How to Highlight and Contour

Have you heard of highlighting and contouring? What about the term, how to HAC? What in the world is HACing and how do you do it? How to HAC stands for highlighting and contouring. Sounds a bit scary and very Hollywood-ish right?! Don’t worry. It’s not hard at all! We’ll show you how to highlight and contour and pretty soon you’ll be a pro too!

The HAC process is just highlighting and contouring your beautiful face. It helps add dimension to your face instead of having a flat lifeless look. You simply add the color where you need to enhance those beautiful features. Maskcara’s 4 foundations singles are: highlight, contour, blush, illuminator. And they all fit into one simple compact.

First, start with your custom Maskcara compact, a foundation brush, and a sponge. These products are all you need to get a beautiful and quick look.

Highlight

Your highlight shade is your skin color. You want to apply it under your eyes, on your nose, on your chin, along your jawline, and on your forehead.

Contour

This is my favorite step! It really brings out those cheekbones and adds femininity to your face. You apply the contour shade just below your cheekbone, right along your hairline, and under your jaw. This will give your face some dimension and make your face come to life!

Blush

Don’t be afraid of blush! To look natural, you need to add a little pink hue to your cheeks to make your face look lively. Simply smile and add a small amount of color to the apples of your cheeks (the squishiest bit). Then blend upwards into your contour. It’s important to not apply too much blush because you don’t want to look like a hot mess!

Illuminator

This is the last step, but definitely not the least important! Illuminator gives your face a nice glow…but not a little girl sparkly glow, but a nice glistening glow. You can apply it to the top of the cheekbone, the bow of your lip, and right below your brows. This will just make those areas pop!

Blend

The most important step in the HAC process is blending! Take your Perfector Sponge and drench it in water until it almost doubles in size. Then you squeeze it out really well and blend your makeup in dabbing and rolling motions. This will give your face a flawless look and smooth out any harsh makeup lines you created when applying your cream foundations.

And that’s it! That is how to highlight and contour in a nutshell. With practice, you get better and better! Want to see some great makeup for summer? Click HERE!

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All About Contour

Have you heard the word contour before and just have no idea what it is?! Maskcara makeup is famous for the HAC method (meaning highlight and contour) and it is a game changer on a woman’s face! I’m gonna teach you all about contour and why you need to add it to your beauty routine!

What is Contour?

We’ve discussed highlight before, but let’s now chat about contour. Contouring is basically putting shadows on your face to define your features and enhance your facial structure. Putting just one color on your face makes it look flat and lifeless. But when you use highlight and contour on your face, it creates a 3D affect and brings out those natural beautiful features you were born with!

Not Just For Runway Models

Back in the day, ok ok just a few years ago, contouring was reserved for runway models and actresses alone. Movie stars would enhance their beauty and look picture perfect for the screen. Those days are long gone! Now highlighting and contouring is available to the masses and can easily be achieved in your own home! Maskcara has a great selection of contour shades for women of all different skin types and colors.

Where Do you Apply Contour?

The purpose behind contour is to bring out those beautiful features. So, the places to properly apply contour are:

• on your cheekbones to make them pop!
• along your hairline to create a shadow effect on your forehead
• on your jawline to define your bone structure and minimize that double chin you may have creeping up on you!
• along the sides of the top of your nose to slim it up

Which Contour Color is Best For You?

Maskcara currently has a selection of 6 contour shades: Walnut, Stone, Ash, Shadow, Olive, and Indigo. Walnut & Stone are warmer contours. Ash & Shadow are cooler contours. Olive & Indigo are neutral contours. Depending on your skin tone, there may be a contour color that will look better on you. Take our free color matching quiz here to determine which skin tone you are!

Do you see how placing contour on your cheekbone makes them pop and brings definition to your face? You can easily get this look too! Click here to see how to apply highlight and contour. So what do you say? Are you ready to jump on the contour bandwagon?!

Interested in purchasing a contour color for your beauty routine? Click here to purchase!

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How to HAC

First off, before you learn how to HAC, what in the world does HAC even mean?!

Let me introduce you to the world of IIID makeup…it will change your life forever! Do you remember hanging out in Gottschalks with your mom as the Clinique lady sold her a heavy foundation that would completely cover her face with one flat finish? Well, this is not your momma’s makeup! (But, your momma is more than welcome to use it!) It’s great for all ages, skin types, and colors.

Gone are the days of the bland face and here to stay is the contoured and highlighted brightened beauty! The beautiful thing about Maskcara makeup is that it is meant to enhance a woman’s natural beauty. Women were meant to shine. Women were meant to be different. This makeup will help any woman feel and look gorgeous. Let me show you how!

So, how to HAC?

The first step is to choose colors (highlight, contour, blush, and illuminator) that will compliment your skin tone. Don’t know what colors to pick? Take our Color Matching Quiz to help you out. You will also need a 30 Second HAC Brush and IIID Perfector Sponge…this brush and sponge are a must! They will help you achieve your flawless face in five minutes. Once you have that settled, the fun begins!

How to Highlight and Contour a Step by Step Guide

Step 1: Highlight

I like to start with the highlight color. This is the closest color to your natural skin tone. You will take the pointed part of your 30 Second HAC Brush and wipe some highlight color onto the brush. Then apply the color under your eyes, in a triangle pattern onto your cheek area, along your nose, on your chin, and on your forehead.

Step 2: Contour

Then take your contour color and the other end of your 30 Second HAC Brush and apply the color along your cheekbones, on your forehead along your hairline, follow the jaw line and blend down, and lastly along the sides of your nose. This is my favorite step because it really brings out your natural beauty and defines your bone structure and gives your face natural shadows.

Step 3: Blush

Now take your blush color and poofy part of the brush and lightly dab some color onto the apples of your cheeks in a circular motion. This will add the perfect amount of color!

Step 4: Illuminator

To top the look off, dab some illuminator color above your cheekbones, underneath your brow bone, and on the bow of your lip.

Step 5: Perfector

This is the magical part. Seriously. It’s amazing to see how polished and perfect your face ends up once you take the IIID Perfector Sponge and lightly dot your skin as your remove any excess makeup. And you are DONE!

This is such a simple process and can be done so quickly! It’s amazing to see how fast and easy everything can be applied and made beautiful! Now go out there Gorgeous and try it yourself! 

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How to HAC Maskcara Makeup

First off, before you learn how to HAC, what in the world does HAC even mean?!

HAC = Highlight And Contour.

Let me introduce you to the world of IIID makeup…it will change your life forever! Do you remember hanging out in Gottschalks with your mom as the Clinique lady sold her a heavy foundation that would completely cover her face with one flat finish? Well, this is not your momma’s makeup! (But, your momma is more than welcome to use it!) It’s great for all ages, skin types, and colors.

Gone are the days of the bland face and here to stay is the contoured and highlighted brightened beauty! The beautiful thing about Maskcara makeup is that it is meant to enhance a woman’s natural beauty. Women were meant to shine. Women were meant to be different. This makeup will help any woman feel and look gorgeous. Let me show you how!

So, how to HAC for Maskcara makeup?

Step 1: Choose colors (highlight, contour, blush, and illuminator) that will compliment your skin tone. You can build your custom palette HERE.

Don’t know what colors to pick? Take our Color Matching Quiz to help you out. You will also need a iiid Brush and IIID Perfector Sponge…this brush and sponge are a must! They will help you achieve your flawless face in five minutes. Once you have that settled, the fun begins!

Step 1: The Highlight color

I like to start with the highlight color. This is the closest color to your natural skin tone. You will take the pointed part of your iiid Brush and wipe some highlight color onto the brush. Then apply the color under your eyes, in a triangle pattern onto your cheek area, along your nose, on your chin, and on your forehead.

Step 2: Contour Color

Then take your contour color and the other end of your iiid Brush and apply the color along your cheekbones, on your forehead along your hairline, follow the jaw line and blend down, and lastly along the sides of your nose. This is my favorite step because it really brings out your natural beauty and defines your bone structure and gives your face natural shadows.

Step 3: Blush

Now take your blush color and poofy part of the brush and lightly dab some color onto the apples of your cheeks in a circular motion. This will add the perfect amount of color!

Blush Brush

Step 4: Illuminator

To top the look off, dab some illuminator color above your cheekbones, underneath your brow bone, and on the bow of your lip.

Step 5: Perfector

This is the magical part. Seriously. It’s amazing to see how polished and perfect your face ends up once you take the IIID Perfector Sponge and lightly dot your skin as your remove any excess makeup. And you are DONE!

This is such a simple process and can be done so quickly! It’s amazing to see how fast and easy everything can be applied and made beautiful! Now get out there Gorgeous and try it yourself! 

Ready to buy your own palette:

For another step by step guide, click here!

Want to learn more about each process? Then click on what you need to know more about and we’ll teach ya!

Highlight 101

Contour 101

Blush 101

Illuminator 101

Blending 101

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