Dusky beauties too own distinct beauty, and we have many dusky beauties in the Indian film industry, including Bollywood. Bipasha Basu, Sameera Reddy… the list goes on. They may not have a fair white skin tone, yet own a charismatic and mesmerising beauty. They look traditional too.
What points are to be noted while doing makeup for brown skin?
Choose only shades that match your skin tone perfectly. It’s the first lesson while doing dusky makeup. It includes the choice of foundation colour to lip colour. Different tones of brown colour should be chosen for the foundation and sticks. For a round-shaped face, contour makeup suits best. In this method, shapes of the face are highlighted. Contour makeup has a few advantages too. It reduces the size and shape of the face and gives it a thin appeal. It also gives a perfect shape to face.
When you apply contour makeup to reduce the size of your cheeks, from either side of the lips at a 2-inch distance, draw two lengthy lines towards the ears. The lines can have a maximum of 1-inch width. Colours chosen for this purpose should be slightly darker than the skin tone. Later, using some skin tone colour, blend these lines downwards. For a shapeless nose, from the nose tip to the beginning edge of eyebrows, give a straight line. Using a skin tone, blend it on either side to give an illusion of a lengthy nose.
After contour makeup, while drawing your eyes, add extra thickness to the upper lid. Kohl gel can be used for this purpose. For the foundation, instead of a liquid one, try with sticks of different shades. Alongside a dark shade, use its next light shade. While choosing sticks, keep this idea in mind.
For brown skin, never choose light-shaded lipsticks. Choose dark red, pink and orange shades for dusky tone makeup.
Foundation stick
Liquid foundation has many disadvantages. When you go out, the foundation may melt under the sun, and patches may appear on your face. To get rid of these defects, you can use a foundation stick. From either side of the nose and towards the sides of the ears, give lines directly using a stick. Later, use fingers or a sponge to blend it. To conceal black marks and spots on your face, give thick dots on those areas using a stick and then blend them well.
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