I like this contouring palette. The packaging doesn't handle travel super well, at least mine didn't. There was nothing protecting the mirror inside. The application is decently smooth without being too pigmented (which I don't like in my contours). I don't know that the lighter color did anything for me. The only thing I would have preferred is if the product was either facing the opposite direction like ((( or straight lines |||. It would be easier to use being right-handed.