If you're looking to contour your face, you've come to the right place. We'll let you in on a secret: contouring doesn't have to be difficult! Whether you're looking to add definition or just enhance your natural features, we've got contour beginners covered with these easy-to-use picks.
Size: 0.038 oz / 1 g·ITEM: 2855716
Color: Oak - medium skin-tones with neutral undertones
$40.00
The best for PRECISE blend-able contour...I have two of these sticks (Willow and Oak) they are so good for precise nose contouring, creating a shadow around the lip to give the illusion of fullness, and it is very creamy and blendable but dries down and stays put all day. ...Favorite contour stick!...I’ve been eyeing the Victoria Beckham ones and decided to try this out, great color for nose contour, soft and easy application and wore through the day very well!
What it is: A sculpting stick that is perfect for contouring and adding definition and features a tapered tip for precise application.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Stick
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ceramides: Protects skin.
- Rice Bran Wax: Hydrates and smooths skin.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This contour stick has a creamy, blendable texture that glides smoothly onto lips, cheeks, and eyes, delivering a fresh finish.
Size: 0.25 oz/ 7.10 g·ITEM: 1925726
Color: Mocha - contour for light medium skin tones, cool undertone
$32.00
So easy for beginners to use and start playing and exploring with how to contour! ...Perfect for contouring and stays on all day!...New to Contouring
What it is:
A matte contour stick in a range of shades for all skin tones. The buildable cream-to-powder long-wear formula is lightweight and blendable.
Coverage:
✔ Medium
Formulation: Stick
Finish:
✔ Matte
Ingredient Callouts: Free of Parabens and Phthalates. This product is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What else you need to know: Magnets often use nonrenewable resources, so in December 2021, we began phasing them out of our Match Stix collections to help lower our environmental impact. Although we are removing magnets, everything else you know and love about the formula and packaging is the same.
Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2853398
Color: Half Tone - fair to light skin
$32.00
The Anastasia Beverly Hills Smooth Blur Contour-Core Shadow is a decent option for subtle, natural-looking contouring. ...Contour stick...Its blendability is pretty good and provides a good amount of shadow contouring. A little goes a long way, so far have been really liking this contour!
What it is: A gel-like, lightweight formula that blurs and blends with smooth, seamless coverage for natural definition.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Stick
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, sulfates SLS & SLES, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Ultra-smooth, undetectably blurred, and naturally radiant: This gel-like, cream formula is designed to sculpt and define features with a dewy, second-skin finish and lightweight coverage. Effortlessly achieve seamless definition with four cool-toned shades.
Size: 0.25 oz / 7 g·ITEM: 2708394
Color: 03 Tan - tan
$34.00
So easy to blend and the finish is super natural. Definitely easy for beginners. You can blend using your fingers/ brush or sponge either way it is so smooth and no patchiness....This contour stick is incredibly creamy and easy to blend, making it perfect for beginners.
What it is: A mineral SPF 30+ hybrid bronzing, sculpting stick that gives a natural satin finish.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin E: Defends against pollutants and provides antioxidants.
- Bisabolol: Calms, visibly brightens, and reduces the look of redness.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
$88.00
I would not recommend this for beginners. I wish it had face cards like Too Faced provides where they give you examples or suggestions of where you can place your product. ...The intent with this palette is to offer an all-in-one that gives dimension. An easy way for beginners to approach this is: focus the light on the center of your face, and add depth where you contour as well as the perimeter of your face.
What it is: An easy-to-use cream face palette with all you need to conceal, contour, highlight, and underpaint like a pro for a flawlessly sculpted look.
What Else You Need to Know: The palette has six shades to conceal or even out skin tone: two contour shades and four highlighters. The lightweight, comfortable formula syncs with skin for a naturally radiant finish that lasts for 12 hours, while the buildable coverage makes it ideal for all skill levels and looks.
This Set Contains:
- 6 x 0.07 oz/ 2.2 g unifying shades
- 2 x 0.07 oz/ 2.2 g contour shades
- 4 x 0.07 oz/ 2.2 g shimmery highlighters
Size: 0.12 oz·ITEM: 2711273
Color: 02 Light to Medium - light to medium skin tones
$14.00
The Sephora Collection Colorful Contour Matte Powder in 01 Fair to Light is an excellent choice for subtle, natural-looking contour. ...Beginner-Friendly!...I have never used contour before so I thought this may be a good product for a beginner to learn with.
What it is: An ultra-fine, highly pigmented matte contour powder to effortlessly sculpt and define.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Pressed Powder
What Else You Need to Know: This powder is the perfect partner for creating a quick, natural, contoured look. With its extra fine and weightless powder veil, it delivers intense and adjustable pigmentation from the first brush stroke. It comes in four cool-toned shades specially designed to create the illusion of natural shadow, adding shape and dimension to strategic areas of the face.
$38.00
. ( very beginner friendly) the blend is perfect and it is super pigmented , the only issue I had was that I picked fair which was too light for me. ...Great contouring and bronzing palette...So happy I was gifted by One/Size Beauty this gorgeous contouring and bronzing palette! So easy to use the fact that it has 3 colors makes it perfect to create the perfect contour for your face and a gorgeous bronze as well!
What it is: A matte, buildable, visible-texture-blurring trio to shade, bronze, and sculpt your face—for a touch of color to a fully contoured look.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Magnolia Bark Extract: Helps smooth fine lines and wrinkles
$52.50
Perfect for beginners...When you ask anyone who loves makeup what to get for contour, this is what they recommend. I’m still a newbie when it comes to contouring and I feel like this is really versatile and easy to work with. ...perfect for beginners!!...This was my first contour palette. It is also the only one I will ever need.
What it is: A refillable matte face contour palette with three shades for contouring and three shades for highlighting.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Wild Rose Extract, Safflower Seed Oil, and Vitamin E: Condition skin for a flawless finish.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. It is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: KVD Beauty’s iconic contour palette lets you quickly chisel and shape your features for enhanced definition, no matter your skill level. The highly pigmented, silky, blendable powders blend effortlessly to flatter every face shape. It has removable magnetic pans to refill and customize your ideal palette.