I Contoured My Face Everyday for Two Weeks Straight and Here’s What Happened

I wear some type of makeup every single day, but contouring is foreign to me. My typical makeup routine consists of foundation set with powder, winged eyeliner, mascara, and bright, red lips (or dark brown lips because I’m too in love with 1993 from Urban Decay). I have thought about trying contouring in the past, but had previously decided against it because I didn’t want to add anything to my morning makeup routine. But after seriously considering it, I decided to give it a go.

Now, I’m a complete contour newbie, so I didn’t want to spend like $50 on a contour kit. Plus, what if I decided I didn’t like contouring, or got lazy and decided to jump ship halfway through my experiment? So I opted for a much cheaper contour kit from the drugstore, which included contour, blush, and highlight. And thus began my contour experiment:

I had watched contour videos on YouTube the night before in preparation, but holding the package, I wasn’t so sure how to do it — where to apply the contour; where the highlight goes. So I just turned the package over and looked at the diagram on the back. I was fairly slow because I wanted to apply just enough to make an obvious difference, but not too much to make it obvious that I contoured. After my first time applying contour, my favorite part was blending everything out because at that point my look was coming together into a smooth complexion! I was immediately taken with the glow that illuminated my cheeks, under my eyes, my chin, and my forehead! Literally felt like a goddess!

 

 

I was so excited to attain my goddess glow again, but I was in for a long, long day. I began class at 9am and ended class at 10pm and at first I didn’t think my contoured complexion would make it through the day. I was half right. The highlight stayed put, but my face didn’t look nearly as neat as it had earlier in the day. *Sad face* It made me wonder if contouring on my long days were even worth it because I’d just look like an overly bronzed goddess by the end of the day.

 

Thursdays are my boxing days. In other words, I have boxing class on Thursdays where I workout hard, sweat, yada, yada, yada. Did I really want to put all that stuff on to sweat right through it? No. Did I put all that stuff on anyway? You bet I did (for the sake of the experiment). Besides, I’m basically a warrior if I can power through a workout with a full-face makeup. I felt self conscious the whole time because I kept wondering if it was becoming apparent that my contour was showing.

 

No classes on Fridays! That means that I can dress up and sit at my usual spot at Starbucks while studying. So I was really excited to contour my face, and the thought further pushed me to dress my best so that my makeup would look as good as my outfit!

 

Here ends the first week of my two-week experiment. At this point I wasn’t convinced that contouring was the best beauty decision I had ever made, but I also wasn’t convinced that it was a nuisance to my morning routine.

 

So I was nearly late for class today…I was SO tempted to skip contouring today because, hey, when you’re late, you’re late — every minute counts! Plus, my early morning professor is really strict about punctuality. Plus, that class is my favorite class (law is actually not boring, in case you thought that it was). Anyway, I made up my mind to just contour quickly and leave. It’s definitely annoying when you’re really pressed for time. I just swiped the product on where I was supposed to, so I felt a little unsatisfied because it didn’t seem like I put anything on.

 

The highlight compartment looks pretty beaten up. Like, it’s gone through things. Is it possible that I love using highlight a little too much? I’m convinced that the highlighting part is my favorite thing about contouring. I really love putting it down my nose because, paired with the dark contour shade, my nose looks slightly slimmer. Obviously, you aren’t going to end up with a super thin-looking nose ($10 drugstore makeup is good, but not that good!) Still though, I’m pretty generous with the amount of product I put there. I have the most fun there.

 

I’m now more into makeup than ever. I’ve decided that I definitely want to enhance my skills to a more professional level, so maybe I’ll try to get one of the makeup artists in Sephora to show me how to do a more flawless full-face makeup. Why didn’t I attend those free contouring classes at Sephora as a Beauty Insider?!!?

 

It’s over!! My 14-day experiment has come to an end, but I’m definitely not quite ready to kick contouring to the curb…

 

Though contouring was a major pain in the ass at times (like when I planned to go to the gym, or when I was running late for class) I really like it and would still make good use of the drugstore palette I bought. So, basically, the highlighter will continue to take some hits, and I’m going to keep being a glowing goddess. Because of this, I definitely experienced a spike in my confidence and self-love. It definitely made me feel like makeup makes many things attainable, and that our ultimate goal should be to just have fun with it!