7 Makeup Tricks to Make Your Nose Look Smaller ...

7 Makeup Tricks to Make Your Nose Look Smaller ...
By Heather • Dec 20, 2025 • MD

Learning how to make your nose look smaller using makeup is hard! I know that I've struggled to keep my big nose hidden for a long time, but now – there are makeup tricks to do it! So ladies, do you want to learn how to make your nose look smaller using makeup? Take a look at the top 7 makeup tricks on how to make your nose look smaller!

1. Use Darker Matt Foundation First

When you have a bigger nose, it's really important that you start with a foundation that is about 2 shades darker than you typically use. Just place a few lines down from between your eyebrows all the way down the sides of your nose. Make sure that you blend really, really well!

2. Contour

The next step is contouring! What this means is that you are going to place, over the darker foundation, your typical skin-tone foundation and blend them all together. This is definitely one of the ways on how to make your nose look smaller using makeup!

3. Matt Finish

One of the biggest tips on how to make your nose look smaller is using matt finish makeup. You are using to be covering up everything with some powder, but first and foremost, you want to make sure to nix the shine right way. Shine on your nose can actually make your nose look bigger.

4. Blush

You don't necessarily have to apply a ton of makeup onto your nose to make your nose look smaller, you can use other features, such as your cheeks. Adding in a bit of shimmer blush can actually make your nose look smaller and draw attention to your cheeks instead of your nose. Remember to highlight your cheeks!

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5. Use Bronzer

Bronzer is also something that you can use when you're learning how to make your nose look smaller. Just make sure that you are using a shade that matches your skin tone and that looks natural, that way you can contour your nose a bit.

6. Lastly Use Loose Powder

Finally ladies, once you get all of the contouring done and you've applied all of your foundation, you want to seal it all in with some loose powder. Remember what I said about a shiny nose? Well, this is how you can nix the shine on your nose!

7. Shimmery Lips

Finally ladies, the last trick on how to make your nose look smaller when using makeup is to use your lips. Adding a sheen and shine in addition to all of these tips and tricks will help distract people from looking at your nose. Truthfully, I think that bigger noses look beautiful, but if you aren't happy, there are ways that you can hide your big nose!

Learning the ins and outs of how to make your nose look smaller isn't hard, you just have to know exactly what you are doing! Just remember to take all of these tips and tricks into account whenever you're trying to learn how to make your nose look smaller and you should be fine! So ladies, how do you make your nose look smaller? Any tips?

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  • Violette

    2013-10-16T16:20:19.000Z

    it\'s more than helpful article , thank u sooooo much
  • Eileen

    2014-02-06T14:30:37.355Z

    Well too bad my problem is the bridge having a bump. It's bone so only way to fix it without any kind makeup through nose right tool.
  • Rachel

    2015-01-04T15:55:59.364Z

    For nose smaller with out surgical try nose right tool works best, its a tool that reshapes your nose originally developed for trauma patients. Yep the only thing to make your nose smaller is the Nose Right tool
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