contour

Yes, the contour palette is back, though Patrick says “no-makeup makeup” is still very much here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Sometimes they are used to contour or shape the nose or lips.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

It’s one of three geometric abstractions Davis made, their shapes based on the map contour of a battleground state in the revolutionary election year that brought Barack Obama to the presidency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

Yeah, the Chinese government is definitely mining my data, but so is Mark Zuckerberg, and Zuckerberg’s Facebook never gave me the perfect step-by-step tutorial of how to contour my face for a truly flawless finish.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025

They reflect the shape of the Earth’s surface, portrayed by contour lines twenty feet apart.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

In reality, I’m sitting with Kelela, the electronic R&B architect whose uncompromising vision has quietly reshaped the contours of alternative music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

And they give its contours just the right glossy sheen a hovering vehicle demands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Cien Años” played on, the elusive contours of its melody floating in the afternoon air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

This is not an earth-shattering example of the mysterious contours of human desire.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The contours of class have blurred; some say they have disappeared.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Inevitably, given the origins of the Lucas wealth, they have been compared to the sleek contoured spaceships of his “Star Wars” movies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Baidoo suggests a more supportive flip-flop, such as a FitFlop, which is sturdier and contoured - a world away from the flat and thin flip-flops that have been cut from a big sheet of foam.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

What began as a collection of undergarments designed to give women a more flattering, contoured silhouette has swelled into a comprehensive apparel giant: There’s underwear, bras, swimwear, dresses, tees and tanks, loungewear and pajamas.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024

This hero was contoured and svelte, wealthy and suave, a Wall Street whiz and owner of land, a man who wore Brioni suits and a Cartier family heirloom watch.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2023

Tex pointed at the special contoured one Mr. Caton had reproduced.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

“We started to see a lot more intensive makeup looks, with contouring and heavy eye shadow application.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

But Mr Soldin says body contouring is largely seen as cosmetic surgery and a low priority for NHS managers who must decide how to use limited government funding.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025

Queer fashion designers, stylists and makeup artists — including contouring drag queens — are responsible for much of what Americans see in movies, magazines and the mirror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

In a follow-up article in November, the society said that because of the injectable drugs, the well-established link between “weight loss and body contouring is becoming ever more connected.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Now she brought out fake eyelashes, green shadow, black liner, base, contouring brushes, eyebrow pencil, coral gloss.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart