Contouring is one of the more intimidating makeup techniques, but the basic principle is actually pretty simple. At its root, contouring is about making use of shadows and highlights to help sharpen the look of your cheekbones and give your face a more sculpted appearance. There are ways to go about it with these fabulous contour palette, all you need is a cool-toned brown powder, cream, or liquid that’s a shade or two darker than your skin tone, and highlighter. Blend the contour in the hollows of your cheeks and along the hairline and Jawline to create a chiseled line, and place the highlighter on the high-points of your face-cheekbones, tip of the nose, center of the forehead, and Cupid’s bow. The key to a realistic contour is to blend, blend, blend – there should be no harsh lines between the makeup and your skin.
Below Are 4 Contour Palette(s) Of 2019
The Lorac Pro Contour Palette
For an essential contour palette that covers all the basics,you can’t go wrong with The Lorac Pro Contour kit. It includes six powders, and with a multi-use domed brush designed to sculpt, shade, and highlight those cheekbones. The two matte highlighting powders can also be used to set under eye concealer and create a more subtle highlighting effect. Best products calls this the best contour palette on the market. It’s also been featured on Refinery29 and has a 4.5 average star rating on Ulta based on more than 670 reviews.
The Charlotte Tibury Filmstar Bronze & Glow Contour Duo
This contour palette is the least complicated contour palette you can buy. It comes with a bronzing contour powder and soft, shimmery highlighter, all wrapped up in gorgeous rose gold packaging. This is a pricey item at $68, but the pans are huge compared to other contour kits and the colour payoff is stunning. Some contour palette are matte, which provide realistic definition but can lack glamour. Both the contouring and highlighting shades in this palette from Charlotte Tribury have a super shimmery finish that makes you look like you actually have good, glowy skin,
Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit
This is a makeup-artist favourite with three contour shades, matte and shimmery highlighters, and a popular yellow-tinted powder . While it’s highly rated, it’s constantly sold out online, and the pan refills, one of the major draws for this palette IMO, are hard to find online as well.
E.I.f. Cosmetics Contour palette
While it doesn’t have as many shades as our top drugstore pick, this is a super-affordable and easy-to-use pick for beginners who don’t want splurge. There’s also a cream version of this same palette, though some Amazon reviewers say all the shades blends smoothly.
