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Sleek Face Form Contouring and Blush Palette Review


Contouring has always terrified me. I tried it once a few years ago with a very cheap bronzer and a very big fan brush and just ended up looking like I'd had a dodgy spray tan (I've never trusted a bronzer since). Since then, I've avoided contouring like the plague and have spent ages lusting after those chiseled cheekbones that you plastered all over make up gurus' social media pages.
UNTIL NOW!

Ok, that was probably very dramatic but I am so excited over this contour kit and the fact I now have the ability to at least do the basics when it comes to contouring! I really like Sleek products, they're super affordable and a lot of their stuff easily contends with some of the more expensive brands out there. I happened to buy their Face Contour Kit for a friend's Christmas present a couple of years ago and she really loves it, especially the highlight shade. They also do a cream contour kit, but being a virgin when it comes to this, I figured it was best to start with the powder version and work my way up. I also have quite a round face, so I was a bit worried the cream would be too harsh a look and I'm yet to find a palette where the darker shades don't look orange against my skin. So I went with this particular palette, which includes a contour shade, a highlight and a blush for £9.99!


First Impressions

Contour shade

 So this was maybe a little bit darker than I was expecting it to be, especially given that I picked up the fair palette. The consistency does seem quite buttery though, so I think it will blend out really easily. The other good thing is that there are no orange undertones in there, which I find quite a lot of contouring shades and bronzers seem to have which just make me look like a tangerine!





Highlight

 OH. MY. GOODNESS. I seriously wish I could post videos on here because the GLOW on this highlight when it catches the light is just phenomenal. Like I might cry it looks so pretty. It's also quite a subtle shade too, which is nice for an everyday kind of look. Insert all the heart-eye emojis here.






Blush

 Again, this is such a beautiful colour and that shimmer is just to die for! I maybe would have preferred a matte blush given that the highlight in this palette is so shimmery, but it's so beautiful I'm sure I will get the use out of this one too.








How It Looked

So as you can see, that highlight is just beautiful. I've gone with quite a subtle look this time around - I only used a small amount of the contour shade and really buffed it out, but you can still see a slight bit of definition on my cheeks. I think if I was going out I'd use a little bit more product but for an everyday look and considering I've only just started doing this I'm quite happy with it. I used the Real Techniques Sculpting Brush for the contour - this is a super fluffy angled brush. It might also be a good idea to keep a kabuki brush handy if you want a more subtle look - I used my Body Shop one just to buff out the colour so it wasn't too harsh. For the highlight I used an Eco Tools Airbrush Concealer brush - obviously it's meant for concealing but because it's really fluffy it also works really well on powder cosmetics and I don't own a fan brush at the moment. Again, the blush was really pigmented to begin with but I buffed it out with the kabuki and actually the shimmer in there along with the highlight looks really pretty! I would 100% recommend this palette if you're a beginner with contouring or if you just wanted a more subtle look for everyday wear!

Rating - 5/5
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