When I bought this palette, I thought I could use those two big pans for contour and blush. I was wrong. Those two colors are too pigmented to be used as blush and contour and are a little hard to blend on my face, too. So I guess, no matter the pan size, those two colors are meant to used only on the eyes (or so I suggest). I don't have any other issues with matte colors, they're quite nice on the eyes, except I still think they could be more blendable. Now about the glitter shadows. Some have really big, chunky glitters and they fall out like crazy, so I suggest you do your eye look first, then clean up your face and do the foundation.