighting of leading beauty bloggers. Today, highlighting and contouring forms the backbone of many daytime and after-dark beauty looks, proving that with the right products and a little practise, even novice beauty mavens can achieve this coveted look at home.

Contouring sees you apply makeup that’s typically a shade darker than the natural skin tone, creating shadow and depth to help draw your facial structure back. Coming in both powder and cream formulas, contour makeup can be applied either over or under foundation depending on how dramatic you want the sculpting to be. Conversely, the right highlighter is typically a shade lighter than your natural skin tone, and can be used in complement to contour to help bring desired facial areas forward. Apply your highlight on the high points of the face, or anywhere you wish to define, such as the brow bone and inner corner of the eyes to open up the area.

THE ICONIC carries a range of leading makeup brands to help kickstart your contour and highlight journey, with palettes from Napoleon Perdis alongside shimmering formulas from Eye of Horus to impart a glowy, sun-kissed look. Opt for CTZN Cosmetics’ iconic GLOBALM in either clear or pearl for use-anywhere versatility and a dewy finish. With free and fast delivery across Australia and New Zealand, shopping for highlight and contour online has never been easier.

What is the purpose of highlight and contour in makeup application?
In makeup application, highlight and contour can be used as techniques to help add depth and dimension, utilising the concept of light and shadow to help define facial features. Highlighting gives an illuminating effect, while contouring with deeper shades can help make the curves of the face, such as the cheekbones, jawline or nose, appear more shaped, depending on your desired finish.

What are the best tools or products for highlighting and contouring?
Highlighter and contour products come in a range of customised shades and finishes to suit your skin tone, with warm, cool and neutral-toned undertones on offer in powder, cream, stick, pen and liquid bases. Choose from shimmery, satin and matte finishes to suit your preferences, or opt for a highlight and contour palette for an all-in-one solution. Depending on your chosen formula, apply with a wand, beauty sponge, clean fingers or a separate highlighting brush.

What are some techniques for achieving a natural-looking highlight and contour?
For a seamless and natural-looking finish, it’s important to blend the highlighted and contoured areas with your foundation, blush and/or bronzer for a subtle effect. Many makeup artists also recommend matching the texture of your base products to each other; pair liquids with liquids, creams with creams and powders with powders, etc. You can also build the intensity of your results by beginning with light-handed application, then personalising the finish.

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