Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Contour: a Guru Score of 77%

What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Dull skin1 expert

“and it has a really pretty glowy to dewy finish [...] that looks natural and satiny once set with powder.”

Abbey Yung, watch at 12:52

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

✓Yay

"I have tried a lot of different contours, bronzers. This one has got me right now. I just love it. I love the shades that this comes in. And this shade is perfect. So many of them are so warm that they kind of look orange or they're so cool that they look gray. And this one is just the perfect shade. This shade is called Mellow. And it's not too dark, not too light. What I love about this is how easy it blends. You can't make a mistake with this."

Abbey Yung

887k subs

✓Yay

"I find this very easy to work with. I feel like it's one of those products that seamlessly blends. It's really nice. The pigment is buildable, but you can definitely build this up to a point where even once you set it with powder, you have enough pigment that comes through. You don't need to reapply on top of powder. I feel like it's plenty [...] of pigment for me."

All 2 takes from Abbey Yung

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"I find this very easy to work with. I feel like it's one of those products that seamlessly blends. It's really nice. The pigment is buildable, but you can definitely build this up to a point where even once you set it with powder, you have enough pigment that comes through. You don't need to reapply on top of powder. I feel like it's plenty [...] of pigment for me."

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"It [...] performs so well, it has really nice slip that makes it easy to blend, it is high pigment but not as high as their blushes so it is a little easier to work with, and it has a really pretty glowy to dewy finish [...] that looks natural and satiny once set with powder. The wear is great, I personally think it wears better for me than their cream bronzer stick, which was a longtime favorite."

Alexandra Anele

1.45M subs

✓Mixed

"I really love the formula and I hate the color. It's so damn red. I [...] don't know if you're more neutral it'll work for you but I just, I can't use it. I think I'm just too green to be able to get away with it. [...] I want like a real contour because this is supposed to be a liquid contour. The packaging is [...] cute, I always love her packaging."

All 2 takes from Alexandra Anele

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"I really love the formula and I hate the color. It's so damn red. I [...] don't know if you're more neutral it'll work for you but I just, I can't use it. I think I'm just too green to be able to get away with it. [...] I want like a real contour because this is supposed to be a liquid contour. The packaging is [...] cute, I always love her packaging."

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"I like the formula. I do like the formula. It feels versatile, and you know how much I love that when it comes to every product. I want versatility. I want to be able to sheer it out, and I want to be able to build it way up when I want super glam that looks nice. [...] Sometimes it's not until after I've worn it for a while that I'm like, oh, I don't know, actually. But I feel like that [...] works. In comparison to the other shades on my skin, you can see less red. It's just much more olive."

Robert Welsh

1.11M subs

✓Yay

"I do really really like this product. And this shade still has a little bit of warmth to me on my skin, but it's nice and subtle and natural. That's what we like."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Contour?

A liquid contour from Rare Beauty's Soft Pinch line, designed to sculpt and define the face with buildable color that blends easily and can be worn sheer or built up.

Is Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Contour worth it?

Mostly yes. 4 of the 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 77%.

What is Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Contour's Guru Score?

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Contour holds a Guru Score of 77%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.