How to Fake a Nose Job with Makeup

Faking a nose job with makeup is rather simple. If you are a woman (or man) that struggles with a larger nose and you just don't want to go under the knife or spend thousands of dollars to get your nose corrected, this is truly one of the best solutions to your problem. Everyone is inimitable and possesses their own, unique, yet distinctive nose. Not everyone has the same nose. In fact, even women that spend thousands of dollars to achieve a nose like their favorite celebrity, they are still not going to get a nose that looks identical.

Although one may consider this to be contouring, it is different. Please keep in mind that faking a nose job is much different than contouring the nose. Contouring involves outlining and emphasizing, whereas; faking a nose job using makeup involves creating an illusion. Faking a nose job involves several steps, but overall it is very easy and quite undemanding. Let's get started!

You want to begin by priming your entire face with foundation primer. Foundation primer is a product that not only works as a wonderful base, that balances out skin, as well as, foundation, it works towards preventing your makeup from fading, so your makeup lasts long, as a result. There are numerous foundation primers in the beauty market today (good ones', bad ones', ok ones', i.e.), so you can use any one of them. For this tutorial, I am going to be using Smashbox's "Photo Finish Primer". You want to apply this all over the skin.

As you let the primer set, you want to gather your concealer, as well as, foundation. You can use any foundation and concealer you want, however; you want to use a full coverage of both products on your nose. You want to use something that is wet, so that means something liquid or cream based rather than powder. Stick foundations are great also, if you want full coverage. There are thousands of foundations. Choose a foundation that is full coverage. If you are uncertain of concealer that is full coverage, I truly recommend Make Up For Ever's (or MUFE) Full Cover Concealer or Mac Cosmetics Select Cover Concealer.

For my foundation, I am going to use Mac Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid in shade NC42. Keep in mind, we all have different skin tones, so if you purchase this product, make sure you are matched appropriately. You can get matched at your local Mac Counter. For my concealer, I am going to use Mac Cosmetics Select Cover Concealer in NC42. You can apply your concealer first or your foundation first. I am well aware that everyone has a different makeup regime. I am going to apply my concealer first, followed by my foundation. Then, I am going to touch up face with my concealer again.

Using your fingers or a concealer brush, you want to apply the concealer. Then, you want to take a foundation brush and apply the foundation. As you continue, you want to blend this out. To do this, I am going to use a Beauty Blender that I recently purchased from Sephora. Keep in mind, when you blend something out, that does not mean blend away. Then taking any blush brush, you want to matte this together by adding a translucent or clear powder. Recently I have acquired a huge love for Urban Decay's De-Slick Mattifying Powder, which I am going to use.

This is where everything tends to get a little trickier. We are going to start creating the fake nose job. You want to begin by applying primer all over the nose. Once you let it set, you want to apply concealer on the nose again. You do not need foundation. Next, you want to take thick powder and apply it on top of the concealer. When I say "thick" I simply mean, a powder that is non translucent. As you continue, you want to apply that thick powder on your nose. Using a regular shadow brush, you want to apply the powder all over your nose, blending out, into your face.

To create the fake nose job, I am going to use a contour kit that I purchased recently from Sephora. It is the Make Up For Ever's Sculpting kit, which includes two matte shades. I am going to use "3" which is a medium reddish brown paired with an ivory beige shade that works well with my skin tone, which is on the dark side. If you know anything about Mac Cosmetics, I am an NC42. If you don't want to spend money on any sculpting kit, you are going to want to use two matte shades. Depending on your skin tone, you will want a shade that is about 2 shades darker than your skin tone and another shade that is more beige or cream colored. Make sure these shades are matte and possess absolutely no shimmer. You can find matte eye shadows within just about any makeup line.

Using an liner brush, you want to line the sides of your nose with the darkest shade. If your nose tends to be longer, you want to line below the nose, but also stay on top of the bottom of the nose. If your nose tends to be larger in width, you want to line the sides of the nose with the same shade, but make sure you go in a little more. Then using an angled shadow brush (preferably medium), you want to apply the darkest shade. Use a sponge to blend out. My favorite current cosmetic sponge is definitely the Beauty Blender, which you can purchase at Sephora.

Are you having fun yet? As you continue, you want to make sure there are no visible lines. Using a small angled brush, you want to apply the lightest matte shade. Down the area that you did not shade with the darker color. You want take also apply the lightest shade on the bottom side of the nose. Unlike contouring (and this is where the fake nose job is different) you want to take the light shade and light the sides of your nose, so you have a total of three shades. If we were just contouring the nose, we would exclude the two light shades added to the sides.

Using a cosmetic sponge, you want to blend the colors out. Remember, you should have a parallel of color that goes from light matte to dark matte to light matte to dark matte to light matte. If you feel you have made any mistakes, do not hesitate to correct them. You can do this by simply retouching. Just take into account, if you do retouch, you want to blend, so your fake nose job looks natural.

Look in the mirror. Do you notice a difference? You just created a nose job using makeup. How simple was that? Good luck.