Best face forward

It doesn't take much to look good but one needs to know what features of your face can be hidden or highlighted to give that final stunning effect. Makeup Expert Ishika Tanej, tells you what to do and what not to - depending on your face shape.

Oval Shape – As this shape is well-balanced, just use blusher and highlighter to enhance the features.
Blusher – Apply the blusher to the ‘apple of the cheeks’ and along the cheekbones.
Highlighter – Blend a highlighter above the cheekbone near the outer corner of the eye.

Round Shape – Adding length to the face and slenderising the jawline is required for the round face.
Shading – Suck in your cheeks and see where the hollows appear. To slenderize the face, sweep the darker shade of powder into the hollows and down to the chin line.  
Blusher - To slenderise the face, apply blusher slightly under the cheekbones and blends towards the ear. This will make the cheeks more defined. To add an illusion of length, apply a bit of blush to your chin and blend well.

Long/ Oblong Shape – To reduce the length of the face, an illusion of width is required for a long face.
Shading – To shorten the face, apply a deeper shade of foundation across the jaw and chin and on the top of the forehead. Apply a little bronzer on the chin and blend well.
Blusher – Apply extra blusher on the apple of the cheeks to bring out the cheekbones.

Square Shape – Softening the wide corners of the face and adding an illusion of length is required for square face.
Shaping – To soften the square angle of the face, sweep the darker shade along the outer edge of the jaw to under the ear. To soften the forehead, shade around the hairline at the upper corners of the square.
Blusher – Keep blusher light and soft – you don’t need hard definition. Place the blusher on the ‘apple of the cheek’ and blend softly out towards the hairline, following the cheekbone – this will soften the face and make it appear more oval.

Rectangular Shape - Cutting extra width from all corners of the face and make it appear more oval is what you should aim for.
Shading  - By using  a darker shade of the foundation cut the edges on the forehead and jawline.
Blusher - Apply the blusher on the apple of your cheeks towards the hairline in a straight sweep.

Heart-shaped – Narrowing the width of the forehead and adding width to the chin and jaw line are required for a heart-shaped face.
Shading – Shade the face at the temples to narrow the top part of the face. Avoid any shading in the hollows of the cheeks or the lower part of the face.
Blusher – Apply the blusher to the apples of the cheeks – this will bring the focus up to the centre of the face, away from the chin.
Highlighter – Apply the highlighter to the chin and around the jawbone – this will help to balance the face.  

Inverted - Triangle Shape – Giving an illusion of length and adding width to the forehead are required for a triangular face.  
Shading – A deep colour foundation should be applied on the sides to minimise the width of the jaw and to achieve a slender look,
Blusher – Apply blusher to the cheekbones and blend towards the jaw line.

Pear Shape - Here we aim at making small forehead appear broader and giving more oval look to the face.
Shading - Use a darker shade of foundation to cut width from your jawline. On forehead, apply a lighter shade on the edges to add width.
Blusher - Add volume to your cheeks by applying blusher on your cheeks that matches your skin tone with an angular sweep.