According to many makeup enthusiasts, it's a necessity, upon using it I see why- packed into two rows of 3, 3 are a highlighters & 3 are bronzers, of which you can get a powder formula or a cream formula, I have the powder formula. I have the medium to tan kit, which has a good quantity of product, with quality to match. This palette is a must have and I'd seen so many rave reviews, which in turn lured me to purchsse this. They haven't yet and I do regret buying this palette - it was quite pricey and liking 1/6 of the powders isn't enough to justify that price for me. I've really only kept this around for the banana shade and the hope that the other shades will work for me. I find that they blend into nothing and don't find them to be positive or negative, just kind of there.

The other two powders in the top row don't really do a lot for me. I can never get it to blend nicely and it always looks a bit muddy on my face, no matter how much product I use or what brush or how much I blend or how much I don't etc. The middle bottom would be the perfect contour shade for me, but I find it to be super patchy compared to the others. I've tried using a very light hand and still had the same results, it's just the colour of both those powders. Even used as bronzer, instead of contour, I find that they just look too warm and I hate how it looks. I'm quite pale, but even when I use with fake tan I still find them unusable.

They're both super warm and look almost red on my skin. My problem with the left bottom and right bottom shades is the actual colour of them. You don't need to use a lot of product and they build up nicely. I like the formula of them (apart from the bottom middle, which I found to work differently for some reason?) They are very pigmented, but are still quite easy to blend. The bottom row is unusable for me though, which is a shame because those shades were the reason I bought the palette. It's one of the best banana powders I've used and it looks great on my skin.

Anastasia beverly hills contour kit