There are many different facial shapes. Some people have an oblong shaped face, while others have square shaped faces. Another facial shape is a round face.

Some people feel that they are blessed with a round face while others think having a round face makes them look chubby. If you have a round face that makes you feel chubby, there are some makeup application techniques that can help slim down the appearance of your round face. Right now the trend in Hollywood is to have a lean face with high cheekbones. This can be accomplished with the right makeup.

Makeup Tip #1

One way to give your round face a slimming appearance is to emphasize the eyes. By adding eye shadow and mascara you can make your eyes pop. Don’t forget to keep your eyebrows cleanly shaped. The eyebrows should not be plucked into thin lines. Instead, keep some of their fullness. Shape your eyebrows into a slight arch that tapers off towards the end near the sides of the face. Fill in any empty spaces with an eyebrow pencil. Choose an eyebrow pencil that matches the color of your hair.

Makeup Tip #2

Emphasis should also be placed on your cheekbones. Most people with round faces have cheeks that look like round apples. The goal is to sculpt the cheeks to create shadows to make the cheekbones look more defined. You can define your cheekbones with a sculpting powder. Apply this powder to both your cheekbones and your jaw line. Create depth in your cheekbones by adding sculpting powder to the sides of your nose as well. This will create an illusion of shadows and depth.

Don’t go overboard using sculpting powder and blush. If you don’t apply both properly, your face will look uneven. Take some time at home to play around with applying these products until you get the look right.

Makeup Tip #3

The last tip to making a round face look longer, leaner and more sculpted is to accentuate your lips. Your lips should be filled out to look fuller. After you have painted your eyes and sculpted your cheeks you need to complete the look with a fuller mouth.

You can plump up your lips by using any of the lip plumping products on the market. Or you can do it just using some lip gloss. To make your lips look fuller just add lip gloss as a final coat over your lipstick. Add a bit of lip gloss to the middle of your bottom lip.

All of these techniques will take attention away from the widest part of your face and will make the face appear longer and slimmer.