Make your makeup pop and highlight the best of you with 3D makeup.

Introduction

For those who like to stand out and fall in love with their features, 3D Makeup is the ideal look for you. There are times that you want the spotlight on you; with 3D Makeup, you can ensure that your best features are always eye-catching! 

A rising trend- especially amongst brides- 3D Makeup uses varying shades of contour, foundation, lipstick, and eyeshadow to truly highlight all the best parts of you. Want to know the Whats, Hows, and Whys of 3D makeup? Don’t worry. We’ve got your back!

What is 3D makeup?

Airbrush Makeup and HD Makeup tend to flatten out makeup and give you that real-life photoshop effect. Instead of taking away from what you naturally have, 3D Makeup allows you to use products to help highlight what you love about yourself. You can make your eyes pop, and your lips look mouth-watering while showing off your sculpted face and nose.

How to do 3D Makeup? 

The principle of 3D Makeup is simple: deepen the shadows and highlight the tips and curves that tend to catch the light. Instead of using one simple shade for each makeup component, switch it up by using a mix of lighter and darker shades to accentuate your features naturally. 

For Your Face:

The normal foundation would imply using a single shade to even out your skin. For 3D Makeup, you can mix and match shades to bring out the best in you!

• Use your regular shade as a base before applying lighter and darker shades to emphasise your face’s natural contours. 
• Think back to how you would normally use highlight and contour. Apply the lighter shade of foundation on your cheeks, chin, forehead, and at the tip of your nose. Use the darker shade to carve out your cheekbones and nose and accentuate your jawline. For those looking to make their lips pop, apply a bit of the darker shade on the dip under your lips. 
• As contour goes over the foundation, it might be difficult to blend it out. By using darker shades of foundation to contour, a well-blended base is created.

For Your Lips:

Accentuating the cupid's bow and deepening the corners of your lips make them look more plump and eye-catching. 

• Choose your regular shade of lipstick and apply it as a base. 
• Lip liners are your best friend for getting the desired 3D effect. Line your lips with dark liner to make them look plump. Add a liner to the corner to emphasise the natural curves of your lips. The liner should ideally be a shade darker than your regular lipstick.
• Lighter shades go to the centre, creating an effect where it looks like the light is catching the raised centre of your lip. This is all you need for matte lips, but to complete the illusion, you can add a bit of gloss to the centre! 
• Liquid lipsticks are ideal for the look, as they last longer and survive wear-and-tear easily.

For your eyes:

The eyes are the windows of your soul and deserve to be the most “eye”-catching part of your look. 

• When applying foundation, use the darker shade to carve out a line from your lid to the inner eye, blending it out along the length of your nose. This technique deepens your eye placement and makes your eyes the most noticeable feature on your face. 
• With eyeshadows, apply the same principle of using darker and lighter shades. Use darker shades and the outer edges of your eyes. Simmer and lighter colours highlight the inner corners. The gradient emphasises your eye shape and makes your eyes the stars of the show!
• Use eyeliner to emphasise the curves of your eyes further. 

For your nose:

If your nose is not your favourite part of you, 3D Makeup is what you need to give it a little love.

• When applying foundation, use a darker shade to carve out the sides of your nose. Blend thoroughly and notice how it makes your nose look thinner and longer. 
• To take it to the next level, use the lighter foundation shade along the bridge of your nose as well as the tip. Add highlight to make sure that your beautifully sculpted nose catches the light just right!

Why Apply 3D Makeup? 

The goal is to make sure that the light catches on your features in the best possible way. With a little bit of highlight and a blend of different shades of makeup products, you can accentuate the curves and dips in your look. By creating your shadows and highlights, you can ensure that everyone’s eyes are always on you!