Hi ladies! Hope all of you had a wonderful New Years! So many out there have not the slightest clue about contouring in of itself, nor can they easily discern between the best in contouring kits or products, which ends up hurting the beauty looks they aspire to. In order to help ease the pains of trying to find the best pieces to pick out for your contouring techniques, I have put together a list of some of the best contouring products and kits, effectively easing your selection. Considering that there are so many different brands that cater to the same type of makeup sticks, I hope this will help you choose from the best in quality and designer products out there.
1. Skin Foundation Stick by Bobbi Brown
There are 24 shades to this particular foundation stick that you will definitely need to create the right contouring to your visage, matching your skin tone to the shades presented, beginning with Alabaster and Porcelain, while ending in Chestnut and Expresso. It costs $44 and has been awarded the “Best Foundation for Dark Skin” in Cosmo for Latina’s 2015 Best of Makeup Beauty Awards, as well as by InStyle Magazine only this year, while winning awards and being featured in magazines throughout 2014. Buy one for you here!
2. Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit
Sephora offers this 6-shade contour kit with three for shading and three for highlighting, a contour product that has earned 100k+ loves and 1229 reviews leading to four stars. Shade and define before sculpting and enhancing features, including the eyes, cheekbones, nose and jawline.
3. Too Faced Cocoa Contour Chiseled to Perfection
This is one of the best contouring products available through Sephora and made to contour and highlight the features in a few simple steps. There are only four shades here, but specially created to draw a slimmer face, lift up cheekbones and just plain look like a celebrity. There is a contour Buki brush included along with a signature glamour guide to help you contour perfectly.
4. Laura Mercier Flawless Contouring Palette
There are 5 shades in this contouring kit that is well loved and well-reviewed on Sephora, the exclusive palette made to bring artistic techniques to life on a real visage, playing with light to enhance, sculpt and add shadows to the face. The palette is of blendable creams and utilizes natural shades in a darker range, defining the different parts of the face with delicate creams in a discreet manner. Add a setting powder at the end of it and you are set to go with flawless skin!
5. Tarte Tarteist Contour Palette
This Sephora sold piece allows anyone to contour with ease. It has a paint by number addition to it, with a visual guide showing every step to achieving unbelievably good looks. There are 6 shades included, each an ultra-soft satin-feel powder that can blend easily to create rich, gradual dimension. It ends up looking particularly professional, which is exactly what you are trying to get at. There is a matte highlighter included along with a yellow correcting powder, soft contour hue for light to medium skin and deep for those with medium to dark, besides which we can find a rosy blush accentuate and a shimmering highlighter glow to finish off with.
6. LORAC PRO Contour Palette & Brush
Nordstrom has this kit available for $45 instead of its original $145 value, making it a steal! There are 6 shades included here, including 2 matte highlighters in beige and yellow, a single shimmer highlighter, and 3 matte contour shades meant for skin tones of varying colors. There is a contour brush and a step-by-step guide to make life easier for you as you try to do your contouring like a pro.
