How to Make Your Nose Appear Smaller

Note from Julyne: I'm on vacation this week, so I'm re-running some of my favorite blog posts, including this one from 2010.

If you aren't happy with the size of your nose, you can make it appear smaller with a couple makeup tricks I learned from a makeup artist who works regularly for photo shoots: first, take a foundation that's a couple shades darker than your regular foundation and apply on either side of your nose. Make sure to blend it in well. You want to create the appearance of a "shadow."

Then take a highlighting pen (you can find highlighting pens at Sephora or department stores but my favorite is Yves Saint Laurent's Touche Eclat) and swipe it down the bridge of the nose. The contrast of light vs. dark does wonders on the nose.

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