This $21 Sephora Collection MicroSmooth Baked sculpting Contour Trio Is Sublime
The Sephora Collection MicroSmooth Baked sculpting Contour Trio in Sublime ($21)
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Sephora’s $21 MicroSmooth sculpting Contour Trio in Sublime is a genius relocation if you’ve been lusting after the hourglass Ambient lighting Powders but can’t bear the thought of dropping 45 large on a single pan.
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Wearing Sublime on my cheeks and MAC candy Yum Yum on my lips
Sublime, one of six $21 Baked sculpting Contour Trios in the newish Sephora Collection, consists of one pan with three shades — a luminizer for highlighting, a matte-satin bronzer for defining and contouring, and a matte-satin blush for cheek color.
At least, that’s how it’s designed, with those three functions in mind, and I’m sure lighter skinned lasses can probably use it that way, but I think of this trio as mainly a highlighting palette, which is where the hourglass Ambients come into play.
Sublime with all three shades mixed together (far left) and three shades swatched individually (on the right)
Two of the three shades in Sublime are nearly identical twins of two amazing hourglass Ambient shades. Specifically, Sublime’s lightest shade (the one developed for highlighting) is the spitting image of the champagne pearl Ambient Powder in luminous Light, while Sublime’s darkest shade, the sun-kissed golden beige, could headline a show in vegas as a Radiant Light impersonator.
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And Sublime’s pink middle shade also reminds me of a warmer version of sheer lavender pink hourglass Ambient Powder in mood Light.
Sublime with all three shades mixed together on the far left, and its three shades swatched individually on the right
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The special sauce is Sublime’s finish. All three of its powders impart the same soft candlelit glow (more of a soft glow than a frosty shimmer, so it plays well with my pores) that I love the hourglass Ambients for, and it’s something I haven’t seen at numerous other brands.
I think this pan is a steal at $21, and worthy of jumping in your hot tub time device and going back to yesterday to get, so that you could already have it on your cheeks best meow.
If Sublime sounds…sublime, it’s available now at Sephora stores and online.