Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, then you know that Kim Kardashian launched a highly anticipated contour/highlighter kit under her KKW Beauty label. The Creme Contour Highlight Kits sold out in less than two hours (!!!). The first color sold out in seven minutes — boom!
Luckily, I got my hands on the goods and had some time to play around with these coveted kits. And, in one word, obsessed. Who knew that contouring could be this fun and easy"! I’m no pro yet, but I’ve certainly been practicing, and, as they say, practice makes perfect.

Each kit comes with three products: a dual-sided contour (a lighter shade and a darker shade), a dual-sided highlighter (a matte finish and a shimmer finish), and a dual-sided brush (a sponge side and a bristled, kabuki-style side, which Kim modeled after her favorite MAC kabuki brush that was discontinued). So, you actually get six products, but who’s counting (uh, everyone). The kits come in four shades: light, medium, dark, and deep dark. Each kit sells for $48. The thing about using cream formulas to contour is that you have more flexibility with the layering of the colors. And you can use your fingers to blend, which is always a bonus. But these contour shades are actually shaped like a thick pen with a pointy tip (more on the tip later) so you can apply directly to your face, without a brush or a finger. The formula is much sheerer than it looks in the stick, so should you mak...