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@bykristinastudio reviewing M.ph Underpainting Face Palette at 08:17 in a YouTube Shorts videoUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette"I've been using the underpainting technique with this foundation. There's just something so beautiful about this combination. It's perfection."$64.00

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Underpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
4.9Variant: LightUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
  • “I love this product so much. I think it is very elegant”21:07–21:13
  • “It is quite emollient and the pigment is not intense”21:10–21:20
  • “It's not like vava voom pigment and it blends quite nicely which is why I love this so much”21:20–21:26
  • “When I do an underpainting kind of style of makeup, I don't want too much product. I don't want heaviness and this is perfect for that”21:26–21:34
  • “I get so much use out of this palette. I have learned to use it and so it takes me no time to do my makeup when I use this product and it truly shapes my face really well”21:50–21:58
  • Source: Top 25 Beauty Releases of 2025 - Dec 27, 2025
Tania B. WellsTania B. Wells64K subscribers
4.8Underpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
Dacey CashDacey Cash517K subscribers
4.8Variant: MediumUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
  • “I've kind of put this in my everyday makeup routine and ever since I've got it, I've made it my duty to use it every single day so that I can review it for you in a couple weeks”0:03–0:08
  • “I do use it for underpainting because I think it works well like that, but I think it actually looks the best on top of makeup”6:10–6:14
  • “I actually use every single shade in this palette quite often, except for this last shade right here”7:19–7:28
  • “I feel like putting it on top of makeup gives me a little bit more of the result that I want in terms of it just being as dramatic as I like for like a contoured and highlighted look”7:36–7:44
  • “If you do it underneath your makeup, you get that more subtle kind of like buttery skin”7:51–7:55
  • “I also really like the little bit of color corrector mixed with highlight number one. And you can pop that right along the side of the nose”7:57–8:04
  • “This kind of gives you that like photoshopped in real life type of look in the center of the face”8:06–8:12
  • “These also have a blurring effect on the skin”8:10–8:17
  • Source: What's in my everyday makeup bag - Sep 6, 2025
Dacey CashDacey Cash517K subscribers
4.7Variant: MediumUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
  • “This is one that has definitely grown on me”
  • “I have been loving this for a lot of customization because this essentially is giving me a contour, a bronzer, a concealer, and a color corrector all in one”
  • “I love the fact that you have bronzers and contours and concealers and color correctors that are all the same textures, the same formulas, so they work seamlessly with each other”8:06–8:13
  • “I have been really loving this as a first step”8:17–8:23
  • Source: My current favorite beauty products I can't stop using - May 25, 2026
By Kristina StudioBy Kristina Studio66K subscribers
4.7Variant: MediumUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
  • “These shade range are just perfect for my skin”2:44–2:50
  • “This concealer shade is just perfect for my light medium with neutral olive skin”2:54–3:01
  • “This four shade is just perfect neutral contour slash bronzer color that looks really good on my face and also to contour my lips”2:58–3:06
  • “It goes really smoothly and creamier than other like this type of palette out there”3:09–3:16
  • “It just looks very natural with the light to medium coverage that perfect for everyday makeup look”3:22–3:25
  • “I have dry skin, so I love using this type of cream products”3:25–3:31
  • “If you have oily skin, you might find this products a little bit too hydrating or a little bit too oily for your skin, but for me, it's just perfect concealer or contour palette”3:29–3:36
  • Source: Sephora Sale Recommendations: What's Actually Worth Buying - Apr 11, 2026
Haley KimHaley Kim1.4M subscribers
4.7Variant: LightUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
Haley KimHaley Kim1.4M subscribers
4.5Underpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
  • “That Mary Phillips palette is so easy to travel with. The colors make a lot of sense”17:29–17:34
  • “I do think that it works as an underpainting palette, but I mostly just use it as a bronzer and contour palette”17:44–17:49
  • “When I'm looking at my collection and all of the things that I would typically use, I'm so much more likely to throw that Mary Phillips palette into my bag versus all of my other steps just because it does so many things and uses up so little space”17:54–17:58
  • “It is a traveling companion. It's lovely”18:10–18:14
  • Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Kackie Reviews BeautyKackie Reviews Beauty139K subscribers
4.5Variant: LightUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
Sophie 🎀Sophie 🎀1.9K subscribers
4.5Variant: LightUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
  • “I love this from the palette. This color is a really good for color correcting”7:16–7:24
  • “It's a really good product. It's high performing”
  • “As a makeup artist, I love this. This is going to be so useful to my makeup kit”10:48–10:57
  • “For personal use, I prefer the House Labs contour stick or my Westminatellier contour stick because there is just something so easy when you just draw the lines on the face”10:59–11:07
  • Source: New makeup releases review and demo - Mar 1, 2026
Ali AndreeaAli Andreea1.4M subscribers
4.5Variant: Lightest ShadeUnderpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette
  • “I am pleasantly surprised by the new lightest shade, which is fair, in the Mary Phillips Underpainting Palette. Very, very pleased with this”32:00–32:06
  • “I think that the pink is a little bit off even for like an undereye brightener for me, but maybe with another look it would make more sense, but all of the other shades are way more useful for me now that I've tried them than even the first colorway of this that I tried”
  • “As I was contouring with it and everything, I just felt like, oh yeah, no, this is something that doesn't feel intimidating at all for me to use. It's something that I could see using every single day cuz it's just that easy”32:23–32:31
  • “I really appreciate that she is expanding the shade range, but if this is the ideal colorway for me, a person who is light neutral, I'm not fair fair fair neutral kind of thing or fair fair fair anything. We still have room to grow, I should say, and we can see that she's making an effort, so there is room to grow”32:37–32:42
  • Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
Kackie Reviews BeautyKackie Reviews Beauty139K subscribers
Brand note

m.ph by Mary Phillips is a celebrity makeup artist's line that leans into wearable, skin-friendly textures — think lip liners that glide on matte with good pigment, and foundations that dry down to a blurring, slightly powder finish. The Overliner Lip Liner Pencil is the standout, often compared to Victoria Beckham and MAC Spice, with shades like Skinny Dip and Cowgirl getting specific love. The foundation and contour palette also get positive mentions for their blendability and natural-looking results, though the foundation may not self-set for those who prefer a soft matte.

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