Remember when the drugstore was a great place to stock up on staples?  The drugstore was always that place that you could find things like lipsticks, foundations, blushes, mascaras, etc.  If you wanted more advanced products like eyeshadow bases or setting sprays, you had to look to more expensive stores, like Sephora.

Not anymore.

Contour kits are all the rage, and Maybelline New York is no newcomer to the bandwagon.  Their spring 2016 releases include tons of products that will have drugstore-loving girls everywhere saying YASS because they have come out with everything from brow gels to setting sprays, to yes, contour kits.

Available in two shades, light to medium and medium to dark, the Face Studio Master Contour kits are a three-step face palette which includes a blush, bronzer, and highlight, as well as a contouring brush. Great for travel, these are an all-in-one kit making contouring easy-peasy.

In case you don’t know how to contour, start first with the bronzer, which you apply to the hollows of your cheekbones, your temples, down the sides of your nose, and your jawline. By doing this, you are creating shadows for a sculpted face. From there, apply blush to the apples of your cheeks, and then apply the highlight to the high points of your cheeks, as well as down the bridge of your nose and cupid’s bow (that dip in the middle of your top lip) to add some light.

I have both kits and have only used the light to medium since I’m quite fair.  With that being said, I wouldn’t necessarily go based on your skin tone.  The blush in the medium to dark is a bit darker, but it’s very similar to NARS Orgasm, which is a universal shade for any skin tone. Overall, these are good kits and I love how they are available at the drugstore (a year ago you could only find these at Sephora or department stores). Usually when you get a contour kit, it includes either a blush and bronzer, or a bronzer and highlight. I haven’t seen many with all three. I also find it rare that they include a shimmery highlight, something that is not readily available as a single product in the drugstore anyways.

Now this kit would be perfect except it’s missing one thing.  A banana powder.  Obviously a banana powder (a yellow-looking matte powder that you apply over your concealer to set) isn’t really an everyday product that you may use (I use it for nights out or weekends when I have ample time to do my makeup), but it’s nice to include since I feel like it’s a necessity for proper contouring and highlighting.  If you are a newbie though, this kit is a perfect stepping stone into the world of contouring.

Overall though, these kits are pretty great.  They are a pretty good size, but nothing too big that you couldn’t toss into your travel makeup bag or purse.  And hey, at $15.99 SRP, you can’t go wrong here.

Have you picked up the Maybelline Face Studio Master Contour kit yet?

Please note, products provided by PR. All opinions are my own.

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