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"The power of makeup is infinite. There\u2019s no telling what a little concealer, a pot of eyeliner, and the perfect red lip can do. With makeup, we can magically make blemishes vanish, go from day to night in a few swipes, and gain endless amounts of confidence. But, the makeup that\u2019s been flooding Instagram and YouTube recently goes many steps further. We\u2019ve seen girls paint their faces with bright, circus shades in the name of clown contour; people using spoons to create harsh, unnatural dimension in the creases of their eyes; and vloggers slather on swaths of red and blue cover-up all in the name of color correction. Too much? For most of us, yes. But today, we discovered something so out there, we have to pause and put out a PSA. Introducing the neck contour.\n\nWe stumbled upon the neck contour hack, promising \u201Cslimmer\u201D more \u201Cgraceful\u201D necks to compliment your updo on a 15-second Instagram video. And we\u2019re confused. The video starts with a before and after side-by-side of the back of a neck. The necks look pretty similar. The after, slightly more sculpted.\u00A0\n\nTo achieve a contoured neck, the vlogger in the video takes a dark brown shade and runs it down the left and right sides of the back of her neck. Then, she dabs a much lighter, shimmery hue down the middle and blends away. The process, which looks messy and awkward considering you can\u2019t see what you\u2019re working with, is one of the weirder beauty videos floating around social media. So, we obviously had to ask one our favorite makeup artists, Nick Barose, his thoughts.\u00A0\n\nLoadingView on Instagram\n\n\u201CNot every part of your body needs to be perfect. What is perfect anyway? Beauty to me is about how everything comes together in harmony, rather than something forced or contrived,\u201D he explains.\u00A0\u201CThe most beautiful women who people remember as true beauty icons are memorable because they look different and unique and not perfect. They don\u2019t look the same, or try to look the same.\u201D\n\nWhat\u2019s the fun of throwing up your hair if all of a sudden you have to worry about what your neck looks like? When did we become so concerned with how we look that even our necks aren\u2019t safe? Who actually has time to transform their neck? These are some serious questions we\u2019re left with, people.\n\n\u201CMakeup to me should be something fun, a great way to use colors to celebrate yourself, your personality,\u201D Nick explains. In other words: highlight your individuality, not your spine.\u00A0\n\n\u201CThis to me, is a lot of dry cleaning bills!\u201D he adds. If nothing else, skip the neck contour and save your T-shirts.\u00A0\n\nRelated: Tontouring Is Apparently A Thing Now and We Just Want It All To Stop\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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