Make Your Cheeks Thinner

Although the only surefire ways to actually make your cheeks thinner are losing weight, plastic surgery, or liposuction, there are quick and simple ways to create the illusion of having thin cheeks with gorgeous cheek bones. By strategically styling your hair, utilizing the right makeup techniques, and avoiding habits that can give you a bloated face, you can easily learn how to put your best cheeks forward.

Steps

Using Makeup for Thinner Cheeks

  1. Slim your face with angled eyebrows. With a brow pencil, give your eyebrows a more angled shape. This makes your face appear longer and thinner by adding contour and drawing the eyes toward the top of your face.[1]
    • Stick with your eyebrows' natural thickness and avoid thinning them out too much. Thin eyebrows can have the opposite effect and make your face appear rounder.
  2. Use a blush sandwich. Find three shades of blush and apply them to your cheeks. Use the lightest shade at the top of the cheeks, a cream blush in the center, and a darker shade below the cheeks. This technique gives the illusion of more angled cheeks, making them appear slimmer.[1]
    • Use a fluffy brush to apply blush so that it looks natural.
  3. Draw attention to your eyes. Use eyeliner and mascara to accentuate your eyes. Bigger eyes make the rest of the face look smaller and thinner. Experiment with different eye makeup styles. Cat eyes in particular elongate the lash line, drawing attention toward the corners of your eyes.[2]
  4. Apply contouring makeup. Contouring the cheeks is one of the most effective ways to make them appear thinner. Find a matte bronzer a couple of shades darker than your skin, and apply it in a diagonal motion over the hollows of your cheeks (do this while making the fish face to get the right placement). Then apply it to the sides of your forehead and the sides of your nose, blending all the bronzer in with small circular motions.[3]

Slimming Your Face With Hair Tricks

  1. Consider an ombre color style. Dark colors recede and lighter colors pop, so by dying your hair so that your roots are darker and the tips are lighter, your face will appear slimmer. Dark brunette works best, so if your natural color is light, you might want to dye it darker first.[4]
  2. Add some volume near the crown of your head. Lightly tease the hair around the top of your forehead. Flat hair all around your face will make it appear broader. By adding volume in your hair at the top of your head, and keeping the rest smoother and straighter, your face will appear thinner.
  3. Go darker with the hair that frames your face. Dark tones are slimming, so by framing your face with dark hair, you create the illusion of a thinner face. If you keep the strands closest to your cheeks a couple of shades darker than the rest, the effect is amplified.[5]
  4. Pull your hair into a mid-height ponytail. Pulling your hair back can give your face a overall slimmer look. The best way to get this effect is by tying your hair at the same level as your cheekbones.[6]
  5. Go for side-swept bangs. Short bangs make your face appear rounder, so avoid those. Long layers and soft side-swept bangs can help de-emphasize the roundness of your face.
  6. Choose the right hair part. Parting your hair in the middle makes your face appear rounder. A side part is great for slimming your face, and with hair covering part of your face, the effect is amplified. The ideal place to start the part, as a rule of thumb, is right above the arch of your brows.[2]

Avoiding a Bloated Face

  1. Get enough sleep. Seven to eight hours per night is ideal. Make sure to use a good pillow, as having your head elevated will help prevent water retention in your face. A good night's sleep is one of the most essential parts of avoiding morning bloating in the face.[7]
  2. Avoid certain diet tendencies. Getting enough water is important because dehydration can lead to enlarged blood vessels in the face. Scientists recommend that adult males drink 13 cups of water per day, and adult females drink 9.[8] Also, water retention is often a side effect of too much sodium in your diet. Consider reducing the amount of sodium-rich food you eat, such as potato chips and french fries.[9]
  3. Develop good pre-bedtime habits. Drink a glass of water before sleep to prevent overnight dehydration. For the same reason, avoid consuming alcohol the night before an important day, as the dehydration it causes can lead to water retention and a bloated face. And don't forget to thoroughly remove any makeup from your face before sleep.[10]

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.womansday.com/style/beauty/g1132/how-to-make-your-face-look-thinner/?slide=10
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://thebeautygypsy.com/make-face-thinner/
  3. ↑ http://www.beautyandtips.com/beauty-2/how-to-make-your-face-look-thinner-8-beauty-tips/
  4. ↑ http://www.womansday.com/style/beauty/g1132/how-to-make-your-face-look-thinner/?slide=3
  5. ↑ http://www.womansday.com/style/beauty/g1132/how-to-make-your-face-look-thinner/?slide=5
  6. ↑ http://www.womansday.com/style/beauty/g1132/how-to-make-your-face-look-thinner/?slide=7
  7. ↑ http://www.indiatimes.com/health/healthyliving/cherry-face-how-to-avoid-the-morning-bloated-face-235624-4.html
  8. ↑ http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/wonders-of-water?page=2
  9. ↑ http://www.indiatimes.com/health/healthyliving/cherry-face-how-to-avoid-the-morning-bloated-face-235624-6.html
  10. ↑ http://www.indiatimes.com/health/healthyliving/cherry-face-how-to-avoid-the-morning-bloated-face-235624-3.html

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