(ETX Daily Up) – Contouring is an art that not everyone has mastered. At least that was the case before tiktokeurs competed in ingenuity to offer a fun and original trick, making this technique accessible to as many people as possible. A simple piece of adhesive tape is now enough to achieve successful contouring, and hide what some consider to be flaws while sculpting different areas of the face.
Who has not tried to achieve this impeccable contouring seen and reviewed on Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and other Hailey Bieber, without managing to obtain the expected result? The technique can seem complex, whether in terms of application or handling of the brushes, and could until now set back the less skilled. But a tip that has gone viral on TikTok should change the game, and offer the possibility to as many people as possible to display the same contouring as their favorite celebrities and influencers. To achieve this, all you need is a piece of masking tape, a contouring product stick, and a brush (or a beauty blender) to blend it all in. Real child’s play!
No risk of overflowing
Long reserved for professional make-up artists, who benefited models and movie and music stars, the art of contouring became popular in the course of the 2010s, with the meteoric rise of Kim Kardashian, an avid follower of this technique. of makeup. But it’s not Kim K. who wants it and, despite the proliferation of tutorials on the subject, it’s not always easy to achieve contouring worthy of the greatest make-up artists. Never mind, TikTok users have managed to find the ultimate trick to remedy this. A find that has already generated more than 150,000 views, and that can be found under the name ‘tape contour’ on the Chinese social network. At stake ? Dozens of videos highlighting this original method which now propels adhesive tape to the rank of essential beauty.
The influencer Thuy Le (@xthuyle), followed by more than one million subscribers on TikTok and nearly two million on Instagram, is among the users who have tested and adopted the ‘tape contour’ technique, and proposed a tutorial to allow as many people as possible to reproduce it easily. As we have seen, it is necessary for this to bring a fairly long adhesive tape, to pinch it with the lips so as to make it go up via the ends, to the ears, and to stick it. Once this is done, simply apply the product along the tape, only upwards to the hairline, then blend it all in with a brush or sponge. All you have to do is remove the adhesive, blend the excess, and you’re done! Note that some users go even further by sticking several adhesives on strategic areas before applying different contouring products.
Adhesive tape, a must
This isn’t the first time that duct tape has been the subject of a beauty tip on the Chinese social network. It has also proven to be a staple in ‘face taping’, a method of applying several pieces of tape to the forehead, cheeks, and under the eyes before sleeping in an attempt to smooth out wrinkles. and wrinkles. The technique has been so successful that it now has more than 40 million views on TikTok. Enough to make adhesive tape essential in our beauty routine.