![]() My current favorite is the Lune + Aster Sunset Bronzer and Blush for light contouring because you don’t need to rub for 30 minutes trying to get it to blend. Though I love That Wet Look, I usually contour with powder kits because they blend better. ![]() I’d compare their consistency to the Clinique Chubby Stick Sculpting Contour, which I own and use maybe once every month for the same reason. I can feel them on top of my skin like a slick of hardened bacon drippings. ![]() The sticks are creamier than they are waxy, which allows them to blend pretty easily, but they’re not silken. Though my hair has been washed recently, note that my eyebrows are tattooed onto my face. So I panic-researched every ingredient on Beautypedia and, surprisingly, there’s nothing in here that will kill you, not even the common-but-terrifying-sounding “dimethicone.” That’s TWO cones of meth! Ever since I got a formal diagnosis of keratosis pilaris on my cheeks, I’ve been a freak about ingredients. When the kit came, I suddenly got nervous. Can three pieces be a kit? Can Kylie Lip Kits, which are two pieces, be kits? No. Nice product design! Should I start using this as a going out clutch, as Glossier suggests we do with its culty pink bubble bags? Inside was a double-ended cream (sorry, créme) contour stick in two shades, a double-ended highlight stick in matte and shimmer, and a double-ended brush with a kabuki brush and sponge (a friend of mine has pointed out that it looks exactly like a butt plug).īriefly: Let’s talk about “kit” rhetoric. What I received, fairly expediently, was a chic taupe-on-taupe-on-taupe plastic bag, which housed the kit. I didn’t consult with my financial advisor (my dad), but I’m sure he’s proud of the frugality and common sense he instilled within his children. Then I thought about overnighting my sister’s kit to her, but the UPS store told me it was $77, so instead I chose 10-day shipping, and still somehow spent $30 on it. So, out of nostalgia and maybe sadness, I bought one for myself and one for my sister, who was “at her job” during launch and unable to surf the net for Kim’s fine wares. ![]() Then I watched Kim and Mario Dedivanovic’s natural rapport in this video, and thought, F riendship used to be fun, too! Remember how this used to be fun? I thought. I suffered through 33 minutes of this Kim and PatrickStarrr video and thought about nihilism almost exclusively, until the very end, when I thought about Kim’s cheekbones. So, when Kim posted a video of her new contour sticks in action last month, it felt like seeing a high school acquaintance at a bar in the town I grew up in over Thanksgiving weekend, where the interaction is a little dreaded but there’s an undercurrent of smug glory in knowing I’ve changed and she hasn’t.Ĭontouring videos are mostly the same as they were in 2013. I watched makeup tutorials for pleasure before moving to New York, before Trump, before getting an MFA in freelance beauty writing. So why now, Kiki? Are you watching your throne? Do you feel like the person you once were has been voided, that you can’t access her anymore, that you’ll do anything to get her back, including reverting to your younger self? Also, last May, Kim said she was over officially over contouring or, at the very least, was wearing less makeup and looking for a simpler routine. Kylie capitalized on the art of the Instagram-promoted makeup line and is the star of her own E! show in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians slot now. Kim’s the queen of the internet and the queen of contouring, sure, but doesn’t it kind of seem like she’s hanging off the coattails of Kylie Jenner’s itty-bitty sweatshirt on this one? Seems literally so rude. The timing of Kim Kardashian’s contour kit seems off. Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage via Getty Images
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