STROBING | THE NEW CONTOUR

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year then you will definitely heard of contouring! It was the beauty craze to take over 2014 in my opinion, with Kim K constantly posting selfies with stripes all over her face and then ending up with a perfectly defined face. Pretty much every beauty brand out 

there has bought out their own version of a contour kit, my favourites have to be the powder and cream version from Anastasia Beverly Hills.

Now there is a new trend in town and it promises to be a lot easier than contouring! Strobing involves creating definition for your face simply by using highlighters where the light hits. 

With the art of strobing you will achieve a gorgeous glow by applying your illuminating products to the areas of your face the light hits the most - the centre of your forehead, cheek bones, eyebrow bones, down your nose and the chin. If you're unsure on these areas then the internet is a great place for finding templates, look at the one below...

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When choosing the shade of the highlighter i'll use it depends on how tanned I am and what sort of look I want to go for. To avoid looking too over done and like you've fallen into a pot of glitter then pick a shade that best matches your skin tone.

Fair skin - Champagne tones

Light to medium skin - Pink Champagne tones

Medium skin - Golden tones

Dark skin - Bronze tones

My favourite products to use when I'm highlighting is the NARS illuminator in Copacabana, it's a gorgeous pink shade which adds a lovely shimmer, this is one i'll use when I'm going for a more glam look. For more of a daytime look i'll use a powder highlighter in champagnes or pinks, my favourite is The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer and MUA Gold Highlighting Powder or I recently started using the Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter in this gorgeous pinky purple shade. If I want a more bronzed look I really love the Topshop Highlighter in Horizon and the Benefit Watts Up.

Will you all trying out the new strobing trend?! 

xo