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When I first heard about Kimmy K's infamous contour routine I was desperate to try it out myself - wasnt everyone?
When I first heard about Kimmy K's infamous contour routine I was desperate to try it out myself - wasnt everyone?
You can literally change the shape of your face (and i, for one, am very self conscious and see a LOT of flaws so this was fab!)
I read about it a lot and the word 'highlighter' constantly came up. So, about 5/6 months ago, I took a trip to boots and searched the shop for highlighters, affordable ones as I am a student!! My boots is very small so they only have a small selection of brands, condensed down to the main products - though every brand has the majority of their space taken up by ALL the shades of nail varnish in the world????
Anyway, I couldnt find anything!! So I asked someone and they didnt even know what highlighter was!!! EH?! have they been living under a rock?! I eventually found one from Seventeen - I was delighted, however got home, tried it out and it was as advertised but its a shimmer liquid rather than Kim K's creamy style! So i was a little disappointed and I kept using it for awhile then it made its way to the back of the reject drawer!! (makeup that i cant throw away as it isnt empty but is old/not exactly what I wanted)
I then purchased Sleek's Contour palette - first in just the contour colours in medium. Then after i finished that the light contour palette with the blush too! This is great - its a really nice colour and affordable (contour colours alone - £5.49, with blush £6.49 i think!) and it works wonders! the highlighter is a shimmer but isnt super glittery just catches the light, and the bronzer is just a matte brown which i am glad with as I didnt want to overload on the shimmeriness as it can look far too much!! The blush just adds a nice colour/glow to the apple of your cheeks too!
However, its still not giving me this extreme look as above!
So - I had a massive brainwave! this may be a simple solution to others haha!!
BUT I have thought, instead of shedding out alot of money cause it has the word 'contour' slapped across it.. why not make my own? Alot of the kits dont have a creamy consistency like above so I thought.. why not get a extremely light/cheap concealer stick and a extremely dark one.. making sure it is brown not orange!!
BUT I have thought, instead of shedding out alot of money cause it has the word 'contour' slapped across it.. why not make my own? Alot of the kits dont have a creamy consistency like above so I thought.. why not get a extremely light/cheap concealer stick and a extremely dark one.. making sure it is brown not orange!!
I picked both of mine up from MUA - superdrug for just a £1 each!
I apply this similar to Kim K's (but not as extreme as I dont want to be caked in makeup) before my foundation.. making sure it is more darker than I like as by the time youve blended and put your foundation on top its barely there! And then I use my Sleek contour kit just to give that extra bit of definition and i am done :D
A fab DIY contour kit for just £2!! Take that Kim K!
