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Review: Illamasqua's sculpting palette.

Hello, darls!

اسلام عليكم


Hope you guys are doing great!

So, today i'll be reviewing my currently utter favourite Illamasqua's Sculpting palette.
I have tried quite a few palettes/ individual shadows for contouring and sculpting earlier, but none crept into becoming my absolute favourite so far mainly because of a disbalance of pigmentation.

Now, just give you a slight idea of what purpose  sculpting actually serves, Contouring/ sculpting is meant to define and sharpen up your facial  features and highlight the highest points of your face to make them look more striking, whereas by  using the wrong shadows you may end up with a rather burnt/ bruised look.Lol.

I was actually looking for a balanced combination of balanced lighter-deeper tones, and this Illamasqua's palette had it all!
I recently got to try and review Illamasqua's sculpting palette which consisted of 6 versatile shades meant for sculpting and highlighting.



So, there's this wise combination of shadows like ash taupe, deep coffee, matte light peach , soft brown and champagne shimmer for highlighting.

You guys, this classic palette is exceptionally versatile because not only you can use the shadows for sculpting/ highlighting, but you may also use them for creating various eyelooks such as bombshell/neutral smoky to the classic crease cut eye looks easily.
Now, the reason's why this palette is superly versatile is because it's consistent of neutral shades which make great transitional shades as well for blending or smoking out deeper toned shadows.


Talking about the texture of the shadows, they're very well formulated with a beautiful smooth texture that adheres and sets easily on the face and is long lasting.



Below are the swatches of the shades from R-L.
Now, talking about the deeper toned shadows, i mix and blend all 3 of these to create a harmonous sculpting shade , and the sculpt/contour looks absolutely stunning.
These shadows are pretty buildable , so you may always build up the pigmentation based on the look you're going for , from light everyday natural looking sculpt to a rather dramatic contouring.
There's this more orange toned shadow which can be used in multiple ways as a blusher , bronzer for a soft sunkissed glow or a transitional shade for sculpting your eyes.

The champage shimmer shadow is to be used on the highest points of your cheeks, considering it has tiny golden sparkles in it which may be quite apparent when you look closely , i won't really use it for everyday highlighting. But, the pigmentation is beautiful and it can also be used on your eyelids as a  base colour or on the inner corners of your eyes  and that will def make your eyes pop and the whole look will stand out even more. Or, if you're going for heavy strobing, you may want to consider this shadow for a sparkly and prominent effect.

And, now, this matte soft peach shadow happens to be my most favourite of all!
I absolutely love the matte yet creamy texture of this particular shadow.
It's super pigmented and brightens the undereye area or the brow bone area up a great deal! I love the soft yellow Vanilla toned pigmentation of this shadow as it sits perfectly on the area where it's applied and goes very well with the rest of the shades.

This palette turned out to be an all rounder for me and def crept into becoming my absolute favourite in a short span of time  as it's very handy with a built in mirror and since  i can easily use it in a multiple ways from sculpting / highlighting to creating neutral bombshell or smoky eye looks :D
Honestly,Illamasqua products are a MUST try in a very fine sense of the word! Great quality products delivered with an impressive packaging and definitely worth your money! MashaAllah.

Hope you enjoyed the detailed review! I've got more amazing  Illamasqua's makeup related  individual posts coming up in sha Allah , so, stay hooked! :D


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