Can you contour with concealer

The full-coverage, buildable, long-wear concealer can be used to conceal, contour, highlight and retouch. No matter how much you dab on, the versatile formula will never crease, delivering weightless, flawless wear.

Its vast shade range is equally impressive. It also boosts skin while you wear it thanks to hyaluronic acid, alpine rose to aid overall skin health and coconut water for moisture.

As one of the most beloved concealers out there, the Tarte Shape Tape Concealer just may be the answers to all of your sculpting and illuminating needs. The full-coverage formula earns its popularity for lifting, firming, brightening and smoothing skin, essentially working like a filter to blur fine lines. The vegan formula blends like a dream and will stay put all day sans any creasing or flaking.

As one of the best concealers for contouring, it also nourishes skin with mango seed butter to guard from free radical damage, shea butter to boost elasticity, and licorice root extract to color correct and brighten. Incredibly creamy, it glides right onto skin for the full coverage and perfect finish you crave. Infused with hydrating ingredients, it also has chestnut rosa fruit extract and green tea extract to fight oxidation.

The light-absorbing formula erases imperfections while its texture allows it to mask raised skin. Starting with the lighter hues, use gentle tapping motions as not to move the product around too much.

Your main aim is to lift your contours, not drag them down. Remember: If you opt for a palette, rather than sticks, paint each shade on to the skin using a flat brush - the bristles are densely packed together and therefore hold more product than anything fluffier. Blend the creams into the skin using a dampened sponge, but be sure to squeeze all of the water out before taking it to your face so you don't dilute or move the product around too much.

While it may not be a new trend, 'baking' aka dusting the face with loose powder after contouring and highlighting with cream products, sets that make-up in place for longer.

Again, apply a full face of foundation before you begin. If you want your cheekbones to really pop, reverse the steps. Taking the darker cream, define your cheekbones using the tapered line method and draw or paint a series of dashes or dots just below your hairline.

Continue to draw a line along the length of your jaw and repeat step four above to slim down your nose. Using the Artis brush, blend this into the skin using swift but gentle buffing motions and layer over these areas with a powder bronzer in a similar hue. Using a fluffy brush, swirl the bronzer up to the apples of your cheeks for a natural glow. With your concealer, start to highlight underneath your eyes using the aforementioned upside down triangle method and continue to apply a little down the centre of your nose and in the centre of your forehead.

Using a dampened sponge, blend this into the skin and repeat this step again. Plunge your damp sponge into the loose powder, tap off the excess and apply underneath your eyes, down the centre of your nose and forehead and upon your chin - where you applied the lighter cream. Wait for a total of ten minutes - the heat from your face will help mesh the concealer and powder together, then, using a powder brush, simply dust the powder away. If you're after razor sharp face structure, adorn the tops of your cheekbones and the tip of your nose with an iridescent highlighter.

Dust this on with a large fan brush to prevent falling shimmer debris. Toggle navigation. Track Order Sign In. Normal Dry Oily Combination. About Clean Beauty Ingredient Gallery. Blurring Buffer Brush. You'll be the first to know about flash sales, new products, useful tips - everything you want from the world of bare beauty. Sign Up for bare Minerals Emails. Sign Up for bare Minerals Texts. SJ stands behind the concealer stick.

The creamy consistency makes it a dream to blend, and it gives a soft matte finish with zero creasing. The waterproof and humidity-resistant formula also makes this contour crayon a safe bet for on-the-go days where you need a look that will stay in place until the early hours. It's also ideal for balmy holidays where your liquid allowance doesn't allow for your full makeup bag But how do you actually contour with concealer? Our MUA pro explains all.