My new favorite contouring shade, Mac's Taupe blush!

Like most people I have been on the search for the best shade to use for contouring. With all these crazy pallets and new things coming out telling me "this is the best for contouring!" sometimes they can be to orange, or even too brown. I have learned over the years that even though bronzers and all of those kind of products are okay for contouring, sometimes they can make your skin look dirty, too orange, or if you are really pale like myself, you can't pull it off that well.

Now I have used bronzers for this a lot, but over the last year I have been using more shades that don't bronze my skin but can actually give that effect I look for when I contour, nothing to crazy like most people do, but still pretty natural (as you can get with doing that) so it doesn't really look like I sculpted my face to look thinner, it just sort of looks that way on its own. I have gotten a few products to work (my go to being my IT cosmetics My Sculpted face), but it wasn't until I tried Mac's Taupe that I decided, nothing else will do. And this is why. 

Unlike most shades that most people use to contour (or that "contour duos or pallets have) Mac's taupe blush is a grey/brown (duh a taupe) its not a orange brown that can make you look like a umpa lumpa or REALLY tan. When used (with a light hand this crap is PIGMENTED!) it shades the skin to make it look like what you want it to look like when contour, sunken in (when i say that it sounds dead, I don't mean dead guys!). thinner. Because its not a orange brown and more grey, it mimics the skin better and looks more real, and natural. Sure it looks like you are wearing makeup but it doesn't scream "damn she has on a ton of browner" when a very light hand this can make a big effect on the makeup you put on. It also is that natural shade that it won't clash with any blush or eye look you are doing. it just sort of "goes with your skin". 

What also makes this product great is how it blends, it is matte which at first I thought this is going to be a bitch to blend, but really it blends really well and looks seamless on the skin. I was very impressed.

So basically I never want to use anything else to contour with ever again, seriously this may be all I need, its perfect for my skin tone (and even a few shades darker) its not ashy or to orange, its perfect. I highly recommend if you haven't picked up this blush, you should, its a must have!