Features of makeup for a round face is a fairly relevant topic. Many girls and women are round-faced and they are interested in how to visually correct the image. The journalists found out that the main thing in making a round face is to draw attention to the central area, that is, to the eyes, to remove the emphasis from the side areas. Thus, you can visually narrow the face, make the image more sophisticated and harmonious.
Several ways to find out what your face shape is
Many girls cannot say with certainty whether their face is round or oval, or maybe another shape altogether. But the subtleties of correct makeup just depend on what kind of face oval nature has awarded you. The journalists asked several professional makeup artists – what signs indicate that the face is round? And they got the answer – a round face has the following features:
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The length is approximately equal to the width. Exactly 'approximately', since there cannot be a perfectly round shape.
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The width of the cheekbones, forehead and lower jaw is approximately equal.
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The forehead is low, gently rounded.
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The cheeks are plump, the cheekbones are wide.
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The chin is not massive, not protruding, not wide and not sharp, but rounded, lost against the general background of the face.
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If you are still not sure, you can do a simple test that will help determine the shape of the face more accurately:
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Wash off your makeup, pin up your bangs (if any), pull your hair into a ponytail, remove your earrings – your face should be as open as possible, no details should interfere with perception.
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Take eyeliner or eyeliner, dot along the jawline, along the outline at the cheekbones, along the hairline.
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Try in your imagination to connect these points with one line. Evaluate the result – which image is obtained, which geometry is more accurate? If the face is round, this is quite obvious.
A few more options:
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Stand in front of a mirror with a felt-tip pen in hand. Hair should be pulled back, shoulders straightened. Draw a contour in the reflection of the mirror, evaluate the result, draw conclusions.
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Measure the width of your forehead, cheekbones, and jaw with a centimeter. If the numbers are roughly the same, then you have a round or square face. It is not difficult to distinguish one from the other, since the square shape is quite obvious due to the massive, rather than rounded chin.
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If you are convinced that the oval of the face is exactly round, it is time to find out the features of applying makeup, which will help to correct the appearance, emphasize the advantages and disguise the shortcomings. If you are still not sure, a professional cosmetologist will not only help you determine the features of your appearance, but will also advise you on how to properly make a make-up.
Basic makeup features
Makeup artists told reporters about the features of round face makeup. Perhaps our tips will save you an extra trip to a makeup specialist:
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When choosing cosmetics (eye shadow, eyeliner, blush), the emphasis should be on all shades of brown with warm undertones. But do not forget about your personal color type, warm tones may simply not suit you, everything is individual here.
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Eyeshadow, eyeliner and pencil can be not only in the colors of the brown spectrum, but in any deep dark colors. Except for bright, flashy tones. Of course, the girl's eye color plays a big role in the choice. But purple, gray, blue, their shades will create an accent on the eyes, while the oval of the face will recede into the background. For the same purpose, you can use the type of eye makeup 'smokey ice'. If the girl just brings her eyes, then you need to make sure that the shade of the pencil or eyeliner used on the upper eyelid is slightly darker than a similar product for the lower eyelid. This will help make the eyes more expressive with a drop shadow effect.
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The peculiarity of make-up (both daytime and evening) is that the central area should be lighter than the side ones. The emphasis is usually on the upper part – forehead, eyes and eyebrows. To achieve the desired effect, you can use a variety of cosmetics. It can be a highlighter, a foundation that has a color one shade lighter than what is usually used by a girl in makeup. If the skin is not oily, the desired area can be emphasized with a powder with a shimmering effect (shimmer, shine).
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Cosmetics for lips can be deep red, all berry shades. In this matter, it is important to take into account the complexion of the skin. For example, a product with an orange tint will not work for a girl if her skin color is yellowish. And to emphasize the merits of the owner of dark skin, bright, but not pastel colors will help. However, one must remember that either the eyes or the lips should stand out. If you decide to highlight the eyes, you can make up your lips with a transparent gloss or a subtle lipstick.
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Another feature of the face skin make-up. It consists in avoiding clear horizontal lines. They visually expand the face, and we need to achieve the opposite result. Therefore, all strokes with a brush or sponge are made from top to bottom or diagonally, that is, almost in a vertical plane.
We have covered the fundamental features of round face makeup. Now let's move on to contouring, which will help make the oval visually narrower.
Features of the correct contouring
The purpose of these cosmetic measures is to stretch the face, slightly reduce the cheeks, cheekbones with makeup. To do this, the girl will need the following tools:
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Makeup base – primer.
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Concealer for the under-eye area to help hide dark circles and wrinkles.
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A foundation that matches the skin tone.
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Powder is not an obligatory element, but it is necessary for owners of oily skin.
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Blush – warm tones, matte. If there is no blush, you can use a bronzer, which should also be matte, without a shimmer effect.
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Eyeshadow, eyeliner or pencils for eyes, eyebrows; mascara, lipstick, or lip gloss. But a pencil for emphasizing the contour of the lips is most likely not needed, since round shapes do not tolerate clear geometry. A pencil can make a 'puppet' appearance. And since the emphasis is usually still on the eyes, experimenting with the lip contour is completely useless.
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Highlighter (it can be replaced with a second foundation a little lighter than the main one).
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Any tool – powder, eye shadow, third foundation, bronzer – 2 shades darker than the base. It is important that the texture of this product is matte. Shine, radiance will draw unnecessary attention to the shape of the face.
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Makeup accessories – brushes or sponges.
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Features and sequence of contouring and makeup of a round face:
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We cleanse the skin with a special product, moisturize it with a cream.
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We apply a primer that will eliminate all minor defects of the skin.
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Apply a corrector under the eyes.
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Apply the main foundation on the entire surface of the face.
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On each side of the face, from the chin to the area above the eyebrows, apply a dark pigment, which will create a shadow effect.
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Apply light pigment (highlighter) to the nose, forehead, chin. It is noteworthy that most girls with a round face have a wide nose, which also wants to be corrected. We have already applied a highlighter to the middle of the nose, and to make this part of the face more sophisticated, a dark pigment is also applied to the sides of the nose (on the wings). It is important to understand – all cosmetics are applied in a very thin, translucent layer, carefully shaded – the boundaries of the transition of a light pigment into a dark one should not be visible. It is most advisable to look at the result of your efforts while standing by the window – in daylight. Artificial light from an electric lamp will not contribute to an objective assessment of the shading quality.
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Apply blush under the cheekbones diagonally – this will visually lengthen, narrow the shape of the face. Blend the product down to your earlobes. Usually blush is applied to the 'apples' of the cheeks, but in the case of a round face, there are some peculiarities. The pigment on the cheekbones will make the face look rounder.
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Finally, shadows are applied to the eyelids. Black liquid eyeliner is used to make thin arrows on the upper eyelids that protrude beyond the eyelids, slightly curved upwards. Don't forget the mascara to complete your eye makeup. The final touch is the application of lipstick or gloss.
The role of eyebrows and eyes in makeup
Now let's figure out the shape of the eyes. Since the emphasis is placed on this area of the face of chubby girls, it is important to emphasize the dignity of the eyes, which can be done, taking into account the peculiarities of makeup in different cases:
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Convex eyes – we exclude pearlescent shades, sparkles, a dark palette from makeup – all this visually adds volume, makes the eyelids heavier. We use – muted tones, as an option – with a slight 'stretch' towards the temples by playing with a gradient.
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Widely spaced eyes make the roundness of the image even more pronounced. To correct the situation on the inner part of the eyelids, closer to the inner corners of the eyes, you need to apply dark shadows, shading them towards the eyebrows. If you draw an arrow, it should also originate from the inner corner of the eye, not protrude much beyond the boundaries of the eyelid.
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Eyes that are set deep or close to the bridge of the nose. Any cosmetic products of light shades will help here, including those with the effect of shine, shine, shimmer. These are shadows, highlighter. Cosmetics are applied to the entire movable eyelid up to the eyebrow line, to the area of the inner corners of the eyes, and the outer ones are emphasized with a darker pigment, visually 'stretching' the eyes, moving them away from each other. If you draw arrows, start from the middle of the eyelid, take them out of the eye – to the temples. But, in no case should this element be drawn from the inner corner of the eye.
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The shape of the eyebrows plays an important role in facial contouring. When correcting arcs, follow the recommendations of the make-up masters. The optimal shape is angular with a noticeable bend. A sharp, upward bend is more preferable, since it allows not only to visually narrow the face, but also to focus on the eyes. Smooth, rounded eyebrows are not your option.
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Arcs should not be narrow, threadlike, short. Girls with round shapes have large features. And narrow, thin eyebrows will look comical, and the face itself will appear flat. The best shape is wider at the inner corner of the eyes, narrower at the outer. It looks something like this – at the level of 2/3 from the beginning of the eyebrow, a soft break is made, 1/3 of the eyebrow is the tail.
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Eyebrows that are too short will make the cheeks look fuller. Therefore, the beginning of the arcs is a point approximately above the inner corners of the eyes, and the end is slightly outside the outer corners of the eyes. If nature has not endowed you with thick eyebrows of the required length, you can correct the shape with a cosmetic pencil, or make a tattoo. And if the eyebrows are too thick, wide – use tweezers or a special trimmer. To enlarge the eyes, to emphasize the curve of the brows, you need to apply a little highlighter or very light shadows to the area under each arch.
Stylists and makeup artists shared another life hack with journalists. Features of makeup for a round face are far from all that can be used in the visual correction of appearance. There are other 'tools' of modeling, for example, the image is highly dependent on the haircut, hairstyle, styling, accessories and jewelry used. Read about this at the end of the article.
Hairstyles and haircuts for a round face – features of choice
A hairstyle can be your assistant in correcting the shape of your face if you know the features and choose it correctly. For example – high styling, the volume at the back of the head optically lengthen the shape of the head. If you have medium length hair – shoulder length and below – you can wear it loose, but without a hoop. Thus, the strands will frame the face, partially hiding the zones on the sides, that is, masking the wide jaw, cheekbones, cheeks.
Consider what recommendations stylists and hairdressers gave to chubby women:
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Uneven straight strands cut with a ladder look great, a creative mess on the head.
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A haircut in which the hair on the back of the head is shorter than the strands framing the jaw will also help to hide excess volume. Alternatively, you can use a 'bob' haircut with a length below the jawline with beveled bangs.
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A pixie haircut, 'for a boy' is a good option to expose the neck, visually stretch the oval.
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A high ponytail will not only narrow the face, but also optically add a few centimeters to the height.
What is contraindicated for chubby girls – parting in the middle; braid or low tail; volume on the sides, in particular, side bouffants, curls. It is not recommended to pull your hair back if there are no bangs. And the bangs must be necessarily oblique, torn, asymmetrical, while straight will create the effect of making the face heavier.
We also draw the attention of chubby women to clothes, accessories that can make the image more attractive:
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In clothes, you should avoid high collars, scarves, but V-neck and all options that open the neckline are suitable. They will emphasize the dignity of appearance.
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Caps, hats should be chosen so that they create volume on the back of the head or hide the area of the cheeks and lower jaw. Good options are a trumpet hat, earflaps, a scarf worn on the head and tied under the chin. And here are the headphone hats; knitted tight hats up to eyebrows; classic berets are contraindicated for chubby beauties.
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Glasses – it is better to choose such an accessory in shape. It should not be horizontal, but broken. The 'cat's eye' option is something that you are most likely to go.
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Earrings – long and asymmetrical in shape – are what you need. Earrings-buttons, clips do not fit.
In creating an image, everything is important – from makeup to the right hairstyle and clothes. If girls and women with round faces take into account the recommendations of experts, they can easily emphasize the positive features of their appearance.
