00:00Hi guys, I'm MeeAnne. I am the editorial assistant on the beauty team here at Refinery29.
00:04I am here with three contouring versions and also simultaneously R29 staffers.
00:16To what extent is contouring almost like a physical Photoshop?
00:22Because if you can sculpt your face and make your face look thinner,
00:26like isn't that what everyone says is wrong about like Photoshop and like people looking thinner on magazine covers and
00:33things like that.
00:33But I also I feel like I agree with like if that makes you feel good, like go ahead and
00:37do it.
00:38On Photoshop, you can completely alter someone's face.
00:41You can completely like eradicate blemishes and like makeup.
00:44I mean, contouring isn't any different from like putting on mascara.
00:48It's still defining what you already have.
00:50I mean, when people put like a darker color in the crease of their eye,
00:53that's like in a way that's contouring as well because you're creating a shadow there
00:57and adding, giving more dimension to that area of your face.
01:00I think it goes along the same line of expressing yourself through clothing.
01:05Yeah, it's like so fun.
01:06What's the difference between changing like what you put on your body than what you put on your face?
01:10You might love how you look without makeup, like you can also love yourself with it.
01:13I started wearing makeup in like ninth grade, I think.
01:15And like I hated the way that my face looked and then I started wearing makeup and for a while
01:21I think I did wear it as a mask.
01:22But after I started to like learn what I could do with it, I actually became more comfortable with my
01:28face without makeup.
01:29And I think that learning about makeup helped me get there.
01:32I see all the time on, because it's huge, it's everywhere.
01:35I feel like they'll post like, this is why you can't trust women anymore.
01:39And it will be a girl who has like a blank face, like whatever, no makeup on, but then there
01:43will be a girl like totally glam, like working it with contour on.
01:46And they'll be like, this is dishonest or something like that.
01:49And obviously I feel like that's not the case.
01:51I don't think that's the case at all.
01:52Did those dudes really think that that girl had pink cheeks or red?
01:56Like that's how she just like woke up, like that's it.
01:59That's ridiculous.
01:59Kim Kardashian being so open with the amount of makeup that she wears.
02:03I actually really respect her for that because a lot of celebrities are just like,
02:07I don't wear any makeup, but like, come on, you do.
02:10Contouring is really fun.
02:12Every part of makeup is really fun.
02:14Are you doing it right?
02:14We have?
02:15Yeah.
02:16I don't think I just personally could do it every day.
02:19I mean, I'll stick to like a tinted moisturizer and like I'm good to go.
02:23But I think I look kind of good.
02:25So maybe on a...
02:26You do look pretty good.
02:28Don't tell me.
02:29She, I think she put more on than you two did.
02:32I put a...
02:33Like I see a shadow there.
02:35I put a lot on.
02:36Probably more than I should have.
02:38I like this, this little shadow here.
02:40I'm glad you like it.
02:41And we can use like a blender right here.
02:43You're not supposed to bring it down like for like a shade like this.
02:47You're supposed to just keep it to this, to like just under this, your jawline area,
02:52because then like this demarcation happens.
02:55Demarcation.
02:57That vocab.
02:58Yeah, honestly.
03:00That vocab though.
03:01SATs.
03:01This was as hard as the SATs though for me.
03:03That's so true.
03:04Like I was like...
03:05I will say that if it were me, I would have done a little bit more.
03:10What?
03:10More?
03:11Just because like I can't really see any like shadows.
03:15Contouring like any other makeup technique is really like up to you whether or not you want to do it.
03:20You know, everyone looks beautiful with or without makeup.
03:23Like makeup is all about, you know, having fun and enhancing your features if you want to.
03:27And it's like a confident, it can be a confidence booster, but it's totally like you do you.
03:32Like if it makes you feel good, you should do it.
03:34If it doesn't make you feel good, then don't.
