NYX professional makeup highlight & contour pro palette

roduct Overview

• The Highlight & Contour Pro Palette is a pressed‑powder face palette that includes 8 shades: a mix of contour/bronzer tones + highlight tones. 

• It is described on the NYX UK site as: “Define your features like a pro with our highlight and contour palette! Each set includes eight customisable highlighting and contouring shades …”

• The formula is listed as vegan on the UK site. 

• Ingredients list (partial) includes: Talc, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Boron Nitride, Aluminium Starch Octenylsuccinate, Lauroyl Lysine, Trimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Octyldodecyl Stearate, Zinc Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate. 

📝 How to Use

• After your foundation (and concealer), select a darker shade (the contour side) and apply to areas you want to define: hollows of cheeks, sides of nose, jawline, temples

• Then select a lighter/bright shade (highlight side) and apply to high points of the face: tops of cheekbones, brow bone, centre of forehead, chin. 

• Blend well so there are no harsh lines. Use small brush for contour, fan brush or fluff brush for highlight. The brand recommends specific brushes (e.g., PRO CONTOUR Brush & PRO FAN Brush) for best results. 

🎯 Suitable For & Benefits

Good for:

• People wanting to sculpt and highlight with one palette rather than buying separate products.

• Users who appreciate a vegan formula (as listed).

• Those who like having a variety of tones in one palette (so you can adjust for different looks/skin depths).

• Anyone looking for a relatively affordable contour/highlight option with decent variety.

Key benefits:

• Multi‑shade palette = more flexibility (you might mix contour shades depending on skin tone, or highlight shades for different finishes).

• Vegan formula is a plus if you prefer cruelty‑free.

• Widely available: listed in Pakistani online stores. For example, one retailer lists it with refills and emphasises “eight customizable highlight & contour shades”. 

⚠️ Things to Consider / Potential Drawbacks

• One common user comment (on Reddit) is that while some shades perform very well, shade range may be more suited to light‑to‑medium skin tones, and deeper skin tones may find the darkest shades too light or subtle. 

• The contour shades may lean warm; if you prefer cool/ashy contour (especially for neutral/cool undertones), you’ll want to test the shade “Sculpt” and other cool‑tones carefully. 

• As the formula is powder, if your skin is very dry, or you live in very humid climate (like Karachi) where switching between finishes may be tricky, you’ll want to ensure your skin is prepped (moisturiser, primer) so the powder doesn’t look patchy or emphasise dry areas.

• Pan size: Some users mention the pan size is smaller than some “premium” palettes, so if you use contour heavily you might go through one pan faster.

• Availability & price: Because it’s imported, local pricing may vary and authenticity should be checked (sealed packaging, batch code).

🧾 My Verdict

If I were to summarise: This NYX Highlight & Contour Pro Palette is a good value option for contouring + highlighting in one palette. It offers flexibility, a vegan formula, and decent user reviews. For someone in Karachi looking to step into more sculpting/definition makeup looks, it’s a solid choice.

However — if your skin is very deep in tone, you may want to swatch in person (or look at deeper‑shade specific contour/highlight palettes) because the shade range may not give very deep contour/bronze options. Also, prepare your skin properly given climate conditions and blend well to avoid powder look.

If you like, I can pull up swatches of this palette on South Asian/ Pakistani skin tones, check current best deals from Karachi vendors, and list 2‑3 good alternative contour/highlight palettes available locally (at a comparable or lower price) so you can compare. Would you like me to do that?