How To Tell If You Have High Cheekbones;

Your cheekbones define the structure of your face. It lies underneath your skin, precisely by the malar bones. You are considered to have high cheekbones if your malar bones are located near your eyes. We consider the proximity to the bottom of your nose to be the lower cheekbones.

Neither the high cheekbones nor the lower cheekbones define anything about you. It’s all about your ethnic history and genetic background that influence how your face is structured. Some cultures value certain facial features. Some cultures find high or low cheekbones to be the markers of ethnic, conventional attractiveness. You need a mirror and good lighting to figure out your malar bones.

Look at the mirror with a makeup-free face and place your thumbs on the cartilage over your year canal precisely known as the tragus. Now place your index finger on your nostrils and slowly draw the thumb and index finger together until they meet. Now press down gently to feel the cheekbones. If you find your cheekbone to be at the lower portion of your nose then you have low cheekbones. Then what is a high cheekbone? If your cheekbone is just under your eyes closer to the bridge where the nose begins then that is what is a high cheekbone.

1. How to modify cheekbones?

You may not like the position of your cheekbones and can modify that by using various makeup tricks. This would make you look like you have high cheekbones. There are also some clinical ways to get high cheekbones.

1.1 What are high cheekbones? How to get high cheekbones with makeup tricks?

You may want to have a look at a higher cheekbone but don’t want a cosmetic process. In this case, you should use some makeup tricks and give your face a narrower and concave look. You can use a bronzer or a blush along with a good highlighter. You’ll need a contouring brush to bring the higher cheekbone look. Your focus should be on the spots on your face where shadows appear. This will make your cheekbones seem higher. You can search for tutorials on YouTube because there is plenty of it.

It is the trick of shadow and light to make your cheekbones seem higher. The trick goes like this;

Make your cheekbones visible by using your breath to suck in your cheeks. Your stroke should start from the cheekbone and you have to tilt it outward to the end of your eyebrows- Your contour line ends at this point of your face.
You need to select a bronzer two shades darker than your usual skin tone. Sweep the bronzer underneath your cheekbone and continue up to the eyebrow line.
Use an upward sweeping motion to blend the bronzer in with your skin.
You can use a highlighter to make the line more prominent underneath your eyes to the cheekbone you have made.
Now use a foundation blending brush and blend the bronzer and highlighter. Use your primer or foundation until it becomes a natural look.

1.2. What are high cheekbones? How to get high cheekbones by cheek implantation?

Cheek lifts are a pretty common cosmetic procedure. If you want to get a permanent change of look with a higher cheekbone, then this cosmetic procedure is for you. There is a plastic surgeon who makes small incisions on the sides of your mouth to insert a silicon cheekbone. General anesthesia is required for this process and the recovery can be uncomfortable. There will be a few days of pain and a puffy face that may last up to a week afterward. You will get lasting results with cheekbone implants.