Slim the Nose
There are many ways to make your nose look smaller that don't require thousands of dollars for plastic surgery. If you want to slim up a wide nose, you can learn to counter with make-up and use a variety of other techniques to draw the eye to other parts of your face.
Steps
Contouring With Make-Up
- Use foundation that is a shade darker than your normal color. For your contour shade you want to pick out a foundation, concealer, or bronzer that's a bit darker than you down skin. Test the shade in a small patch of your skin to check the color on your body. This will help assure you the area on your face where you put the makeup isn't too dark or light.
- Use the correct brush for blending. You'll need to have a brush that you can use for whichever makeup you choose from above. A foundation brush is good for liquid concealer and foundation. An angled brush, or slim brush would be best for the bronzing and highlighting powder.
- Blend your foundation on the sides of your nose. You will want to apply the makeup on the sides of your nose, blending it softly for a more natural look. Do not get any on the bridge of your nose. Also try not to get the bronzer too close to your cheeks. You can also apply it on the bottom or tip of your nose, depending on what you want to emphasize.
- Apply foundation to both sides of your nose if your nose is too long. This will help it look shorter.
- If your nose is too wide, add the darker foundation to the area underneath your nostrils. This will help your nose look narrower.
- Also drag the color up and into the hollows of your eyes to give a more chiseled and defined appearance.
- Highlight with a lighter foundation. Subtle highlighting can help to complement the contour of your nose beautifully. Pick out a shade that is 2-3 shades lighter than your natural skin tone, then apply the highlight on the bridge of your nose and the optional brow bone.
- Once again be careful not to touch the main part of your nose and the bridge, because you're trying to slim things down.
Making Other Changes
- Wear a bright and bold colour of lipstick. If you're conscious of the size of your nose, drawing attention to your lips can be a great way to train someone's eye elsewhere. Bright reds or darker shades will draw attention from your nose to your mouth.
- Put blush on your cheeks. Start at the side of your nose and brushing up over your cheekbone toward your eyes. This will put the focus on your cheeks and eyes instead of your nose.
- Wear eyeliner and mascara to draw attention to your eyes. This is another trick that when combined with the others can draw the attention away from a large nose. You don't have to go too heavy, but just using a basic dark mascara and liner will give you a dramatic and sophisticated look.
- Use concealer on blemishes. If you find any blemishes, use a bit of spot touch-up make up on the nose so they don’t draw any more attention to the size. Pimples and acne can draw attention toward your nose even more.
- Part your hair to the side and style it attractively. If you pull your hair back and part it on the side, or style your hair in another asymmetrical way, you can get other people to look toward the side of your face, rather than the middle. This helps to draw attention away from the size of your nose.
- Fill in your eye brows. This is very important when trying to achieve any desired makeup look. By filling is your eyebrows a bit closer together will instantly make your nose look much more slender than before.
- Keep your head higher in pictures. If you tilt your head back and keep your head held high, your nose will appear somewhat smaller that it will with your chin pointed down. This can also apply to everyday life. Walk with your head up!
