Liquid Sculpting and Highlighting For Oily Skin: Cathy Doll Highlighting and Shading Cushion Review, Price, Swatch

Here's a review on Cathy Doll Highlighting and Shading Cushion in Fair Skin and Honey Skin.

PRICE: P899.00

FROM: Free

OTHER LOCATIONS: Available in select SM Department Stores

THE VERDICT:

Thanks to Instagram tutorials and Kim Kardashian, everyone's pretty much into cream contouring and highlighting now; these techniques and corresponding products aren't new, but were mainly used in professional makeup artistry; today, almost every makeup lover wants to incorporate these in their makeup routine.

Some find cream products quite heavy on the skin, especially on oily skin, and a little too pigmented for their beginner contouring/highlighting skills; if you say aye to any of these problems, then check out Cathy Doll Highlighting and Sculpting Cushion, a good replacement for cream contour and highlighting products.

WHAT IS IT?

New from Cathy Doll, these highlighting and shading compacts feature a customized compact that allows for a 'one press' application on the skin. Comes in two shades.

This is the first time I've encountered a highlighting and contouring cushion compact, and it looks mighty cool! The configuration of the cushion lets you highlight and contour properly in one go, if you use the puff; more about this below.

L-R: Honey Skin; Fair Skin

There are two shades for this product: Honey Skin for warm skin and Fair Skin for...yup, you've guessed it.

Consistency is like emulsion and feels very light on the skin. Pigmentation is light to medium.

HOW IS IT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

Honey Skin on my skin

Okay, this is not what the 'one press' action (or Sponge Ditch feature, according to Cathy Doll) that I mentioned at the top of this post is supposed to look like; that technique makes use of the puff included in the compact: press the entire puff on the cushion and you'll get the same product configuration on the puff, as it is in the cushion, and dab on the skin for instant highlight and contour.

In here, I used a brush to apply the products; I prefer leaving a space between both products because I normally put blush in between the two products. If I don't use blush, then I do the 'one press' technique.

I blend both products with a stippling brush and the result is a barely there contour and highlight.

I actually like my cream/liquid highlighter and contouring products looking light because the look can end up looking dark and muddy on my skin when finally set with complementing powder products; I just need these as base to help my look last without the additional coverage because the powder products will solve those for me. However, if you like it intense, then choose cream products instead as this product is only meant to provide light to medium coverage.

For the highlighter, I prefer the one from Fair Skin compact because it shows up better on my skin.

Product set with complementing powder

Cathy Doll Highlighting and Shading Compact is good for those with oily skin because of its bearable, light consistency, good for those who are yet to perfect their contouring and highlighting skills because its pigmentation is friendly to beginners, and perfect for those who want a good base for contouring/highlighting products without providing too much coverage.

CATHY DOLL HIGHLIGHTING AND SHADING CUSHION RATING

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