So I haven't tried any contouring & highlighting palettes before except for testing a swatch of the Anastasia Beverley Hills contour kit but I heard really good things about the Australis contouring palette so during the Priceline sale I decided to purchase one.
I never really knew until I first tried it that everyday I actually contour my face, not bronze it. This is because I apply bronzer underneath my cheekbone rather than along it. I've always liked applying bronzer this way because I always noticed that my face would look slimmer and my cheekbones would look more prominent.
The Packaging 8/10
It's black, light and nice to look at. The only downfall is the quality of the packaging which is low in my opinion. But it isn't too big which is something I love about it. It's also really slim, but what palette isn't nowadays?
The Colours
There are three highlighting colours and three contouring colours. And they're all different for different skin tones, which is nice. I use the last highlighting colour as it's the only shimmery colour but it's also gorgeous and I use the middle contouring colour as it's the least orange/red looking colour. They're both fairly pigmented but most importantly are really blendable.
The other colours I rarely use and I can only think of using these if I am doing someone else's makeup.
The Product 8.5/10
Again, I haven't tried any contouring kits before, but I must say that I love this palette and use it on a daily basis. As the contouring colour is matte it creates a beautiful illusion of shadows on the face and the highlighter brings a gorgeous sheen on my cheek bones and other areas of highlighting.
Lastly, on the back of the palette there are directions on how to contour and highlight which I think was really useful!
Price/Value 9/10
You're really getting six products in one palette for RRP $16AUD but if you're lucky you can get on sale for $10AUD!
I'm totally loving this kit too! It's hard to find contouring products in general in the drugstore, let alone entire palettes! This along with their fresh and flawless pressed powder are two of my HG face products.
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The contouring shades are so pigmented! I learned the hard way to apply only the tiniest bit if I wanted to avoid looking muddy haha. I also like the middle shade the best because it's cool-toned and looks the most natural but sometimes I like to switch it up and grab the bottom left to contour too. The last shade I rarely use, but if I ever want a pigmented bronzer...