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Cream contour

Places a cool shadow where the face should recede.

Layer weight · A film is one continuous layer sitting on the skin. Layer weight is the 0–3 opacity this object adds.

Fit against your current edit

20

hold · 51 of 52

50 is neutral: nothing known for it, nothing known against it. Everything above and below is listed under the score.

  • Can slide or go patchy on oilier zones.
  • Set an undertone first — a warm contour reads as dirt, not as bone.
Evidence · signed weights (they add up to 20)
  • +50 · Neutral startEvery product type starts here. Above 50 the profile argues for it; below, against.
  • -9 · Hand skillFree-hand shadow placement is the least forgiving thing on the desk.
  • -7 · Coverage matchDelivers 14 against your appetite of 30.
  • -7 · Shadow temperature unknownContour fails on temperature before it fails on placement, and no undertone has been stated.
  • -4 · Film costEvery unit of opacity load costs points.
  • -3 · Sebum behaviourHow this texture behaves on combination skin.
Coverage delivery
14
Sebum behaviour
-1
Dry flex
2
Minutes
3

On the desk

No priced formulas in this type yet. The named examples below are architecture notes, not a shopping list.

Named examples · Westman Atelier Face Trace · Kosas Sculpted Creamy Contour · Rose Inc Cream Blush Refillable (cool shades)

96 houses seed examples. Houses are positioning notes, not rankings.