Etude House 101 Stick Contour Duo Review - Shading and Highlight
Contour is on fire nowadays, go to YouTube and type in "contour" and there are thousands of contour tutorial videos appear on the screen instantly.
Even though strobing is getting hots these days, contour and strobing give you different kind of styles.
By contour, one can easily enhance their facial features to become more dimensional and defined.
It likes you want a sharper nose? Contour can help! You want a higher nose bridge? Contour can help! You want a slimmer chin? Contour can help! You want a higher cheekbone? Contour can help!
Etude House released the new 101 Contour Duo stick which makes my life become so easy with shading and highlight.
If you have dry to normal skin, then cream type contour products are more recommended, on the other hand, if you tend to have oily skin then powder type products are more suited for you.
As you can see this contour duo is from the new 101 sticks collection. The stick has two creams attached on both sides, one for shading, one for highlight.
It is retractable, light weight and the design is so minimalists.
Sometimes, I just want a chic looking product from Etude House, not those overly fancy looking one.
I appreciate how multi-task this product is able to do, if you compared it to highlighter and bronzer separately, this is surely a better product with lower price and time saving as well.
Seriously, I doubt anyone in Malaysia would contour in daily basis due to the high temperature. When the contour melts on the face, one will inevitably to have a dramatic drag queen costume makeup.
Even lightweight cushion foundation could make you look bad in this weather, how could one possibly wear contour under the scorching sun.
But once for awhile, contour can make you become photogenic.
Sorry, let's get back to the product.
I like the texture of this contour duo so much! It is creamy that smoothly glides over the skin easily.
The color is not too strong but slightly subtle once you blend it out in my opinion which makes it perfect for newbie.
"A little goes a long way" is just how I want to describe this product, just draw a little line or dot then blend it with your finger. There you go, a nicely defined face.
When I looked at the highlight cream, it has a hint of beige tone. But when it was applied, it turns out to be pearly white shade.
While the contour cream has a better color compared to The Balm bronzer. It is somewhere in the nuetral tone, not too cool yet not too warm.
Since both of them came in creamy formula, hence it is better to use powder to "fix" it after blending.
Sponges can be used to blend the highlight and contour for a more natural finish.
In case you want stronger effects, simply use your fingers to blend.
It is possible to build up the intensity of the color, but it is not recommended as the result might be too dramatic.
One thing that makes me upset would be how expensive this contour duo is.
I heard that this contour duo is sold out in the outlet where I used to shopped in the first few days when it arrived.
It seems like contour duo has the highest demand in the market compared to other 101 sticks in the collection.
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