Extreme Contouring

In Kats lesson we looked at extreme contouring. 
Kat created a Achromatic look.

1.  Start by making sure the skin is cleansed, toned and moisturised. If necessary apply a primer.
2. Begin by using a lighter colour (2-3 shades lighter than the skin tone). In this instance Kat used Kryolan TV White supra colour. Start by applying this to the high points of the face and anything you wish to bring forward and extenuate. For example these could be the bridge of the nose, tops of the cheek bones, forehead, chin, cupids bow, jaw. 
3. Blend the supra colour into the hairline, ears and down the neck so it gets rid of harsh obvious lines which could end up making it look uneven and unrealistic.  Blend the rest of the supra colour into the skin with a duo fibre brush. Making sure under the eyes are not missed.
4. Set this TV white supra colour with a white or a translucent powder. Making sure you are pressing firmly into the skin and under the eyes. This is too avoid smudging and smearing as well as creasing of the grease paint. 
5. Then apply a darker shadow, making sure it is anatomically correct. This is anything you want to have more shadows. For example cheekbones are the most popular, temples, sides of the forehead, down the sides of the nose, under the bottom lip. This will extenuate everything you want. Start with a lighter colour and if you want a deeper contour you can build on the colour or use a darker shade of the contour colour. Make sure this is blended well so you avoid a 'muddy' contour. 
6. Then slightly blend the shadow into the grease paint just so it doesn't look like lines of colour. For a less extreme contour you would use natural colours and blend them into one another so they look like they look natural. 
7. Once finished contouring and highlighting is done finish with an eye look, lips and any other touches you wish and you have a finished look. 

Before

During application

End result

We then had a go at creating it on ourselves.

I used supra colours in white and lila (purple). I applied these and set them with 'fennel' (white) and 'lavender' (lilac) eye shadows from the Kyrolan viva brilliant colour medley matt palette. I made the cheek contour slightly dramatic with a darker, deeper shade of purple called 'shallot' from the same palette.