Hey there beauty! Finally, my first product review
for the year 2015 is up. (Laughs) I have
been into my makeup gigs and workshops recently so it took me sometime to just
sit down and talk about makeup and write you guys my own honest opinion about
this product.
Today we’re
gonna talk about my very own ANASTASIA
BEVERLY HILLS CONTOUR KIT (powder). Alright so I know this product is a
popular one, I’ve seen great and bad reviews about it. I had this contour kit
for almost 5 months and it’s my first contour kit actually because I’m using
individual shades or products from MAC and NARS for my contour shades and
highlighting shades before.
When I got this kit it is pretty small and I wasn’t really
expecting that. The packaging is the usual cardboard magnetic type. Each pan has 3g of product for each shade
inside the kit. You can actually create your own kit and choose the shades you
wanted at Anastasia’s website. I regret getting the original kit because I
seldom reach for HAVANA and SAND.
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| TOP (L-F) VANILLA, BANANA, SAND BOTTOM (L-F) JAVA, FAWN, HAVANA |
As you see, you have 3
highlighting shades (VANILLA, BANANA & SAND) and 3 contour shades (JAVA,
FAWN & HAVANA). All these shades are
matte except SAND, which is actually a beautiful shimmery highlighter.
Let’s take a closer
look to all contour shades first.
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| (L-F) JAVA, FAWN, HAVANA |
Fawn is a medium taupe; and it’s the best contour shade in my opinion.
Java is more warm than fawn. It has a little reddish kind of tone to it compare to fawn. I like to use Java as a bronzing powder.
Java is more warm than fawn. It has a little reddish kind of tone to it compare to fawn. I like to use Java as a bronzing powder.
Havana is the warmest contour shade of all three. This is the only shade I
don't like and I seldom use, because it appears to be too orange when applied
to the skin.
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| (L-F) VANILLA, BANANA, SAND |
Vanilla is a pink
under-toned matte highlighter. You can use it to set and brighten your under
eye, forehead, chin, and your nose bridge (commonly know as T-zone).
Banana is a yellow
under-toned matte highlighter. You may also use this to set your under eye
concealer and brighten the areas you'd like to be highlighted.
Sand is a shimmery
highlighter with a very light pinky shimmer and as you can see it barely show off to my medium fair skin. You can use this to give you
the "glowing" look by placing it on the high points of your face such
as the cheekbones, brow bone, bridge of the nose, and your cupids bow.
Overall
I think the palette is worth the money and really perfect for a Professional
Makeup Artist, just replace the Havana shade with another taupe-y contour shade
and the palette is good to go.
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| (L-R) SAND, BANANA, VANILLA, HAVANA, FAWN, JAVA |
I’m recently looking for another contour kit and
I’m torn between KVD shade and light palette or the NEW LORAC PRO contour kit?
Help me decide at the comment section below!
I hope you find this post helpful (which I know there’s a ton of reviews out there) tell me what do you think about ABH products? What are your faves from ABH?
Hope you had a very wonderful day!
Much Love,
Anne
