The $46 Kat Von D shade + Light Contour Palette: For Cheeks So Sharp They could slice Pizza

wearing the $46 Kat Von D shade + Light Contour Palette, available now exclusively at Sephora
Because, clearly, the most logical thing to do when you’re battling a cold is to flick out your eyeliner and contour your cheeks.

Clearly.

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Sniffle-upagus says what now?!

Sorry, I think the cold meds are getting to me… I feel cuckoo for cocoa puffs ideal now, but at least my cheekbones could slice pizza, thanks to the Kat V D shade + Light Contour Palette.

Admittedly, I didn’t think I was going to like this palette because of that font on the cover…and yes, that did sound crazier than I thought it would.

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I’m not a fan of that lower case “h.”

But relating to the palette, first, I must say that I’m not really big on mega-contouring, and that’s mostly because of the amount of blending. It normally takes a lot of it, and blending seems to be one of those things with very little room for error. When I half-@ss it, I end up looking like I drew all over my face with a Magic Marker.

Not cute.

I’d say that a lot of of the time I’m a “light dusting of golden bronzer” girl, but this palette could change that.

Kat Von D shade + Light Contour Palette
Kat Von D shade + Light Contour Palette
Kat Von D shade + Light Contour palette Swatches
I expected Kat Von D’s shade + Light Contour palette ($46) to be tough to use, and I thought I’d need a few tries. but it only took one.

The fluffy, soft powders [turned out to be] easy to blend. My forearms did NOT get a workout, which in this case was good.

Note the range of marvelous matte (YES!) colors, including lighter mattes that you can use as highlighting powders (a pinkish nude, a yellowy beige and a soft peach) and three darker mattes good for contouring (a cool-toned taupe, a soft neutral brown and a cool-toned grayish brown).

The matte shades can be used to swiftly shape shadows and curves into the skin, and because they aren’t excessively cool (color temp-wise), they don’t appear ashy on my warm-toned skin (and they’re very pore-forgiving).

Now, the largish grains of powder do kick up quite a bit of powder dust when I run a brush across one of the pans, so after I’m done using the palette, I gently tap it over a waste basket to remove the excess.

All in all, I’m diggin’ this palette! I’m still several light years away from being able to do a Kim K contour on a daily basis (too lazy for that ish), but shade + Light makes it easy enough to carve out respectable cheekbones in no time flat.

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Lasts all day, too, without requiring a touchup.

Before applying the Kat Von D shade + Light Contour Palette
And after! That’s NARS Kelly Lipstick on my lips, by the way…
PRICE: $46
AVAILABILITY: available now exclusively at Sephora
MAKEUP and appeal blog RATING: A- (I love this palette, even though using it can get a little messy)

Your friendly neighborhood appeal addict,

Karen