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The Sun
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The exact spot to put your bronzer – you'll look younger with a snatched jawline BUT it's nowhere near your cheeks
A MAKE-UP maven has shared her genius hack for getting the most "snatched" jawline ever - simply by putting bronzer in a specific spot. While most of us put bronzer on our cheeks, nose and forehead to contour the face, Megan insisted her way gives a much more lifted look. 4 4 In a video on her TikTok page, the self-described beauty curator demonstrated the effectiveness of her trick as she did it on only one side of her face. "There's one spot right here below the ear," she said. "You blend that out under the jaw and behind the ear in a straight line." She also urged people not to "forget the ears", as she used her beauty blender to dab some of the bronzer on the top of hers. Megan concluded her video by turning from one side to the other, showing how the side she'd done gave her "the most snatched and lifted jaw". And people in the comments section were quick to praise Megan for sharing the clever hack. "Whoa what a difference! Will try this for sure!" one wrote. "Ooohhhhh I need to try this!" another added. "Also make sure it's cooled toned/ matte like you have - not bronzer/ orange/ sparkly," a third advised. "Added to favourites," someone else said. 'Summer ain't summering,' Primark staff give their essential bronzer rundown & the range starts at just £3.50 "My pregnancy face thanks you!" another wrote. While someone else sighed: "Wait what? "Omg it took me years to learn the most basic contour and now you're changing it! "I don't know if I can keep doing this!" While Megan was using an MCoBeauty cream contour which is hard to get hold of in the UK, there's a budget-friendly alternative Fabulous' beauty editor Tara Ledden swears by. Namely the £4 melting cream bronzer from Boots ' 17 range. "17 remains one of, if not the best, budget beauty brands on the market with every make-up product in the line £5 or under," Tara explained. "Don't be fooled by the bargain prices, the formulas live up to products that cost ten times as much. "The silky, balm texture makes this bronzer fool-proof to blend out.
The Independent
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Charlotte Tilbury's new sculpting face palette is a perfect beginner's contouring kit
Charlotte Tilbury fans, listen up: the glamorous make-up artist has launched four new facial sculpting formulas. She's been dominating the world of contour since the Hollywood wands launched in 2017, and now, after extending the shade range earlier this year, she's released a two-step lip contour system, a dimension-building face palette and a dual-end precision sculpting brush. Called 'super nudes', these new rollouts – one of which is actually a revival from 2019 – will join Tilbury's existing collection of nude lipsticks (£29, liners (£25, eyeshadows (£47, and wands (£30, The goal? 'To cheat the perfect facial symmetry,' says Tilbury, who describes the range as a full face of shapewear. In fact, Tilbury goes as far as to say that the contour system will 'give an instant lifted, snatched and defined effect.' These claims are all well and good, but as far as I'm concerned, the only thing capable of achieving that quick a transformation is a hefty syringe of dermal filler – and, trust me, I've considered it. Then again, what if these products actually live up to the marketing? I put them to the test to find out. How I tested With my lip cheat pencil (£22, plumpgasm lip gloss (£27, nudegasm face palette (£60, and shapewear brush (£28, in tow, I applied my make-up as usual with Tilbury's new sculptors slotted in. Following the MUA's instruction, I applied the 'sculpt' end of the lip cheat pencil to the shadowy areas of my mouth (lip line and outer corners), using the lighter 'fill' colour across the centre and then topping it off with a sheer layer of the 'diamond' plumpgasm. Combining the shapewear brush and my own bronzer and blush brushes, I used the nudegasm face palette to accentuate bone structure, applying the ashy shades to my face's natural hollows and the shimmers to its high points. Why you can trust IndyBest reviews Having reviewed Charlotte Tilbury products for multiple publications, across the brand's foundations, cream bronzers and more, I'm well-versed in the brand's range of products. I've also tested the best-selling wands and, at the brand's flagship store opening, witnessed Tilbury herself explaining the proper use and application for all the sculpt and glow formulas.
