How To: Make Your Nose Look Thinner
Rhinoplasty is one of the top five most common plastic surgery procedures performed each year! The good news is makeup can be an effective way to slim your nose instead of choosing to go under the knife.
Plastic Surgeons say Kate Middleton has the most requested nose.
Using Makeup to Create the Illusion of a New Nose
What You’ll Need:
Contour Powder/Cream
You can use a product made specifically for contouring, or try a foundation 2-3 shades darker than your skin tone. Soft matte brown eyeshadow can work just as well too! If you’re a makeup beginner, I recommend starting out with a powder product vs cream.
My favorite contour products are Kevyn Aucoin’s Sculpting Powder, and Senna Cosmetic’s Contour kit (cream). The contour shades are really unique and give off a “shadow” color which is exactly what you want your contouring to look like!
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Highlight
I prefer a matte highlighter when contouring noses. An off white/nude eyeshadow can work well. My favorite highlight is a lighter foundation color. Try a color 2-3 shades lighter than your skintone.
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Angled Brush
An angled brush works great for sculpting noses. Keep it small and firm so that you have more control over where your product ends up.
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Fluffy Blending Brush or Sponge
For blending your contouring. I prefer the Beauty Blender sponge to soften lines, but brushes work well too.
How To: Slim a Wide Nose
Step 1- Whether or not you apply your foundation before or after your contour is a personal preference. I like to apply contour after I’ve done foundation because I feel like I have more control over what the end result will look like.
Step 2- Dip your angled brush into your contour powder/cream/eyeshadow and draw a line down each side of your nose. Keep it light. It’s easier to build product than to take it away. (Check out the diagram above to get an idea about where to place your lines).
**Different Contour Placement Options: Depending on Your Specific Nose**
If your nose is wide all the way up, carry your line to the bridge of the nose. Blend into the tip of your eyebrow for a seamless transition.
If your nose is wider at the bottom, draw a small line outward when you get to your nostrils.
If the tip is wide or bulbous (I hate that word! I had to use it though, sorry), draw a “down-facing arrow” once you reach the bottom. This will give the illusion of a slimmer tip.
Step 3: Clean off your brush.
Step 4: Dip your brush in your highlight powder/cream/ eyeshadow and draw a slender stripe down the center of your nose. (See Diagram).
If the bottom or tip of your nose is wide, only take your highlight half-way down.
Step 5: Take a clean fluffy brush or makeup sponge and blend your lines (try not to blend them together though). Blend until you can’t see a “line” anymore; just subtle shadows. It should look natural!
Obviously, my diagram is just for reference. Please don’t go outside with stripes down your nose..
If you have followed the directions correctly, you should notice a subtle change in your nose! Let me know if it worked for you, or if you have any questions!!
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January 26, 2010
Thank you for this! My nose is really wide and I’ve always heard about this technique but never understood how to actually do it. The diagrams helped a lot. I hope it works on my nose!
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Lindsey Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
I’m glad I could help! Actually seeing how its done always helps me better than reading the steps as well. Let me know how it goes and if you have any questions.
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May 15, 2010
Great stuff as usual…
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June 14, 2010
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August 27, 2010
I have used the NoseSecret nose corrector for years and I find them very helpful when it comes to slim the nose without surgery or make up.
It is worth to try.
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February 11, 2011
Spot on post. Great read with my nightcap
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July 27, 2011
thanks for an excellent post. bookmarked and will come back for sure.
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August 21, 2011
I’ve been conturing for a while, no one thinks there’s anything wrong wih my nose but i don’t like it, this is the best conture advice i’ve found on the web, you may have stopped me from considering going under the knife in the future
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Lindsey Reply:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:00 pm
That’s fantastic! I’m glad you found it helpful.
Thanks for letting me know
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March 8, 2012
agreed best explanation ive seen!!
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Lindsey Reply:
March 13th, 2012 at 6:02 pm
Thank you!
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May 11, 2012
Hi, actually i need your help i’m sahiba. Actually my nose is so wide i just wanted to know is there any option to get my nose lil bit slim without sergery or make up. I’m so upset, plz help me out.
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Lindsey Reply:
May 17th, 2012 at 10:44 am
Hi Sahiba,
Outside of the tricks I listed in the post above, there is not much you can really do to reduce the width of your nose without surgery. Practice with makeup and you’ll see a difference. Good luck!
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May 17, 2012
really great post ! i just have a question about contouring the nose tip specifically …i tried the upside down arrow but it does not help my nose tip somebody else recommended that i try the upside down “v”. I was wondering whether you could explain this alternate method further please !
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Lindsey Reply:
May 19th, 2012 at 11:53 am
Hi Lola!
The V is pretty much the same as the arrow. The only thing that makes it different is the shading down the sides of the nose. If you don’t want to alter the width of the bridge of your nose, don’t shade down the sides; only shade the tip in the “v” shape. Basically you will be using your contour powder or cream to shade the sides of the tip of your nose, joining them in the middle at the very center of your nose tip, making it look slimmer.
Hope this makes sense! It’s hard to explain without photos so If you have any other questions feel free to ask
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May 20, 2012
thank you so much for the reply this is honestly the best nose contouring post on the internet by far! your are really great thank you soooo soo much. This post actually saved me from seriously considering rhinoplasty
your explanation was helpful but i was wondering if you could please suffice a quick diagram like the ones shown above to illustrate it. I think i get what you are saying but it would be really beneficial to get your exact methodology behind the alternate method
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August 21, 2012
i ddnt had any confedence in public bcoz of my wide nose my colleages always used to tease me for the same now iam happy i hope this will work
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November 4, 2012
i m very happy n i like it.
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November 4, 2012
i like it.
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March 21, 2013
cool-hope it works for mine too-my nose is normal but i still want to make it smaller
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