![]() People do contour and filters and put it on Instagram, but in real life, you don’t have a filter. They understand what makeup can do and what it can’t do. You can maybe stretch it to two tones darker, but never, ever more than that. All you really need to achieve a subtle contoured look is your everyday foundation along with a foundation that is one tone darker. They understand that looking good on the red carpet is part of their job, but that’s not how they look every day. You don’t need to spend a lot of time (and money) on special contouring and highlighting sticks. That’s why the right makeup works with the right lighting. Daylight coming through the window is the most flattering lighting. ![]() For example, my dentist looks amazing because he has really good lighting at his office. Under fluorescent light, it is going to look bad. You need to moisturize, obviously, and use lip balm. ![]() You can wear no makeup at all, but if you have good light, you look really good. If you’re going to do it, buy a contour palette. The contour should look like your shadow. Contour is meant to be dramatic and for a very specific thing. But there are people just walking around in Lululemon and contour. If you are doing a ‘90s look based on Janet Jackson, then, okay, contour could work. You can’t leave the house unless you contour your cheek? That’s not fun. When you approach it from the point of view of “My nose is too big my face is too round,” it seems less fun. For me, I just feel like makeup should be fun. They think, If you have a face like this, you have to correct it and contour and make your eyebrows like this. We live in a world now where more and more people don’t want to be different, they want a uniform. People start to expect too much of makeup. ![]() Too much white concealer under the eyes is too bright, although it’s meant to be correcting. In real life, if you walk around with too much contour, it will cast a shadow under your eyes. Just as you’re not going to wear stilettos to the beach (unless maybe you are on a TV show), it’s the same with makeup. You see contour on the subway or at McDonald’s. She was asking me, “What contouring palette should I get?” And I was like, “Are you going to do it here in the fluorescent light or at night?” That’s the craze right now. I was at the doctor’s office the other day, and the nurse knows what I do for work. But light conditions change throughout the day. Contouring for every day just isn’t realistic unless you are Kim Kardashian and can hire people to follow you around, like a camera crew with a light. For me, I can contour in a photo shoot, because I know the light is going to be controlled. He then went on to explain the distinction between red-carpet and everyday makeup, which, it turns out, is all about what light source you spend most of your time under. “I spoof those tutorials because I feel like we live a world now where people tell women to do ridiculous things, beauty-wise, and, to me, real-life makeup and photo-shoot makeup are two totally different things,” he told the Cut. A few months ago, he took a stand by creating spoof makeup tutorials on his Instagram account, a tongue-in-cheek way (with only a slight bite) of pointing out the over-the-top ways that people try to make red-carpet makeup everyday through hashtags like “WhenContouringGoneWrong” and “ULookLikeHisMom.” Although he’s the makeup artist to an actress lauded for her red-carpet beauty looks, Barose thinks that some of the emulation has gotten out of hand. I just wish women weren't heavily pressured to wear it, and guys didn't get made fun of if they wanted to wear it.Today’s beauty industry thrives with tips on how to look as celebrity-perfect as possible, but to makeup artist Nick Barose, it’s all just a little bit ridiculous. But, I fully support people who want to wear it and like wearing it. A lot of makeup transfers, despite the product claiming otherwise, so sometimes I'm scared when people try to hug me. I hate spending money on it and taking the time to put it on and take it off. Honestly, if I didn't get treated badly for not wearing it and wasn't forced to wear it at work, I wouldn't even bother with it at all. I don't like the feeling of makeup on my skin, and 90% of makeup products, which I have tried, break me out. Also, my face shape is just odd in general so I can't follow the contour methods for more traditional face shapes. Whenever I try to copy it, I look like I have dirt on my face. I don't contour because I don't know how. I don't like makeup and will wear as little as I can get away with so I usually wear foundation/BB cream, setting powder if the foundation requires it, and tinted lip balm/neutral lipstick shade. I don't wear makeup daily, and I usually only wear it to work because I have to.
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