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I’d love to win this palette, so much experimenting with contouring and highlighting!
I’m fair skinned and a total noob at contouring, so I’d start off using the lightest shades in this palette.
I would love to get my hands on this gorgeous palette!
This would be my first real highlighting and contouring palette, so I’d probably spend like a week straight experimenting with it before figuring out what works best 🙂
I would highlight and bronze with the light and medium colors.
First, I would use the palette as shadows.
I’ll take the light contour shade as a crease colour and the pink highlight as my lid color. Then, I’ll take the middle contour shade on my third lid and deepen the outer V with the darkest shade. I’ll run the middle and dark shade along my lower lash line. I’ll use the yellow highlight shade as my eyebrow highlight and as an inner eyes highlight.
Later, I would use the lightest shade for contouring and deepen it up a bit with the middle shade, just where my cheek bones are.
I wanna wear this palette on my Wedding day.
March 09th 😉
I’d wear this product on different occasions using different techniques- I’d use lighter shades for everyday contouring to make my face appear slimmer and would play up the intensity for a more dramatic look. Would be absolutely grateful to win this palette!
with a full face glam!!!
Because I’m quite a pale person, I would take the shade Sombre to contour my cheekbones. I feel like that’s a really nice shade that I could also work into the crease of my eyes, I’m not sure I’d be able to contour with the other two shades, but those could also double as eyeshadows then!
As for the highlighting shades, I would use Lucid to highlight my cheekbones, browbone and some other areas of my face. And finally, I could use Levitation as my setting powder! I feel like this would be a nice, multifunctional palette that I couldl really get a lot of use out of! 🙂
I’d definitely learn to contour on the off chance I win this 😉 the darkest contour plus a brilliant highlight for a dramatic evening look, paired with a very bright lip and a simple eye look (eyeliner and intense mascara).
I would lightly wear it everyday to go to work!
i would wear it daily, great shades for anytime of day or occasion
I’d wear this beautiful palette with red lips! <3
I’m so into sculpting right now!!!! I hope I win, I have never tried anything by Kat Von D thanks for doing the competition 🙂
I would contour under cheekbones, temples and nose..maybe I’d use the powders as eyeshadows too!
I’d use the banana powder under my eyes and the contour shades to shape my face. I’d love to win this palette! ❤️
I would use the palette to set my cream contour and highlight in place!!
I would wear it as a bronzer
I’d wear the lightest shade as a bronzer all over the face mainly in the contour regions. Then I’d take the darkest contour shade and contour my cheeks, forehead, neck/jawline, nose and underlip. I’d take a bit of one of the highlight shades after that and apply it to the tops of my cheekbones and down the center of my face.
a lovely palette that would be perfect for me to start with contouring!
I contour daily so I’d use it as part of my daily routine!
I would wear it for an evening out.
I would use this palette to highlight and contour instead of using bronzer and really light loose powder.
I’d probably use the highlighting powders to set my undereye area.
Always interested by contour palettes! I’d definitely use the last column the most for a dramatic look, and the middle for a subtle one. The first column wouldn’t show on my skin, but the highlighter would still be pretty. 🙂
I would like to learn to contour with ir
I’d use Sombre to contour and Lycid to highlight and also on the the inner corners of my eye to look more awake.
I’d use this for everyday sculpting as well as dramatic, going-out looks.
Contouring and bronzing has become an essential step to my makeup routine lately! I would probably use this everyday to define my cheekbones and warm up my face!
wat wouldnt i use this with? :^)
I’m pale and cool and so most contouring powders are too orange, too warm, too dark. But the bottom left shade in this palette looks like it would work nicely as a contour and the darker and lighter shades seem like they would work for a really nice, natural eye look, just giving a bit of definition.
Yaaas I need this in my life I love sculpting out my face like no other
I wish I could try the highlighter!!! I need something to brighten my under area!
I would create a jaclyn hill look
I would use the palette to contour and highlight.
So excited to see this palette. I’ll be giving myself some cheekbones with Sombre 🙂
I’d love to win this palette. It’s versatile and you could go from a light contour in the daytime to an intense, fierce contour for the night.
I’d wear this palette everyday.
I’d learn how to contour better! Thank you for the giveaway!
I might just wear this as the ultimate allover “nude” face, with maybe some extra interest around the eyes, like a light blue waterline and a smoky, smudgy liner and heavy lashes. These colors were made for my skin tone.
I could see this becoming my favorite everyday contour palette, it looks gorgeous!
I’d wear this as contour and eyeshadow. Tarababyz did an awesome demo on youtube.
I’d wear the light palette with a bold red lipstick!
I would throw one of those contour colors in my crease!
I would use the Darker Shades to Contour and possibly as eyeshadow and the light colors to highlight my face and set concealer or foundation.
I would use this pallet to contour and highlight, and also as eyeshadow!
I would love to experiment with subtle contours using this palette!
Mostly for cheekbones but some shades would make perfect crease colors!
This palette is lovely… i’d use it to contour AND bronze 😀 love it!!
I’d wear it both as countour like it’s supposed to but I can also use them on the eyes for a neutral sculpted eye look!
I’d use this palette to contour my face or possibly as eyeshadow too!
I’m so curious about this palette! I’m using bronzer to shape my face every day so I would probably use this the same way as now. Thank you for another amazing giveaway Christine!
Maybe I could actually learn how to contour with this!
I don’t own any contour palettes, or any contour products yet! I have heard so many great things about this palette and think it would work well for my medium skin tone. Ive been using bronzer products that are more orange tone (and shimmery) than grey for the past year, so i think having this palette would help me build up my skill level.
I’d use the palette to learn to contour properly.
I would use the bottom middle shade to carve out the planes of my face, the banana shade under my eyes and the left highlighter on my cheekbones and through the middle of my face!
I’d use it for contouring and highlighting on a daily basis!
I’d love to use a number of the shades for a real multi-dimensional contour!!
I think I’d be able to use the yellow powder to set under eye concealer daily!
that is so nice of you Christine, i would use this palette to create a perfect contour with the cool tone shades
Shade? That’s my middle name 😉
I would love to use this palette to sculpt and contour my face!
I would love to try and learn how to contour with it!
I’d wear it to not only enhance my face structure, but maybe even play around and try and do dramatic looks for fun.
Looks fabulous. I don’t usually contour but I’ve started recently and am really happy with the results. This palette would be prefect for slimming down my face and nose and help with my hooded lids also
I’d wear it regularly, daily! With any makeup of course. I’d also use some of the shades as blending eyeshadows.
Well, it would be a contouring experiment .. lol. And if I failed at least the colors would make great eye shadows 🙂
Monica.
I’d love to win this palette to get more practice with highlighting and contouring, especially to use on clients since I’m just starting out on my mua journey.
I would use the highlighter colors in the traditions highlight areas, and the darker colors would work better as bronzer colors for me since they’re on the warmer side.
I think this would be a GREAT everyday neutral look palette! I am loving matte shades, these days.
I have medium-tan olive skin so I would use this palette to create shadows and dimension to my face. I think that guiding from your review and swatches that I’d be able to use every color for specific purposes. I will also use the shadows on my eyes.
I would love to experiment contouring with this palette!
daily contouring or dramatic look contouring!
I’d love to win this palette! I’m fair, so the lightest shades are my go-to!
I don’t own any contour palettes, and this is actually on my list to purchase so I would love to win this! Since I am new to highlighting and contouring, I would definitely use the guide it comes with to help me get better.
I would use this palette for my everyday office look.
I would try Sombre under the cheekbones and use Subconscious to contour my nose.
I would wear it with simple black eyeliner and nude lips, thank you!
I’d contour with the lightest shades and play with the highlighters. Anything I didn’t like on my face, I’d use for eyeshadow.
Fall and winter is coming to the southern hemisphere, so I think it’s a perfect palette for winter! I’d definetely use it a lot on the following months
I’ve heard these are super creamy! I would love to win and wear it! Fair skinned ladies have such trouble finding a good contour. here is to hoping it works for us light skin ladies.
I would LOVE to win this contour kit!!! I don’t currently own a kit and would love to use one!
Haven’t tried contouring ever but would be fun to try.
I am familiar with highlighting so will definitely try that first.
It’s a contour palette – so I would try it on my face – lol! I am a newbie to contouring, so the included guide would be very useful.
with any look cause it’s a contour and highlight palette
I would love to give this a try, its out of my budget though. It would be so much fun to experiment with.
I would use it for contouring or be my everyday eyeshadow palette. Thank you!
Not only would I use the palette on myself, but also would love to use it on friends and family who are always looking for the perfect contoured cheek!
I dont own anything specific to contour, so this would be great!
I would totally use the darker shades as eyeshadow, too!
I do a lot of makeup for others, so I’d love to have multiple shades to work with.
I would use the far left shades to contour, and the other shades as eyeshadows
I’d probably use this for my face and as eyeshadows! Can’t have too many matte transitions 😉
I’ve…never actually tried contouring because I have fairly prominent cheekbones (or so I’ve been told?), so it would be nice to actually try it!
If the colors work for my skin. Which is always an issue…
I would wear at day with mascara, and bare lips, and a colored eyeliner ( depends on wat I am wearing)
at night just mascara, and a plum, red , matte lips,
I’d love to try this on my eyes because I’ve heard its a great matte palette for eyes 🙂
I´m OBSESSED with this palette and wanting so bad to put my hands on it!
I contour my face every single day and I think it will be a HIT on my collection.
I’d definitely experiment around with it for awhile since it’d be my first palette like this!
I would use the first column shades as they are neutral and should work on my pale skin.
I’ve always wanted to try layering contour products, like taking a dark shade to carve and blending it with a lighter, bronzier shade.
I’ve been eyeing this palette since it came out! The shades are perfect for contouring and for a really simple but nice eyelook too.
I love the cool-toned contour shades in this palette! I’m very fair and, from your swatches, think the lightest shades would be amazing for my first experience with cream contour. I wish Kat Von D would sell the contour/highlight shades as a duo instead of a 6 pan palette!
I feel like most of the other cream contour palettes coming out right now are too orange or brown without enough ash/coolness. So many beautiful cream contour palettes with bad complementation for fair skinned girls… It’s a struggle!
Bottom left shade under cheekbones, bottom right shade more precisely in my cheek hollows, middle top shade as highlight on top of cheekbones and down nose!
I would like to use the cool toned shade to contour!
I’d experiment and figure out how to contour. I’ve only read how-tos and watched tutorials, but it would be nice to actually *try*.
I would wear it everyday subtly and also use it for clients when I become a makeup artist!
This would be my first highlight/contour palette! I probably will be experimenting with it a lot!
Only after tons of experimentation!
I have no idea how i would use this lol I’ve never contoured and would love to win this so i can start learning.
I would finally learn how to contour well! It’s been hard trying to pick the right shades so having a variety would help!
I would use this palette to give my face more dimension. Maybe I could finally have cheekbones :P. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I would like to use it to contour my cheek bones and eyes!
I would love to try this palette!
I would love to try some proper Kim K contouring and highlighting with this!
I would finally teach myself how to properly contour with the use of this palette paired with Kat Von D’s youtube channel. I’m particularly interested in contouring my nose.
I would love to use this to figure out what shades look best on me. I’m quite pale and clueless to contouring.
Well i’m not that good in sculpting my face so I would wear with a light hand for a soft effect =).
Beautiful palette. It’s perfect for everyday and special occasions. I’d contour lightly with a nice highlight.
I want to experiment with contouring and highlighting, especially highlighting setting the undereye with the highlighting powder.
I want to contour and hopefully it will work for my pale skin!
Since I don’t own any contour palette this one would be my go to palette for highlighting and contouring and because it has light, medium and dark shades I could share it with my mom since she has darker skin (:
I’d love this palette! I’ve never tried contouring before so it would be a fun adventure haha.
This contour palette looks great – I would love to add this to my pro kit (:
I would use the lighter shades for contour and the darkest shades as eyeshadow!
I’d wear the lighter colors for day looks and the darker colors for going out. 🙂
I think I’d go for a pretty soft smokey brown eye using just the colors from this palette and then using the same shades to highlight and contour to get a monochromatic look and pairing it with a bright lip.
I’ve never had a contouring palette so there will be experimenting and I’m sure I’ll also use some of the shades as eyeshadows!
I would love to experiment with the colors in this palate, I’m super fair and finding contour shads is hard!
I’m new to contouring, I would love to learn how to do it, and this palette looks perfect for it.
I haven’t ever done much contouring..but I love those highlighting shades! I’d probably start by using those to set my under eye concealer! 🙂
I don’t have any contour shades, only highlights, so it’d be awesome if I were to win!
I use it for both contouring and highlighting and also as eyeshadows
I would use it to contour! There are so many contour palettes coming out but many of them have a lot of warm shades in them!! Which basically defeats the purpose when you are going to be using them to contour!
So this one is super perfect to carve and sculpt the face 🙂
I’d up my sorry contouring game, it looks perfect!
I would love to use the middle yellow highlight shade under the eyes and mix the right two contour shades to contour!
I’d love to use this for a strong contour! Atm I don’t own a contour palette at all! 🙂
I’d wear this palette when I do a pixie cut. I’ll add red lipstick, a total black outfit, and a pretty defined face!
I would be experimenting a lot in contouring at first.
i want to try diferent contour tecniques! and this baby is perfect for that!
I’d use the lightest shade to set my under eyes and bad experiment with the darker shades to find the right contour shade for my skin tone!
I’ve recently been getting into contouring big time, but I haven’t found the perfect shade for me, sooo since this palette has been highly raved about I’m suuuper interested in trying it out!
I would experiment with the contouring shades and highlighting shades for setting concealer, highlighting, contouring, and possibly see if they would work as an eyeshadow?!?
I would wear this to glam up for a night out!
I would love to win this palette! I’ve been drooling over it for months and it is just calling to me. I’ve been diving head first into makeup and this would be a great addition.
This is just beautiful, I would take a day and just play with this, coming up with different ways to best utilize the shades!
Would love to sharpen my sculpting skills with this baby!
I’ve never tried any of Kat Von D’s products but would absolutely love to!! I would use the palette for highlighting, contouring and as eye shadows. I like to use highlighters with eye shadows, it adds an extra dimension to me.
I would use the 2 darker shades to contour and the bronzer to warm up the skin, then highlight with the 3 lighter shades. Of course then I would use them all on my eyes too in virtually the same way:)
Since I’m of a darker complexion I woul use the darker shade to contour under my cheek bones, temples, and nose. I would use the lighter shades to highlight as well as correct.
I love to contour. I have a St. Patrick’s Day dinner coming up. This would be perfect to wear!
I need to expirement more with different contouring techniques
It’ll be a dream come true if I win this!!!!!!!!
It seems just perfect!
Goodness, I’ve been lusting after some Kat Von D stuff for a while, this would be so fun! I could see doing eyes and cheeks with this in a lot of ways, and then topping off with a vibrant lip.
I’d wear the palette with a bare eye, lots of lashes, and a bold lip with a defined contour!
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I’d use this palette for date night! Me and my girlfriend don’t get to go out to much so I like to get fancy when we do. The range of shades would also be helpful for doing my friend’s makeup!
I rarely contour so I would like to learn how with this
I haven’t experimented much with contouring so I would use the middle darkest shade as a cheek counter, and the lightest shade on my cheekbones, nose, chin.
This would be my first highlighting and contouring palette, and I’d love to see just how much of my face shape I can change! 😀
I would use this pallet to contour and highlight but I would also use this for eyeshadow looks as well!
How are the winners of these contests announced? 😮
I’d use it to practice some subtle contouring. Maybe with a bolder look for a night out!
It looks like a great contour pallette for my fair skin. I’d wear it as a subtle contour and I’d definitely use all the highlight powder.
I’d use the middle/light daily. I love contouring!
Would love to experiment with this palette!
I would wear it when I contour my face before a night out!
I’m light completed so would probably use the lightest shades most of all. But I might be able to get some eye looks from the darker shades. I would sure like to try!
I’d use this daily for contouring!
It looks great!
I would love to experiment with contouring in shades that fit my fair skin tone!
I’d probably use the Illamasqua Blush Up brush to contour with and then buff it out.
I just hope the highlight colours are pale enough to show up.
I would wear this contour pallete with a soft smokey eye and a bright red lip!
Would love to have this to wear with a little bronzer on the cheeks, and some chocolate jeans, and a taupe shirt.
It looks so fresh! I’d wear the colors anywhere!
I would use the palette to contour and highlight , and any colors that are not my tone I would use as eye shadows. 🙂
Without swatting or seeing this in person, I bet the 2 middle shades would be the best for my skin tone.
I’d would wear it to contour my face on dally basis.
Would love to contour with this!
Thank you!
I’d do some black eyeliner and a nude lip to keep it simple! Swap out to a deeper raspberry lip colour for a night out!
I am loving the neutral colors!
I’d have to experiment with the palette! I never really did much contouring before, so there’s going to be a learning curve for me!
Honestly, my contouring skills are not the best. I imagine I’d just experiment a lot with all the colors! Sombre would probably be my most used for every day contouring of the cheeks.
It would be for sure a chance to work on my contouring technique and have a first product from the brand!
I want to try a everyday natural look with this contouring kit…so people would think I just have natural sharp features 😀
i am medium dark skin , i love countouring and highliting palletes from any brands and its my dream to get this Kat von D ..
thank u
I’d use this as a total face palette. I love mattes and the darker shadeswould double for eyeshadow. I’ve been coveting this palette.
I would wear it to contour my face (of course) and my eyes -especially when I don’t have time
I would blend some shades together and experiment
I would use this for highlighting and contouring all over the face
I’m pale with neutral/warm-ish combo skin and constant redness/broken out areas – that’s how I discovered Kat Von D’s foundations to begin with! (I use 44+46) I love the coverage + how light yet colour-balanced the shades are in the line – however because of my heavier foundation routine I lose the natural definition in my face so I’m getting very interested in contouring to bring it back (and to make me look better/slimmer – I have good cheekbones but a fuller face, doesn’t do me any favours when it’s all one colour!)
Unfortunately I don’t really know what I’m doing, don’t really have any money to invest in the endeavor (Illamasqua’s Hollow cream pigment seems really promising, but for ~$67? Ouch! I wish they had a US distributor! Between the GBP conversion and the international shipping charges I’ve got an Illamasqua wishlist a mile long of things I’ll never be able to afford!) The one contour I do own is NYX’s Taupe HD blush, and I just bought that at Ulta with a coupon after finding out about it through your wonderful site! 🙂
Also It seems like all the domestic palettes that have been released lately look *very* warm/brown and are geared towards tan/bronzed/medium-toned people. (What do goths contour with?? Or warm-leaning pale people?? Very light does not always equal pink/cool tones! :/) This does look like it may also lean too warm/brown but I’d love to have something to experiment with regardless, I love KVD, and I’m just getting back into doing my makeup and experimenting after being injured and sick for the last few months, so it’s kind of a lot for my self-esteem too.
I’m so curious about this palette! I would love to try out contouring with it!
I would love to use this to add more shape to my face!
I would love to experiment more with contouring, I have a very basic compact with two shades… this looks like a new world for me 😀
I’ve never tried any Kat von d products or any contouring and this product has gotten great reviews! I really want to try it!
I do theater makeup and would love to have this for my actors. We’re doing West Side Story in April!
Go for a dewy look with the highlighters!
This is one of the prettiest contouring palettes I’ve ever seen! I’m not particularly skilled at doing contouring. But this palette has some beautiful, soft, natural shades that might actually make me be able to do some contouring in a very subtle manner.
I would use this to slim my chubby face & give myself some cheekbones 🙂
I would use it to learn how to contour because I have a very round face and I would also use it as eyeshadow 🙂
I think that I would use this as a strong contour, with a bold lip and winged eye-liner!
Been eager to try this one… looks like fun!
I love Kat Von D products, so I would love to get my hands on this. I bet it would make for great eye looks as well as contouring!
I would love to experiment doing heavier contouring and highlighting than I’ve done before.
I don’t own any contour palettes and it would be nice to experiment with something other than the original taupe blush from NYX
Having this palette would really help my contour skills!
Oh lawd, I would go ALL OUT with Lucid and Subconscious. Super-dramatic.
I would learn to cream contour with this bad boy! I currently just use my milk chocolate and some eye shadows to contour, but it’d be fun to learn with a product I don’t have to shell out for. I am a makeup enthusiast who doesn’t have the budget to support the commitment 🙂
I’d love to wear this for special occasions! Especially the highlight shades to brighten my under eyes. The contouring shades I would totally use on a daily basis to warm up my complexion.
I’m not sure how I would wear this product, because I’ve never owned a contouring palette before! I would love to learn how to do that with it if I won.
THe first time or two I wear this palette I am sure I will wear it like a clown! But I cant wait to try it out and play around with it!
I’d love to add this to my dressing room kit – so many people to practice on!
I would love to win this to figure out which shades I would need and where. I love watching videos and reading about contouring and highlighting but I’ve never actually tried it. Thanks for this great opportunity.
I’d wear it to bronze, contour and highlight. The different shades are great as I go a lot darker when I tan =) I would also use the palette as eyeshadows!
I think I’d mostly wear the lightest side. My only current face contouring product is so warm I can’t even
Ooooh this looks like fun!
i would wear it…to contour…
I have heard so many good things about this palette. This is probably a must have for this year, it’s been about contouring. I would wear this all summer long.
I’d use the banana powder under my eyes and the contour shades to shape my face.
I am new to contouring, would love to get help with this palette
I’d love to use them as eyeshadows.
I would love to win this palette so much, i have a round chubby face so I need a good sculpting powder to contour my face so I can get a nice sculpted face
I would experiment on how to accent my cheekbones!
Natural contouring ooo. And I am sucha sucker for the packaging.
I contour everyday so that would be useful for me, especially the highlighters since I am fair! :3
I would mix the two darkest shade for contour, and use the lightest color for higlight
I would like to win this gourgeous contouring and highlighting palette to shape my face