Stila Shape & Shade Custom Contour Duo in Light and Contour Brush

These days, contouring is STILL all the rage. Different from most brands, stila has released a CREAM contour duo (instead of a powder). I've been trying to make myself look more sculpted with the  stila Shape & Shade Custom Contour Duo ($52) plus the Custom Contour Brush. 

There are three shade options of the Stila Shape & Shade Custom Contour Duo - light, medium and dark. Kaci Harabedian (stila, Executive Director International Sales) matched me to Light... which seems to be just right. The highlight shade actually seems darker than what I'm used to but it's still lighter than my skintone. As for the contour, it's quite warm/orangey. I'm very yellowy, so this works for me as a contour OR bronzer but if you're cooler-toned then beware. 

The cream texture is really, really nice. It's smooth, soft, and easy to blend. If you apply to much product, blending motions could quite possibly make the product disappear from your face. Stila says that the product has imperfection-blurring properties and the texture of the Shape and Shade Duo kind of reminds me of what I'd want to feel from a cream foundation (though the contour duo has no coverage). Lasting power is ~6-7 hours which is decent, especially for a cream product. Note that it's a cream-to-powder formulation so it's matte and not slippy on the face. 

As for the brush, it's super dense (basically perfection for blending out the Contour Duo). The large side fits snugly underneath my cheekbone, however I find the smaller side a little weird to use because all the weight is distributed to the larger side. While the brush is nice, I find dual ended items annoying to store. Plus, the Shape & Shade Custom Contour Duo blends just fine with fingertips.