PACKAGING
Let’s start off with the packaging, as always. I think ABH packaging is very nice and sleek. I love the look of black and white/minimal make-up packaging and ABH definitely nailed that. There’s quite some distance between the different pans, which is really nice: this way the cream products don’t blend together very easily and the packaging stays pretty clean too. I would prefer seeing a mirror tho, but oh well!
SWATCHES
Time for swatches. First of all, how pigmented are these colors?! I’m especially impressed by the lighter shades. Even for a fair complexion like mine they’re light enough. The palette comes with six shades:
- Soft Light – Pure sand. This shade is great for highlighting.
- Lustre – Sheer porcelain. This shade is perfect for strobing.
- Fair – Pale peach. A good concealer shade.
- Fawn – Café latte. Ideal for contouring.
- Shadow – Caramel latte. Designed for shading.
- Mink – Toasted almond. Provides the ultimate shading and definition.
Although these products are creams, they are not too liquid-y. They are still longwearing and work great on oily faces as well. Don’t take me wrong: they definitely don’t have a powdery finish, like some cream-to-powder products have, which I don’t like. They’re just a bit of a more dry feeling cream, which makes it very natural looking on the skin. This palette has definitely a lot of different undertones. This makes it a bit more difficult to use all shades, but it does make it a more versatile palette to use, especially when you’re getting a tan or something (or you want to contour your friends, haha!).
My face without any contour – blush – highlight.
My face after nose & cheek contouring.
CONTOUR
I use the ABH Cream Contour Kit to contour my cheekbones and my nose. Personally, I feel like contouring creams look way more natural on the skin than powders. I also find them way easier to work with. I always use the Mink shade to contour my face, because it’s the ashiest color of them all. I really like how it works and it’s definitely my favorite product to contour my face!
My face after contour & cream highlight.
My face after contour – blush – highlight.
HIGHLIGHT
Although I find cream contouring very easy to do, cream highlighting is a different story. I feel like it can look unnatural very quickly. I like to use the highlight creams a a thin base underneath my powder highlight. They are very pigmented, but can look a bit cakey on the skin. I like to use it with a small stippling brush or my fingers to apply it. Use them with caution I would say! I do think they can add that extra oompfh to your highlight game, you just have to work with it the proper way! Here I used a combination of Soft Light and Lustre on top.
YAY OR NAY?
This product is definitely a yay for me. I love the concept of a cream contour kit (it looks sooo pretty in your make-up stash!) and I’m so glad I finally got my hands on one. I do love the contour shades way more than the highlighters, just because they are a bit harder to get used to. The shades are all very pigmented and long lasting and perfect on their own, or as a base for powder products. I would definitely recommend this to any contour/make-up junkie out there, for sure! I got this Anastasia Beverly Hills Cream Contour Kit in Fair one for €45.30 at Beauty Bay if you’re wondering.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE ANASTASIA PRODUCT?
xo Lilia
Ik zeg yay! Wat een mooi pallet zeg!
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Dankjewel! xo
Wat een mooi palet! Ik heb nog nooit een cream contour palet geprobeerd, maar het ziet er heel goed uit! 🙂
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Ik vind de glowkits echt geweldig! En de browwiz <3<3! Mooi Palette..
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Ah die zijn ook fijn! Komt ook een review over online binnenkort 🙂
Ik vind zulke producten erg fijn werken!
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Yes looks great!
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Thanks! xo
you’re absolutely gorgeous!
Hey Lilia!
My name is Femke and first of all, I wanna say that I really like your blogs about fashion, travel, lifestyle, beauty… so ALL your blogs! 😉 Also this blog is very nice. I love the palette, it looks lovely and I really want to try it! The colours look beautiful and I think that they are also very pigmented. I’m very jealous, I also want that palette because I have heard such good things about it. I do have a couple of contour products but none have really captured my interest, but this has! As I said, you’re a very good blogger. You’re photos are also of very good and they have a bright quality. I’ve seen a lot of blogs about fashion but I think yours is my favourite! Continue to make these blogs because I think you can inspire a lot of people! I look forward to all of the following blogs! 😉
Good luck!
Femke x
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Aw thank you <3