Sleek MakeUP isn’t the most instantly recognizable beauty brand out there, but their Cream Contour Kit has certainly been able to make a name for itself out there. With so much love backing this product, how does it do overall?
We really appreciate all the choices you have access to at your fingertips when you’re using this product. In terms of sculpting the face, six seems like a very appropriate number of shades in each colorway to be contouring, bronzing, and highlighting with—just enough flexibility to find the right color, but not too many that you just end up feeling overwhelmed by the abundance. In terms of formula, the textures of these creams are delightful. The texture is what makes the product very conducive to application, allowing you a bit of extra room even to blend and sheer out the product should you need to. We also like that the finishes of these creams feel so well-balanced, right in what we feel is the “sweet spot” between matte and glowy to help you attain a very natural look to your makeup. Finally, these products are also particularly long-wearing, especially for creams, whose usual wear times usually tend to be quite a bit less.
But despite all we love about this kit, we also do have a few things we’d like to point out about it. First, despite the product’s creamy texture, we find it just a little bit difficult to pick up on a brush despite our best efforts. We found ourselves having to go back and forth between our faces and the pan because once we tried to get it on the skin, we realized there just wasn’t a lot of product on the brush. Also related to this issue, but something that definitely deserves to be called out on its own is the lack of pigmentation. Once you’re able to build up the colors of this palette, sure it looks great, but it just bummed us out a little bit because it was just adding extra time on top of our already-extensive makeup routines.
Despite this palette’s issues, though, we’d say we thoroughly enjoyed the experience of using it. All around, we just think it looks great even if we did have a few contentions about its formula.
SUITABLE FOR: All skin types.
Other Information
- The Sleek MakeUP Cream Contour Kit is available in three colorways: Light, Medium, and Dark.
