NYX Contour & Highlight Powder Review & Swatches

Hi All,

I am totally obsessed with contouring and since I do it every single day to work, it’s become a habit now. I’ve used a ton of contouring products like the Smashbox Contouring Kit reviewed here, Benefit Hoola and TheBalm’s Bahama Mama reviewed here. NYX launched this new Contour & highlight Powder along with the Bronzer & Blush Duos. I saw this online and couldn’t stop myself. .

 

About NYX Contour & Highlight Powder

Get acquainted with your unique and beautiful facial features and emphasize them even more with our Highlight and Contour Powder! The magnificent duo powder works hand-in-hand when you desire to intensify your inherited fabulous features. Strengthen beloved features with the contour powder and use the highlight powder to accentuate your look!

 

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• Price:  9$
• Quantity: 10g

My take on the NYX Contour & Highlighting Powder:  

• Packaging: This bronzing powder comes in a compact form with a mirror. It doesn’t come with a brush which I don’t mind since most of the brushes which come in a contact are pretty much sad anyways. As visible, the compact is split into 2 halves; one half is the contour powder and the other half is the highlighter.

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• Color: The contour shade is a deep chocolate brown which is totally matte. It’s a darker shade than Benefit Hoola as well. The highlighter shade is a pearly white without any shimmer and quite subtle.
• Pigmentation & Texture: This contour powder is superbly pigmented. However, I must caution you that those with fair or medium skin tones should use this sparingly. The brown is so dark that it’s easy to end up with a chocolate Bar stripe on your cheek. It’s quite easy to blend though. The highlighting powder was a bit of a disappointment however. It’s so hard that I have to dig in quite a bit to get the required amount to highlight my cheeks. I’m not sure whether this is specific to the compact I have but I find it weird that the contour powder could be so pigmented and the highlight shade so weak and stiff.

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• Staying Power: The contour powder stays on for the entire day. i.e. about 8-9hrs easily. But the highlight shade fades within 2hrs or so.
• Application: I use this for contouring. I use my Ambika Pillai contouring brush or  my Bare Ecsentuals Contouring brush to apply this in all the areas which catch the sunlight:

1. the hollows on my cheeks & temples (to make the face appear slimmer)
2. below my chin (to conceal a double chin)
3. on the jaw line (for a sculpted jaw)
4.  on the sides on my nose (to make the nose appear slim)

And here’s a pic of how I’ve done some mild contouring…I now realise I should have maybe contoured a little darker for the camera but well…lesson learnt 😉 I hope you can see the way how the hollows of my cheeks seem a bit sunken inwards..

Pros of NYX Contour & Highlighting Powder:-

 

• We get a amazing quantity for such a low price.
• The contour powder is totally matte and the highlighter has a pearl finish which is exactly what’s needed in a contouring kit.
• Comes with a mirror
• Handy for travel
• Will suit all skintones. Will actually suit dusky skin tones much better
• The contour powder is very easy to blend and buff out.
• Perfect for long wear since the staying power is amazing
• A lovely soft powder to work with

Cons of NYX Contour & Highlighting Powder:-

 

• One has to be very careful with the contour shade and blend it well.
• The highlight half is really quite sad in terms of pigmentation

 

Ratings:

• Pigmentation: 4.5/5
• Texture: 4.5/5
• Packaging: 5/5
• Staying Power: 4.5/5
• Price vs. Quality: 4.5/5

 

Have you tried the NYX Contour & Highlighting Powder?

 

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