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Etude House Golden Ratio Contour Maker Review
Wednesday, 20 November 2013 | 0 comments
I'm finally tackling the last couple of items off my Korea Haul list.  I've only got a couple more items and then I can move on to the rest of the reviews I should be doing hehe.  I'm gonna start writing them as drafts and just publish them each one by one as time goes by.  Since school is so busy, I hardly have time to blog anymore so hopefully this will bring some consistency to my updates.

Today I'll be reviewing Etude House's Golden Radio Contour Maker!  I don't know why it took me so long to pump this one out because this was one of the items that I was most excited for!  I love contouring my face, so when I saw this, I knew I had to get it.



It's about the size on my palm, so it's good for traveling because you get a blush, highlighter, and bronzer all in one.  On the back, there's a diagram showing you what shade goes where.  

Can we just talk about the name for a second?  As an art student, hearing "golden ratio" is just so fulfilling to me.  If you're unfamiliar with the golden ratio, it's basically a mathematical ratio that is used to produce "aesthetically pleasing" proportions.  You can see examples of this ratio in buildings and paintings, but also in nature such as your finger (the three joints in your finger and the length between each point is roughly the golden ratio), on seashells, and even in flowers.  Now you've learned something new :) 
The name is so fitting for this contour pack because why do people contour?  To bring out their features and slim down their faces to create a more pleasing structure.  Or at least, that's why I do it!

 


Like I said, inside comes with a bronzer, highlighter, and blush.  There's also a soft mini brush that comes with it which actually comes in handy.  I usually don't use applicators/brushes that come with products because they tend to be crappy but this brush's bristles are very soft and small enough to get right between your nose to help contour.  It's really handy for when you're traveling or on the go and can't bring a full-sized brush with you.


 This is how they look when swatched.  From left to right, bronzer, blush, highlighter.  I really like the bronzer because it's not as orange-y as a lot of bronzers I've come across.  It's medium pigmented so you can make subtle contours on your nose and cheeks, but you can also build on the colour if you need a more intense contour.

The blush is a satiny light peachy pink with a sheen to it.  I don't really use this blush much because I have one in a similar colour, sans sheen, which I enjoy better.  When applied on the face, I noticed it isn't as pigmented as I'd hoped, so I hardly ever use it.

The highlighter is my favourite part.  There's such a large portion of it, compared to the blush and the bronzer which makes me very happy.  It's a pinky-white shimmery highlighter and really makes your features pop when you apply it to your face.  My favourite way to use this is down the bridge of my nose.  It instantly makes my nose look taller and slimmer.  I absolutely love this highlighter.  I'd say this is a powder version of Benefit's High Beam, except High Beam leans more towards the pinker side, while this is more of a white with a pink undertone.   (High Beam is my favourite western brand highlighters but it's just so expensive!) 

Let's talk about the packaging.  I love this packaging, just like every other Etude House products.  They seem to always have the best and cutest packaging out there.  It's a plastic compact with a mirror on the inside, but if I had to critique it a little bit, I'd say it's a little too bulky.  It could be slimmed down just a tiny bit as it's about an inch thick.  Also in the the front where it snaps shut, there's no indent for your finger to help pry it open, so you kind of just have to grip it tight and pull it open.  I don't have too much trouble opening this product, but for user-friendliness, it would help.  Again, it's not too big of a deal though.

Rating: ★★★★☆  4/5

I love 2/3 of the product in here, and the one blush is just whatever; I don't really care for it but it's nice to have around if I ever needed a blush.  I've recently bought a new contour colour so instead, I've been using that.  But prior to buying that, I've been using this bronzer as my contour a lot and I've made quite an indent in it.  As for the highlighter, well, I've been using the crap out of it and I love it a lot.  It's my go-to highlighter for sure.  If I ever run out, I'd be super sad.  Does Etude House make just the highlighter on it's own?  If so, I'm definitely going to try and get one as a backup, because the highlighter is the most important part of this product for me, hehe.

Got this item?  Tried it?  Let me know what you think of it and if you like it just as much as me!  Leave a comment on my tagboard~

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