NYX Professional Makeup Highlight and Contour Pro Palette

NYX Professional Makeup Highlight and Contour Pro Palette: Eight Shades for Face Sculpting

The NYX Professional Makeup Highlight and Contour Pro Palette is an eight-shade powder palette that gives you everything you need to shape, define, and brighten the face. It includes four contour shades and four highlight shades in a single refillable palette, so you can build a full sculpted face look without switching between multiple products.

Each powder blends smoothly and builds in thin layers, making it easy to create a soft, natural-looking result or a more sculpted, high-definition finish depending on how much you apply.

What the NYX Highlight and Contour Pro Palette Includes

The nyx highlight and contour pro palette gives you two distinct groups of shades designed to work together.

Four Contour Powders for Face Shaping

The four contour powders are cool and neutral in tone so they read as natural shadow rather than warmth or bronzer. Use them to:

• Add depth under the cheekbones to define the face shape
• Slim the jawline with a cooler shadow along the edges
• Reduce the appearance of a wide forehead by blending contour near the hairline
• Narrow the nose bridge with careful placement along the sides

Cool-toned contour powders work on more skin tones because they mimic the natural shadow the face already creates in low light. Blending is essential — always use a soft brush and blend until no hard edges remain.

Four Highlight Powders for a Lifted Look

The highlight shades range from soft satin to a brighter, more luminous finish. Apply them to bring light to the high points of the face and create the appearance of lift and dimension. Best placement areas:

• The tops of the cheekbones for a lifted, glowing finish
• The inner corners of the eyes to make them look more open
• The centre of the brow bone for subtle definition
• The bridge of the nose for a natural, fresh glow
• The Cupid's bow on the upper lip for a fuller appearance

NYX Contour Kit Features

• Eight powder shades — four contour and four highlight in one palette
• Cool-toned contour powders that read as natural shadow
• Highlight powders from soft satin to bright luminous finish
• Buildable formula that layers without caking or looking heavy
• Refillable palette design for a flexible and long-lasting makeup kit
• Suitable for soft everyday definition or full glam face sculpting
• Vegan formula and cruelty-free NYX Professional Makeup product

How to Use the NYX Highlight and Contour Palette

Follow these steps for a clean, blended sculpted look:

1. Complete your base makeup — foundation and concealer first.
2. Pick up a small amount of contour powder on an angled brush and tap off the excess.
3. Apply contour under the cheekbones, blending upward toward the temples.
4. Add a light layer along the jawline and at the sides of the forehead if needed.
5. Blend fully with a clean fluffy brush until no hard edges remain.
6. Apply blush over the contour area if using it, then pick up a highlight powder.
7. Press highlight onto the cheekbone tops, brow bone, and nose bridge.
8. Finish with setting spray to lock everything in place.

Where to Apply Contour Powder

For the cheekbones, suck the cheeks in lightly and follow the hollow with the brush. The contour should sit just below the actual cheekbone, not on top of it. For the forehead, stay close to the hairline and blend inward with a large brush. Avoid going too deep into the centre of the forehead or the look will read as dirty rather than sculpted.

Making the Most of Your NYX Contour Kit

The nyx highlight and contour palette works well both as a starter product and a daily go-to. Beginners can use one contour shade and one highlight shade for a simple, flattering result. More experienced users can mix shades, layer for more definition, and adjust which highlight they use depending on the look.

Pair the palette with blush between the contour and highlight for a full face look that appears dimensional and naturally flush. The refillable format means you can replace individual shades as they run out without buying the whole palette again.