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colour · layer weight 1

Powder contour

Cool-toned shadow with a harder edge and longer hold.

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

31

consider · 48 of 52

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

  • Holds up against sebum movement.
  • Set an undertone first — a warm contour reads as dirt, not as bone.
  • At this hand skill a contour stick is the achievable version of this step.
Evidence · signed weights (they add up to 31)
  • +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 · Sebum behaviourHow this texture behaves on combination skin.
  • -7 · Shadow temperature unknownContour fails on temperature before it fails on placement, and no undertone has been stated.
  • -6 · Coverage matchDelivers 15 against your appetite of 30.
  • -4 · Film costEvery unit of opacity load costs points.
Coverage delivery
15
Sebum behaviour
2
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 · Fenty Beauty Match Stix Matte (powder-set) · Anastasia Contour Powder · Jane Iredale Bitty Bronzer (cool)

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