Fashion

8 Best Contour Products For All Skin Tones

by Jessica Willingham

Feb. 24, 2016

We all love a good contour. Whether you're amping up your look for a night out or contouring is your everyday, go-to technique, what's not to love about highlighting your best features. However, finding the perfect contour palette or shades can prove really difficult if you've got super light or dark skin. For those of you looking for a specific shade, here are the best contour products for all skin tones, so everyone can play.

It's been a longtime complaint for very pale and very dark-skinned girls — most makeup companies do not create products for all skin tones. Middle of the road, warm-toned skinned gets all the glory while women on the polarized ends of skin tones get left behind. Boo.

Luckily, we are in a new age of makeup. More and more products are being created to flatter everyone (think of the neutral, universal blush "Orgasm" by NARS). And, we finally see very pale and very dark skin highlighted online by YouTube vloggers or companies like MAC. That goes for contour, too! Palettes are created to universally flatter all skin tones, so everyone can get in on the hot makeup trend.

Typically, cool tones more naturally mimic the shadows cast by high cheekbones. Cool tones are the contouring favorites, compared to their warmer cousins: bronzers. If you're a contouring newb, here's a good rule of thumb: You want to find a cool-toned matte shade that is a two to three shades darker than your natural skin tone.

Below are a few of my favorite inclusive brands, palettes, and products.