Good afternoon, Friday. Busy day around these parts so will cut to the chase- wtf with this contouring cuckooness?
I popped into Sephora to get a fan brush yesterday (great for overall blending and finishing- highly recommend if you don't have one) and was shocked by the mammoth section for contouring, a beauty trend that has escaped me in the biggest way and will most likely never have me, unless of course I become a TV anchorwoman or Sheena Easton impersonator any time soon. But I digress.
So contouring, huh? For me, it conjures up images of Kardashians and the aforementioned newswoman. It also scarily reminds me of Nagel paintings- and if you remember those too, most likely contouring freaks your shit out too. I remember the 80s. The makeup was a pretty terrifying part of that time. I'm not going back. No. No. No. I may still listen to Depeche Mode, but that makeup- yikes. I still am having nightmares from all of that pointy blush.
I was happy to read on The Cut that apparently, French women don't care for le contouring much either. Not surprised- you know how perfect Frenchwomen are, or perfectly imperfect for that matter. Truly, unless you need to be camera ready or starring in a Duran Duran biopic (mazel tov on that ps), there is no need to spend money on this craziness. Plus, most likely, you will look insane if you attempt to do this yourself. I'm imagining only professionals can master this look, and from the looks of this video there are too many steps and too little time to get this done properly in the morning before you have that second cup of coffee. Oh, and yes. This video is from Teen Vogue, a magazine geared to young women- you know, the type who have natural contour of their own and a youthful glow? Why on Earth take that away? I'm so not about a matte look either- the glow of youth over a robotic matte finish any day, please.
So why not just take all of that money spent on Kabuki brushes, contour kits, and sculpting sticks and just perfect the cat eye and call it a day? I have no idea who is buying into this trend, but I suspect it's a person who really loves taking selfies and dreams of their own reality show. For now, I'm sticking with the French and saying "non" to this trend. I don't need another beauty addiction. I've got plenty already.
So are you contouring? I'd love to hear some thoughts on it, but for now I remain happily unsculpted. Cause that's what's up this not going cuckoo for contouring kind of Friday in the 212. Yours, in (good enough) cheekbones and jawlines. XO