NYX Cream Contour and Highlight Palette | 01 Light

I've recently bought this palette from my local Sephora store. It's slightly below RM100 (can't remember the exact amount). I've never had a proper cream contour palette and frankly speaking I'm not a big fan of cream products due to my oily skin. But I've decided to give it a try cause at the end of the day, it's just makeup and it's gonna wash off.

Let's jump into the review!

The packaging is made up of plastic with a transparent top. It's great since one can take a direct look at the product inside, unfortunately it means sacrifice to the mirror. It's a shame because it would be a nice big mirror. It looks like a typical NYX packaging; simplicity with a touch of sophistication. 

Judging by the pan size, there's a generous amount of product. From left; cool tone contour, shimmery pinkish highlight and a yellow shade for under eyes highlight.

There is no noticeable scent and I love how big the pan size because it's easy for my brush to pick up the cream product evenly. 

All products are a tad stiff yet they're still creamy to the touch. I need to swirl my finger on the product and heat up the cream for it to melt off. Once it does, I was able to pick up a lot. 

The contour shade glide on smoothly and not a single patchiness visible. It's cool tone contour which looks like real shadow once blended.

However the other two swatch slightly uneven but they are so pigmented. The tone of the products are also appropiate as of the shade "Light"

Bear in mind that the highlight shade has a chunk of glitter that sometimes migrate to the other part of my face. Not cute.

The banana shade is the most problematic of them all. I've tried using it under my eyes. It was impossible to blend! Even with a damp beauty sponge. In the end I have to use my finger (dabbing motion) and when I did, it took off almost all of my concealer. I did NOT like the banana shade.

I've set the cream contour with a powder contour by Makeup Revolution.

With the powder contour, it stays on for 5-6 hours without any fading. I'm impressed!

Overall, I'm in love hate relationship with this product but I'm willing to give it a few more tries before I decide whether to continue using it or to give it up.

Rimmel London Contour Kit | 003 Golden Bronze

Hi earthlings!

I've recently got my hand on the new Rimmel London Contour Kit and I am legitimately thrilled! This brand is unavailable in Malaysia so I was lucky enough when I stumble upon this item in Carousell. I bought this for RM55 = $13.75 including postage. It's quite expensive compared to the other countries considering the shipping cost.

I adore the packaging design. It gives off posh and classy vibes even though it comes with a plastic case. The gold accent and asymmetrical corners also enhance the appearance of the contour kit.

Packaging A+

At the back, it includes a simple instruction on how to place the product on the face. 

The color combination of this kit is in harmony with each other. I would say this is a warm tone palette.

Highlight | Champagne gold with micro glitter 

Contour | Matte warm chocolate-y brown

Blush | Coral pink with gold iridescent  

Among the three, only the contour shade is a little powdery. It also swatch patchy and I would recommend tapping off the excess product to avoid blotchiness. The blush and highlight have minimal fallout but all of them are pretty pigmented.

Using all three shades in the kit.

Wearing the highlight on my lids and contour shade on my crease.

I am highly impressed by this contour kit. The highlight is intense enough for my liking and the contour is wearable as long as I use a light hand and the blush gives a nice extra glow on the skin. This is a perfect kit to travel with since it has three wonderful products in one. I personally like warm contour hence why I purposely choose the shade that is intended for dark skin tone. Overall, Rimmel London has done a good job with their first contour kit. 

Take care! XOXO