Hit or Miss

A couple of weeks ago I got my first contour powder set since I use the liquid technique majority of the times. But I thought it would be a little lighter and look more polished if I put a little powder on top. I was just roaming around Superdrug when I saw a Maybelline Master Sculpt Contour kit. This kit looked very simple as there were only two steps, the Contour section and the Highlighter and the price was quite generous as it was only £6.99.

There were two shades available, the Light/medium or the Medium/dark, they looked very similar to me but I got the darker shade. I was very optimistic about my choice and thought it would be a good alternative since it was lighter. I tried the contour on, and keep in mind that this set is not for deep contouring but can be used lightly for a simple look. I knew this from the get go so there were no surprises there.

At first I was a bit sceptical about getting it because the highlighter looked a little on the ivory side and I wanted it a little lighter. But I didn't really hesitate and thought I would just give it a go. When I tried on the palette I was shocked and speechless, and not in a very good way. When I applied the Contour it wasn't brown and looked almost grey, at first I thought it was my technique and grabbed a different brush since I was using the brush that was in the set.

I started to notice that the more I applied the more visible the grey became, I was a little confused because the colour looked brown in the palette but as soon as it hit my skin it became grey. After a few more tries I got frustrated as it became even more grey, however I still wanted to try on the highlighter as it looked nice and shimmery. I applied the highlighter onto the areas that I would usually highlight and it shimmered like I expected it to, but the product wasted so much in the palette as soon as I would try get some on my brush there was powder everywhere.

Being someone who usually loves easy to use products that do not require a lot of different products I was very disappointed and have not used the product every since and it has just been sitting at the bottom of my makeup bag . This product is defiantly a Miss as it does not live up to its expectations and for me personally the product wastes so much when applying to the brush.  For now I will stick to using my concealers and foundations till I find a better set.