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Monday, January 29, 2018

Cocoa & Contour: Kat Von D Shade Light, Lorac Pro Contour, Too Faced Cocoa Contour, Marc Jacobs Contour and ISH Contour Review and Swatches

Last year I reviewed 99% of my makeup collection! Well here's the last 1%... the rest of my contour palettes! I've reviewed a number of contour palettes. Some of my favorites have been the Too Faced Sweet Peach Glow Highlighting Palette, Tarteist Pro Glow Highlight & Contour Palette, Smashbox Lighting Theory Palette, Mally Shimmer Shape & Glow, and Tarte Makeup By Shayla Contour Palette. Other palettes in my collection that I also use to contour with are the Becca Cosmetics Chrissy Teigen Glow Face Palette, Becca Sunchaser Palette, and Bobbi Brown Face & Bronzing Duo. The palettes below are ones I purchased (ISH was gifted) when contouring first became HOT! I never reviewed them. They're still available for purchase. Are they still worth buying? Let me share my thoughts. Please share yours.


Kat Von D Shade + Light Contour Palette ($49) - Supersweet
I understand why everyone raved about Kat Von D's Shade Light Contour Palette. It's really good. This is the powder version. There's now both a cream & powder version (that you can customize). Her website offers 3 contour shades and 3 highlight shades. Pick and choose what works for you! All 6 shades worked for me and gave me a natural looking contour. They really blend well and define the face beautifully. I'm interested in trying her cream contour.


Lorac Pro Contour Palette ($45) - Sweet
Another really good contour palette is Lorac's Pro Contour Palette. 3 highlighters and 3 contour shades are also offered in this palette, but all the shades didn't work for me. I used the medium contour and both the beige & shimmer highlight in my look below. So I think for many, you'll only use 1/2 of this palette. It's really pigmented and comes with a great brush & mirror, but again the shade choices limit you.


Too Faced Cocoa Contour ($42) - Supersweet
This contour palette really surprised me! I didn't expect a lot from it, but it's really good! Too Faced gives you 3 contour shades and 1 highlight shade, but I use the light contour under my eyes and as a highlight. So I pretty much have 2 contour shades and 2 highlighters with this palette. I found the shades easy to blend with my makeup. It comes with a great mirror and brush. For anyone that doesn't want a heavy duty contour, but just wants to do some shading this is great. It's a great everyday contour palette.


ISH Contour Kit Light/Medium ($32) - Sweet
This was gifted to me! Thank you Rowena of Rolala Loves Blog! And what a great little palette. It contains a highlighter, blush, bronzer and contour shade. As a contour it's very lightweight. Great for everyday! The real razamataz is the highlighter, blush and bronzer. It gives you a wonderful glow and shockingly that pink blush looked good on me.


Marc Jacobs #Instamarc Mirage Filter 40 Contour ($49) - Bittersweet
Overall, I haven't had much luck with Marc Jacobs makeup EXCEPT FOR HIS LIPSTICKS! Love them! When I swatched this I knew I was doomed. LOL There are actually 3 of these you can choose from. Maybe I picked the wrong one. LOL This one didn't work for my skin tone. It just kind of blended in and didn't contour at all. Oh well :S It's a very classy palette. Sleek in design. Great mirror. I would definitely swatch this before buying. It didn't do anything for me.

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23 comments

  1. Hi Kim, at first, I must ask you how do you manage to write a post daily? I think you are great. Now about the products, all products have attractive packaging but I love the Kat Von D Shade so much. It really sounds amazing. Great job dear <3<3 Have a happy Monday!! Kisses <3
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  2. This is definitely something I would love to give a go. I would like to start investing more in makeup and beauty products, and I feel like this would be a good place to start.

    Amy;
    Little Moon Elephant

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  3. Oh wow I need these! The packaging is just super adorbs!

    Candice | Beauty Candy Loves

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  4. I'm so impressed you've reviewed all of your makeup Kim, it's incredible! Especially for someone with such an awesome collection like yours! Your reviews are always so helpful and interesting too - even though I don't contour I read this with interest, you write so well :)


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  5. I'm forever in awe of your makeup collection Kim! Too Faced's Cocoa Contour palatte sounds as though it performs really well (you look so lovely!). I don't know very much at all about contouring, but I've been dipping my toe in the water later and can see what a difference it makes! Thanks for the recommendation :) Have a lovely week ahead!

    Gabrielle | A Glass Of Ice | Worldwide Giveaway: Hotel Chocolat Valentine's Heart Chocolate Box! x

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  6. I have to say - I never give that much thought to contouring until I see someone do it well and suddenly I think, wow, I have to learn to do it myself! I am amazed by the results that you achieve with every single one of these palettes, Kim. You have amazing contouring skills!
    xox,
    Cee

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  7. Your makeup collection is impressive Kim, I wish I had 1/3 of the lovely products you own, I would love to see it all together some day, maybe in a huuuuuge post?? :)

    Yiota
    PinkDaisyLoves

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  8. Some wonderful products here! They look beautiful on you.

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  9. Amazing tips! Thanks for sharing!!
    Baci, Valeria - Coco et La vie en rose FASHION & BEAUTY

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  10. I have the Kat Von D Powder version and I really like it. The highlight colors really highlight my face. Often, the powders are too dark for me. The contour/bronzer shades blend so easily. Great post!

    Jennifer | Mrs Q Beauty

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  11. Except for the Marc Jacobs one, these all sound like a winner, Kim! Thanks for the reviews. Imma have to get my hands on that Kat Von D one. I've never tried any of her makeup...can you believe it!?!?! You look fab btw with that dark lippie:)

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  12. Wow you have a great collection Kim! The Too Faced palette sounds especially lovely, I like that it's not a huge palette, and I suspect it smells like cocoa as well? :D Marc Jacobs products have always been hits for me, so it's a shame that their stuff (and contour) were misses for you. I do like their sleek packaging though! Thanks for sharing these!

    Jenny | Geeky Posh

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  13. Of all those, I want the KVD the most!! It looks so good and I always hear amazing things. I recently won and sold the cream version lol. I'm just not a cream contour girl.

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  14. Way to power through those reviews Kim! You have such a fabulous makeup collection! The Too Faced Cocoa Contour looks so good! I'm really glad the ISH Contour Kit worked out. I had a feeling that pink would look amazing on you. You always have a way of pulling off almost any shade :D

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  15. I’ve always had my eye on the KVD and Lorac contour palettes! The Too faced one looks nice too. I almost bought one of those Marc Jacob ones a few years ago during the Sephora vib sale! I really wanted one but felt unsure if any of the shades would look good on my skin tone. Thanks for sharing Kim!

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  16. I only have few couple contour palettes. I just got the KVD one when it was on sale at TJ Maxx. I haven't used it that much. I'm not great at contouring but I need to give it a try.

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  17. I don't have much experience with contour palettes. I like my contour to look natural and not heavy duty. I prefer powder contour over cream contour products. I would definitely purchase the Too Faced palette. Inlove that it is natural and looks great on you Kim. Beauty fanatics rave about the Kat Von D palette. That seems to be a winner in the market. It looks lovely on you too.

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  18. Too bad about the Marc Jacobs.. it looks so nice and the packaging is so luxe!

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  19. even I heard about Kat Von D contour palette...and I must say it sounds great. It does look nice on you, from what I can see, it seems lovely. I haven't tried contouring yet myself so I probably won't be getting one anytime soon but maybe some time in the future.

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  20. Yikes, how unfortunate the Marc Jacobs shade was so lackluster!

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  21. I really want to get the KVD Shade and Light palette.

    Amy
    http://AMbeautyedit.com

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  22. I was planning on purchasing the Marc Jacobs one, but glad I didn't!! Many great options you have for contouring and a few that I will look into instead

    Sam Hodgett || Beauty & Lifestyle bits

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  23. Great reviews Kim! And Rowena is another favourite blogger of mine.

    xo Jo

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