The highlighter shades needed some experimenting. The contour shades are a lot easier to work with for me as I have been able to apply them with an angled contour brush, a duo-fibre brush and a powder brush without any issues. Top – Bottom: Subconscious – Shadowplay – Sombre I actually really like this shade because it can be applied and blended lightly and works great in the crease and lower lash line too. This is the perfect contour shade for when I want extreme obvious contouring, especially great for special occasions or evening events. It can be used for contouring as a slightly warmer contour does work on me.
This works amazingly as a bronzer to warm up my whole complexion. It can be a little too cool toned for me if I apply too much. Although I rarely attempt to contour my nose, this shade does work very well for this on me. This is the perfect subtle contour shade when I want to carve out some cheek-bones without making it obvious at all. It’s also great around my mouth or under eyes because the peach tones help to mask some of the pigmentation. This is actually a great colour to use directly underneath my contour shade to sharpen the contour for a super chiselled look, without changing the colour of my foundation too much. This peachy beige shade is the most interesting because at first I was sure I wouldn’t get much use out of it. I prefer to use this under my eyes and along the high points of my cheeks for a bright highlighted effect.
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This highly raved about shade is a bright yellow beige that is a good match for my skin tone. This light pinky beige shade can pull a little ashy on me on its own so I like to mix this with either of the other 2 highlighter shades – with Lyric for a super brightened under-eye highlight and with Levitation for extreme reverse contouring. If anything, they come across satin matte on the skin so rather than flat they have quite a radiant finish, especially the highlight shades. Although they appear matte in the pan and in swatches, I personally don’t find these matte in finish at all. But once applied to the skin, they blend easily as they are so soft.
They are really powdery though and there is always a lot of fall-out from each pan which is slightly frustrating. The powders are each highly pigmented and you only need to tap your brush into the pan to pick up colour. The highlighter shades contain 2.3g of product in each pan whilst the contour shades are almost double in size containing 4.5g of product in each pan. Each powder is matte in appearance (more about this later) and they are organised in 3 sets of undertones – cool, neutral and warm. Inside you get 6 pans, 3 smaller pans with highlighter shades and 3 larger contouring shades. It also comes with a product and contouring guide illustrated by Kat Von D and the overall design is attractive with bold lettering. This striking palette comes in sturdy cardboard packaging, with a large mirror and secure magnetic closure. In my Sephora haul post I mentioned that I would be giving this a thorough testing before reporting back with my thoughts and you can be sure that I have. KAT VON D SHADE + LIGHT CONTOUR PALETTE | $46(approx £32)
For me there was one highly conveted palette I just needed to have in my life to help me on my way to becoming a contouring connoisseur. With compacts and palettes available now from almost every brand, it is so easy to sit at home and play around with creating illusions of shadow and light for a more chiselled, defined looking face. If there is any makeup trend that took the world by storm and managed to convince even the most regular of folks that they needed to master the art (I refer of course to myself) it is contouring.
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