9 products that make contouring easy

Make Up Forever Pro Sculpting Palette 

The Make Up Forever brand is a Kylie Jenner favourite, and so it should be with this incredible contour kit! 

The four tones are perfect for contouring and highlighting, and the shimmer section is especially great if you're planning to party!  

Marc Jacobs #Instamarc Light-Filtering Contour Powder

If you are worried that your contour might look a little too obvious, the Marc Jacobs compact kit with creamy powders might just be the right one for you. 

It is easy to blend and comes in three different shades, ensuring that you don't accidentally overdo your defining look. 

Maybelline Master Contour V-Shape

Can't be bothered with palettes? Pick up one of these cost effective 2-in-1 contour stick instead for a quick but effective make-up fix. One of end, you can use the matte contour to enhance your look, while the other end is a highlighter. One applied, the creamy texture of the pens makes it easy to blend even with your fingers (especially when you're on the go!)

Draw on the areas you wish to focus on. Define with the contour cream, illuminate with the highlighter then blend with your fingers.

Rimmel London Sculpting Palette by Kate #002

The Sculpting Palette is made up of three powder shades; a highlighter, shading powder and blush. The colours create an au natural look, but can be built-up if you're in party mode! 

This Palette, which is perfect for anyone on a budget, has the bonus of including a blusher so complete your look. 

Smashbox Step by Step Contouring Kit

Smashbox's Step by Step kit is a firm favourite among fans of the contour, just because it is so simple to use, so compact that it makes it easy to carry around with you, and comes with a small brush so you will never be caught out. 

The set comes with instructions on how to use the product, and Smashbox also has its own YouTube guides if you need more of a visual aid on how to contour like a pro. Depending on the size of your brush, the product is perfect to create shape on your cheeks, nose and jawline. 

Stila Shape & Shade Custom Contour Duo

The Stila Shape & Shade kit boasts of blurring imperfections for the best kind of coverage, and lasting all day long. 

For the best results, use with a sculpting brush to perfect the look! 

Laura Mercier Flawless Contouring Palette

The Laura Mercier palette has the most varied range on the list, and is made up of three varied matte contour shades with a light and dark cream highlighters, giving you that dewey yet flawless beauty look.  

NARs Contour Blush – Olympia

One up from a blusher (but so much more!), the NARs contour blush gives you two tones to shade your cheeks all in one go! 

From darker bronzes to light rose, this small but effective palette is perfect for every skin tone, and is a must-have to add that finishing touch to your look! 

Real Techniques Sculpting Set and Miracle Sculpting Sponge  

Your contour is only as good as the brushes you use for it, and Real Techniques are well known to brilliant and, to make things even better, they have a set specifically meant to improve your contour game. With the Sculpting Set, the setting brush is perfect to sculpt and highlight, the fan brush lets your apply your bronzer with ease, and the finishing brush blends the look and enhances your incredible contour!

Added bonus: Miracle sponges are one of the hottest make-up must haves this year, just because they are so easy to use and make your look flawless. Real Techniques have brought out a miracle sculpting sponge specifically for contouring, which has a large side for your contour, and a smaller side to highlight.