Contouring — A sculpting technique applying shades deeper than the skin beneath cheekbones, beside the nose and along the face edge.

Makeup techniques

Contouring

コントゥアリング

A sculpting technique applying shades deeper than the skin beneath cheekbones, beside the nose and along the face edge.

How to recognise it

  • deliberate dark shading beneath cheekbones and around the face edge

Different from nearby terms

Where draping uses blush colour, contouring uses shadow tones to define recesses.

Words for AI

EnglishContouring, deliberate dark shading beneath cheekbones and around the face edge

日本語コントゥアリング、頬骨下と輪郭に沿う計画的な暗い影