Highlighter and concealer: What is the difference, which is better? What does the Highlighter do?

From this article you will learn what concealer and highlighter are.

Many people do not even realize that with the help of decorative cosmetics you can reduce a large nose or increase a small, round face visually make an oval, tired look to give radiance. Do you know about this? Let's find out.

What is a concealer in cosmetics, why is it needed, what does it look like?

Conceler - This is a kind of corrector for masking on the face of dark spots under the eyes, bruises, age spots, freckles, redness. The concealer in your cosmetic bag should be along with foundation or powder. The concealer is bought 1-2 tones lighter than the tonal base.

The concealer differs from the corrector:

• Concealer of a more transparent texture.
• Concealers are different shades, and the corrector is one.
• When using the corrector, the skin is dried, the concealer is moistened.
• The concealer is applied to the skin defect after the foundation, the corrector - in front of the foundation.

Conceler is needed:

1. To mask the bruises under the eyes.
2. Apply to the lips before applying lipstick, and the color of the lips will be more saturated, and the lips will seem more chubby.
3. If you, applying makeup, went beyond the contours of the lips, eyebrows, the shooter of the eye - this is not scary, you can always paint over the excess concealer.
4. A darker concealer than your tonal base can come in handy to draw cheekbones, narrow your nose and round face.
5. Draw more voluminous eyebrows.
6. Yellow concealer It will make a bruise under the eye, disguise the capillaries on the face and other shortcomings with a purple tint.
7. Violet concealer Makes yellowish spots on the face, for example, pigmenting. If you have a tired look, you can improve it if you mix a little concealer with a foundation and apply to cheekbones, the middle of the chin and forehead.
8. Green concealer Masks red shades. They are made invisible redness on their face, a red net, inflamed acne. Also, if you need to remove redness in a larger area of \u200b\u200bthe face, the green concealer is mixed with a foundation.
9. Pink concealer Camouers greenish circles under the eyes.

Important. First, color concealers are applied, and then a foundation.

What are concealers?

• In the form of a pencil. It is used when accuracy is needed: paint a small mole, pimple, speck.
• Crem -shaped concealer. They are covered with circles under the eyes and dark spots on the face. More suitable for normal, dry and problematic skin.
• Liquid concealer. More suitable for oily skin. They can obscure small wrinkles, pimples.
• Conceler in the case (looks like lipstick), more dense than a cremic concealer. Suitable for normal, dry and problematic skin. He will cope with small scars on his face, with a little redness, making shortcomings invisible.
• Classler in the form of powder. Suitable for oily skin. It makes incisible acne, pigment spots, acne, removes the splendor of fat on the forehead.

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What is a highlighter in cosmetics, why is it needed, what does it look like?

Highlighter - A tool like powder or tonal base, capable of highlighting the necessary areas on the face, as if from the inside. Thanks to the application of highlighter, the face looks fresh, rested, shining, even if you did not sleep for several days in a row.

Important. Cosmetologists advise working with the highlighter to work according to the following principle: if you need to hide some part of the face (make a round face elongated), it must be darkened, if you emphasize, lighten it. The highlighter in this case only brightens.

Highlighter happens:

• In the form of a liquid cream (can be used beginners)
• In the form of serum, suitable for dry skin
• Creamy
• In the form of powder, suitable for oily skin
• In the form of a pencil

What does the Highlighter do?

Highlighter is needed for the following purposes:

• Give your face a radiance and healthy color
• Hide wrinkles
• Visually change the oval of the face
• Visually enlarge your eyes
• Make eyes on the face expressive
• Visually enlarge the lips and reduce or enlarge the nose
• Emphasize the eyebrows

The main zones for applying highlighter are:

1. Eyes, for their visual increase. You can apply a couple of points of highlighter to the inner corners of the eye, and grind them, you can with a finger - it seems that you have big eyes, and in order for them to come from them, you need to put a liquid or cream highlighter in the middle of the century.
2. Cheekbones to give your image a fresh look. Apply with one touch with your fingers or brush highlighter to the highest points on the cheekbones.
3. Forehead (those who have dry skin), to give freshness to the face. Points are applied to the forehead and between the eyebrows. This area is not suitable for women with oily skin, it may seem that you have a sweaty forehead.
4. Nose. A large nose can be visually made shorter and thinner. It is necessary to run a finger with a high -haliter around the bridge of the bridge, not reaching the tip. A small nose can be visually enlarged by applying barely noticeable glare on the sides of the nose.
5. Around the eyebrows. Having spent a brush with a highlighter over the eyebrow, the apparent raising of eyebrows and hanging over the eyes of the eyelids is achieved, under the eyebrow - a wide glance.
6. Lips to give them an apparent volume. Put the points with highlighter above the upper lip, in the place of the dimple, and on the lower lip in the middle.

Important. In the afternoon, a matte highlighter is used, in the evening - with sparkles.

What to choose a shade of highlighter?

• For light skin - with a pearl shade
• For dark skin - with a golden, bronze and warm copper tint
• For pinkish skin - with a reddish tint

Frequent errors when applying highlighter:

• You can not apply a highlighter to darkened places: whiskey, under the cheekbones, the tip of the nose and wings.
• Do not apply a high -end highlighter, so you can create the impression that you have a double chin or a heavy jaw.
• A lot of highlighter can create the impression of a fatty shine on his face.

Highlighter and concealer - what is the difference, which is better: comparison, differences

Highlaiter and concealer have different goals, but still they are often confused.

Conceler It helps to hide bruises and dark circles under the eyes, freckles, pigment spots and acne on the face. Highlighter emphasize protruding points on the face.

Conceler and highlighter complement each other. First, apply a concealer on the face, and then emphasize what we want to show the highlighter.

A very bright concealer can be applied like a highlighter to highlight the cheekbones, narrow your nose, and enlarge your eyes.

So, now we learned how, without resorting to plastic surgery, to reduce our nose, to rejuvenate the face with decorative cosmetics.

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