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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Eva Wiseman

Why non-touring make-up is the new contouring

woman with little makeup on
Beyond contouring: it’s you, but more shimmering. Photograph: Jason Lloyd Evans

It’s almost as though we needed to endure contouring in order to get here, to July 2016, with the reaction trend “non-touring”. Where contouring required layers of foundation, blush and bronzer, plus a cache of YouTube tutorials, this light option asks only for a tinted moisturiser and a decent highlighter which you shimmer across your cheekbones, brow bone and nose. It should make you look like you, but through a flattering Instagram filter.

Get the look

Lottie Strobe Stix £5.99 superdrug.com
Rosie for Autograph £15 marksandspencer.com
Bobbi Brown Highlighting Powder £34 bobbibrown.co.uk
Bare Minerals Face and Eye Brightener £22 bareminerals.co.uk
Hourglass Lighting Powder £34 liberty.co.uk
Marc Jacobs Beauty Glow Stick £28 harrods.com
Sleek Precious Metals Palette £9.99 feelunique.com
Stila Shimmer Powder £15 stila.co.uk
Yves Saint Laurent Contouring Palette £33 houseoffraser.co.uk
Mii Divine Illuminator £18.95 amazon.co.uk


Email Eva at e.wiseman@observer.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @EvaWiseman

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