After several years in which a more extreme makeup look dominated Instagram and makeup tutorials, many beauty lovers seem ready to hang up their contour makeup, foundation, and highlighters and opt ...

But when I heard that 2016-era makeup was making a comeback (it’s one of the biggest makeup trends for 2026, FWITW) and that ...

Highlighter can—and should—be used year-round to accentuate your cheekbones and bring a healthy glow to your skin. And it's in typically good taste to be light-handed with all that shimmer, since ...

To fake amazing cheekbones you need to do two things — highlight and contour. Contour is a dark shade of cream or stick that’s used to shape and define your face and give your bones definition. It’s ...

The "Yonce" face is all about structure, highlight, and color. Our beauty pros, Elaine and Sir John, are back to walk you through another one of Beyoncé's iconic looks. Try it at home, post it on ...

We’re all familiar with the art of contour makeup (whether we can actually do it well ourselves is another thing) and how artists are able to create envious bone structure—even if you weren’t born ...

I think her whole body hangs off of them, actually. They're super, super high, and there's just something kind of appealing about that. Now, I'm not trying to make anyone feel badly about the height ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published April 21, 2014. For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel ...