Be There or Be Square

There is a large makeup mirror on my desk. I can see my whole face in it and it's instrumental for getting my warpaint on straight in the morning. I just caught my reflection in it and. . . UH OH, I SEE A SQUARE!!! Now what's so surprising about that? All my life my face has been round, that's what. My makeup has been planned for a round face since I knew there was such a thing as makeup. Now it's SQUARE??? Okay, okay. Let's be honest here. Age has taken its toll. I've lost some weight (woo hoo!), a good thing for most of us. But SQUARE???

Now the panic sets in. What am I going to do in the morning? I have to be at work early. How am I going to rework my makeup to look good on a SQUARE face and still get to work on time? Why didn't I notice this earlier or on my day off so I could properly prepare? OH, WOE IS ME!!!

So off I go to my library of makeup books, studying the great Kevyn Aucoin, perusing Eve Pearl, searching the online pages of Allure Magazine, Googling "makeup for a square face." What does one do with a square face? More importantly, why must this old dog learn new tricks NOW? BIG SIGH

And then it comes to me. The makeup application for a round face AND a square face is pretty much the same. I knew that, didn't I? Yeah, kinda sorta. BIG CLEANSING BREATH. I know what to do in the morning. The same thing I've been doing for shaping and shading for X + a gazillion years. Oh, I do different looks almost every day, but I contour my face pretty much the same. Round = Square where that is concerned.

Okay. The face was round. The face is now square. Same same. Dark shadow in the hollow, blush center eye to center ear and cover the dark shadow. White smudged in under all. Blend, blend, blend. If you want the specific technique, send me a note on this blog. . . especially if you have a square face.