Square Face Contouring Guide for Beginners + Photos

GuideSquare Face Contouring

Contouring, also known as corrective makeup, is a way to enhance your face and cover imperfections. Each face shape requires specific techniques; thus, it’s essential to know your face shape first. If you have a square face, this guide provides a complete tutorial for contouring square faces.

In square-shaped faces, the length and width are similar, but the sides have sharp angles. Using contouring techniques, you can soften these angles and make your face appear more oval.

Step-by-step Guide to Square Face Contouring

With contouring, you can modify your face shape to get closer to your ideal look. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to make square faces appear slightly rounder, so stay with us.

• Contour both sides of your forehead.
• Make the area under your cheekbones darker.
• Contour your jawline and chin.

First, cover your entire face with the foundation you usually use. Then, use a contour cream that is two or three shades darker than your skin to darken the mentioned areas.

Highlight the triangle under your eyes that goes up to your cheekbone with concealer. Also, highlight the triangular area between your eyebrows. Then, apply blush in your desired color like in the image above. Your face contouring is complete; you can do your eye and lip makeup however you like.