I love watching contouring how-to videos on YouTube (along with videos of kittens doing cute things, animals of different species who become best friends and viral videos that if you don’t cry whilst watching them, then you’re probably not human – you know the ones). I even watched a video of someone contouring the back of their neck the other day. Riveting stuff – I know. I find the subject of contouring weirdly fascinating. The art of sculpting is something those in the know have been doing for years, but now it’s mainstream in a big way. My friends have all heard of it, but won’t touch a contour palette for fear of looking like they’ve smeared poop all over their faces and though I’m an avid watcher of tips and tricks, day-to-day it’s not really a technic that I employ.
Of course I love my Kevyn Aucoin The Sculpting Powder in Medium. If I’m having a makeup wearing day that’s above the level of ‘minimal’ then it’s something that I always dip in to. It just makes me feel a little less football head and a little more cheekbone-y. And if we’re talking palettes then I’m all about the Kat Von D Shade & Light Palette; good colours, lovely textures – win win. One thing that I’ve never really got to grips with though is cream contours, despite my love for a powder-free, glowy complexion.
I’d actually been eyeing up the Anastasia Beverly Hills Pro Series Contour Cream Kit in Fair for yonks, so when I finally spotted it in stock I thought it was about time I made a purchase to use it as a little experiment – could this be the cream contour kit for me? You know what? I think it is. In fact I’ve surprisingly got a tonne of use from this since I got it, even on my minimal makeup wearing days. There are six shades in there in total; two pale concealer-like colours, three deep taupes and one that provides more of a glitter-free sheen to the skin. The texture is creamy and blendable and not heavy on the skin at all, but there’s a thickness there which means that they adhere well and they last.
I find myself using the concealer colours more as a bit of extra coverage on areas of redness or blemishes (or to clean up any patches that I’ve got a bit wild with the deeper shades), the sheen cream as a highlighter (it’s beautiful) and then I’m obsessed with Fawn (far left, bottom row) as a contour shade – it’s like the cream version of the Kevyn Aucoin. The two darker browns I don’t use as much but incorporate them a bronzers or cream eyeshadows sometimes, but Fawn? Well I’m in love. I pop a little on the Real Techniques Setting Brush and get to work. Bone structure, be mine. Maybe it’s time to give one of those contouring tutorials a go…
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