How To: Make Your Nose Look Thinner

January 25, 2010 in Beauty Tips and Tricks, Face, General, How-To's:

Rhinoplasty is one of the top five most common plastic surgery procedures performed each year! The good news is makeup can be an effective way to slim your nose instead of choosing to go under the knife.

Using Makeup to Create the Illusion of a New Nose

What You’ll Need:

Contour Powder/Cream

You can use a product made specifically for contouring, or try a foundation 2-3 shades darker than your skin tone. Matte brown eyeshadow can work just as well too!

-I recommend Makeup Forever’s Sculpting Kit and Kevyn Aucoin Sculpting Powder. The contour shades are really unique and give off  a “shadow” color which is exactly what you want your contouring to look like,  shadows!

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Highlight

I prefer a matte highlighter when contouring noses. A white/nude eyeshadow would work will, or try a foundation color 2-3 shades lighter than your skin tone.

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Angled Brush

An angled brush is ideal for sculpting noses. Keep it small so that you have more control over where your product ends up.

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Fluffy Blending Brush or Sponge

For blending your contouring. I like the Beauty Blender sponge to soften lines, but brushes work well too.

How To: Slim a Wide Nose

Step 1- Apply your foundation. You can do your face now, or wait until the end. I would wait until the end so that you will be able to judge how your new contouring will look with your overall face.

Step 2- Dip your angled brush into your contour powder/cream/eyeshadow and draw a line down each side of your nose. Keep it light. It’s easier to build product than to take it away. (Check out the diagram above to get an idea about where to place your lines).

**Optional Contouring: Depending on Your Specific Nose**

If your nose is wide all the way up, carry your line to the bridge of the nose.

If your nose is wider at the bottom, draw a small line outward when you get to your nostrils.

If the tip is wide or bulbous (omg, I hate that word!! I had to use it though, sorry), draw a “down-facing arrow” once you reach the tip.

Step 3: Clean off your brush.

Step 4: Dip your brush in your highlight powder/cream/ eyeshadow and draw a slender stripe down the center of your nose. (See Diagram).

If the bottom or tip of your nose is wide, only take your highlight half-way down.

Step 5: Take a clean fluffy brush or makeup sponge and blend your lines (be careful not to blend them together though). Blend until you can’t see a “line” anymore; it should look natural. Obviously, my diagram is just for reference. Please don’t go outside looking like Jennifer Aniston in this picture haha..

If you have followed the directions correctly, you should notice a subtle change in your nose! Let me know if it worked for you, or if you have any questions!!