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When I think about the Kat Von D brand, though, I don't think complexion products I think non-traditional eye and lip shades. That might be because I already had a couple of contour products I really liked by the time the hype train hit for that. I use it quite regularly and I actually do enjoy it! However, there isn’t a single shade in this palette that I will feel the need to repurchase or miss if I ever use this up.Maybe it's just me, but I was never really all that impressed with the KVD S+L contour palette. I think there are probably other options that are more customizable but this one is fine.

If you like the idea of having a contour palette, this one is fine. I swatched the contour shades next to some other products that I’ve used for contouring in the past: As an average, paleish white chica, this selection of contour shades is totally useable for me, if you are much more fair or much darker than I am, you’re going to have to work a little bit harder to either blend things out or build things up.

#Kat von d contour powder palette skin

While the darkest shade (Subconscious) looks quite dark in the pan, I’ve been using it and thus far, no one has run screaming, or pointed out that I have dirt on my face, so it blends out quite easily.Īgain, I don’t feel that this shade range is going to work on a wider variety of skin tones (although I think that the contour shades are a bit more diverse than the highlight shades). I would say that these are mostly neutral shades although the center shade (Shadowplay) is decidedly more warm than the other two. Alternately, these might be TOO light if you have medium skin and most certainly if you have dark skin.Ĭontour Shades: I quite like these contour powders and have used all three of them on a fairly regular basis over the last couple of months. So that was fun! I didn’t have any reaction over completely healthy skin nor did they break me out, but that little experience made me quite wary of experimenting further with these.Īs far as the shade range goes, you can see in the swatches that these shades are just slightly lighter than my skin tone so if you have very fair skin, these might be too dark to use as a highlight (maybe as an all over face powder?).

#Kat von d contour powder palette Patch

I also applied one of these powders over a dry patch of skin and experienced some minor but still noticeable irritation and itching. They are patchy, they cling to fine hairs in a very visible manner and if I try to blend them even the tiniest bit, they settle into my pores. It’s like the powder is breaking down as soon as it touches my face. If you have suggestions, please let me know! If I apply any of the light shades as highlighter (so on the tops of my cheek bones, my forehead, my jaw etc.) they instantly have an odd texture. I cannot for the life of me, make these work for me. Highlight Shades: Let’s get this out of the way, I despise these powders.

I don’t notice any fading but I only use the contour shades and very lightly at that. Longevity: Honestly, it’s very difficult for me to say. It may be difficult to see how pigmented the light shades are because they are similar to my skin tone, but they are indeed equal in pigmentation to the darker shades. Price and Availability: Kat Von D products are sold exclusively at Sephora and the Shade + Light Contour Palette retails for $46.00

The palette consists of three highlight shades at. Which, I mean, thank God, because doing the whole cooking multiple layers of product on your face to get a seriously dramatic contour, is a lot of work yo! On the other hand, I think I’ve done minor “contouring” in my regular makeup for most of my makeup wearing life and I won’t stop AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME! So just to be clear, when I “contour” I tend to lightly apply contouring products for a really (hopefully) subtle contour.

#Kat von d contour powder palette full

On a side note, it seems like full on face contouring has been a thing for a while now and it was getting totally out of control and then all the cosmetic companies finally released contour products and now everyone is totally over it. Last night I was watching re-runs of RuPaul’s Drag Race (did you see this look?! Perfect right?!) and I decided that today would be the day that I finally hunker down and hash out my thoughts on Kat Von D’s contour palette.