Not that I'm massively into contouring, but when I saw Catrice added a creamy version of a contour product in their permanent range, I wanted to try it because there weren't that many cream contours in our drugstores. Well in the next few months I ended up with three, all drugstore. I own Catrice's powder version which I quite like, so I hoped this will be good too and when I swatched it the shop, I loved how taupe the shading stick looked, so great for my pale skin. However, I ended up not liking it as much as the powder version, at least as far as the contour side is concerned, but the highlighter is lovely and it reminds me of an old favourite. I have the version for light skin.

Texture: Both sides very creamy and pigmented, though the contour is a bit creamier. Both blend with ease when I use the Real Techniques contour brush, in fact you have a lot of time to blend it because it takes long to set and this ease of blending turned out to be a minor minus because it blends into a too large area. Using a precise, thin brush is a better idea at this product, but with fingers it's just not working and it looks messy and patchy. The highlighter isn't an issue at all and it blends well with all tools.
Contour: The shade is a taupe colour than is leaning more to brown than grey. Compared to the shade from the powder duo, it's a lot more pigmented, darker and warmer, while compared to Taupe by NYX it's a lot more brown. It's a bit too warm for my skin tone, even though on the...