Thanks to the growing popularity of K-pop and K-dramas, the touted V line face of Korean stars has become a big beauty trend India too. From massages to makeup, beauty enthusiasts are leaving no stone unturned to mimic this coveted V shape. So what’s exactly is a V line face shape? A heart shaped face with a slim jawline and a slightly pointy chin is referred to as a V-line. Slimmer and smaller, your jawline connects to your chin to form the perfect and much desirable V-line.
While slimming V-line facials and surgeries are extremely popular among Korean women in order to achieve this coveted face shape, you can also contour your face with the help of makeup to get closer to this look. To downplay the roundness of your face, you need to highlight points of your face where light hits the most, and darken areas that are usually covered in shadows. The thumb rule is “balance your forehead and chin”. This will reduce the width of your cheekbone area. To achieve this balance, stick to not more than two shades. Keep in mind that these contouring colors should not be darker than your natural skin tone.
Start with a foundation that is two shades darker than your daily-wear foundation. Use this on your chin to make it look little more pointed. Now use the same shade on your forehead towards your hairline. Now with the help of highlighter cover your chin and forehead. Next comes the blending spot – the points where these two light and dark shades meet – blend properly so that the two shades merge nicely into one another.
Instead of applying your blush in a circular motion or below your cheekbones, pop your blush on the cheekbones itself, towards temples of your cheeks. When choosing blush, ditch the usual light and dark pink and go for dark peach and brown. Let the blush be subtle and not shiny and bright because that would make your cheeks look plump. And don’t forget to blend it nicely.
When it comes to forehead, pay extra attention to your eyebrows. Go for a high arch towards the end of your brow. While using the lip liner, go with your natural lip line. Avoid using bright and glossy lip colors and go with matt lipstick, which will make your lips look a little dramatic. The most trusted tool to make your face look slimmer is your eyeliner. Yes, you got to ‘wing it’. Elongate the natural shape of your eyes with the help of an eyeliner. When you highlight the outer corner of the eyes, you distract the attention from the side of the face where it is the widest. Finish it off with a generous coat or two of volumising mascara. Clean and sleek hair with a little volume around the crown area goes well with a V-line.
