Sephora Collection Blush To Go Blush Stick Review - 09 Miss Gorgeous

Hello again friends!!

Today I'm showing you all swatches and my thoughts on a new blush stick I bought from Sephora.

I have the shade 09 Miss Gorgeous, which is a nice Reddish Pink.

This blush is a cream to powder. As I blend it, I can feel it turning powdery. It's a cool feeling!

This is a more sheer cream blush. So I'd highly recommend this to blush beginners!! I have to do two and a half layers of this, to get my desired flush.

I use a MAC 159, a duo fiber blush brush and I'll lightly stipple this onto my cheek bones.

It doesn't move my foundation when i use a brush. But when I blend with my fingers it DOES move my foundation.

Lasting power is usual of the cream blush for me. Around 5 hours, when set.

Overall: 7.5/10.

Urban Decay Jean Michel Basquiat Blush Palette Review + Swatches

Hello!!!

I'v been deciding if I should post this, for a good week or two. But I figured since this is still available on Sephora Canada. I'll post it!

X-Rated is a matte cool, light pink blush
Now's The Time is a shimmery golden highlight
Jawbone is a matte warm medium brown bronzer
NoHo is a matte purple/plum blush

To cut to the chase, I LOVE this palette! It's my favorite cheek palette to date. I'v hit pan on Jawbone, because I use it every single day to add warmth and definition to my cheeks and.

I use NoHo the most out of the two blushes. But X-Rated is still stunning!!

These blend, and buff out easily. I don't feel like I need to bring out the big guns to blend them out.

They aren't SUPER powdery to the point I have to lightly tap my brush into the pan. But they aren't stiff or hard.

I would recommend this palette for light medium to medium tan skintones. I'v seen swatches of this palette on deep dark skin. And the two blushes were definitely ashy looking!!

Overall: 9/10

Benefit Dandelion and Bella Bamba Blushes Review

Hello friends!! Today we're going to be chatting about one of my all time favourite blushes, and one that I'm neutral on.

I was given four samples of Benefits popular boxed blushes. Coralista (which I'v finished! It has like the edges left in the pan!), Hoola (which I gave away to my best friend), Dandelion, and Bella Bamba!

Here's a swatch and review of the two I have left!

Dandelion is a light, baby pink with silver shimmer throughout it lightly.

Bella Bamba is a watermelon pink with a silvery sheen and shimmer.  

The top is 3 swipes of Dandelion, and the bottom is one swipe of Bella Bamba.

I'm a massive fan of Bella Bamba, it's such a beautiful bright pink on my warm, light medium skin. It's effortless in the summer!!

I'm pretty neutral on Dandelion to be honest. It's sheer, and doesn't build up well. And barely shows up, even on my current light skin. It's also a touch powdery!

Overall: I'm GUTTED that Bella Bamba has been DC. I'm using her sparingly until I can find a good dupe!!

Clinique Cheek Pop Blushes Review

Hey guys! Today we're going to take a look at my Clinique Cheek Pop Blushes!

I ADORE this formula. It's so so fine, and creamy, it looks like a nice cream blush on the cheeks, They're finely grained, and blend out so beautifully. I have two shades I would consider as "not easy to work with" And I can just slap these on pretty much no problem!

I have 04 Plum Pop, and 07 Cola Pop.

Plum Pop is a cool toned plummy pink, with a glowy finish. But it has zero visible shimmer!

Cola Pop is a Satiny Burnt warm red! It's less glowy than Plum Pop. But still not a matte at all!

For Plum Pop I use a fluffy blush brush and really work it into my skin for a innocent cool flush, But for Cola Pop I find, for my lighter skin, I need to take a duo fiber blush brush and use that to lightly deposit colour onto my cheeks!

These are perfect summer blushes. They blend so easily, and look so nice and fresh on the cheeks! I highly recommend them!!!

Price: $29

Amount: 3.5G

Pros: Super easy to blend out, great pigmentation, works well on my oily skin, lasts 12 hours.

Cons: There's really only Cola Pop, and Maybe Berry Pop for super rich, dark skinned lovelies. So that sucks! I wish there was more deep colours!

Overall: 9.5/10

Annabelle's Blush Review

Hey friends!!

We're talking about awesome Canadian brands again today!!

Specifically Annabelle's blushes!

I own three of them. But I can only find one right now, (I'm moving my bedroom around, and reorganizing my makeup set up!!)

I own one Satiny Light pink, one lightly shimmery peachy shade, and then the one i'm showing today! A shimmery cranberry!

I love these blushes so much, they last all day on my oily skin, I can reapply powder overtop of them without them getting patchy and muted looking. And they blend out super easily, even the satin one!

You can see, this particular blush, doesn't sheer out super super easily. So I suggest a lighter hand then you think for applying this!! I'm able to buff it out, and pick up product super easily though.

Amount: 3G

Price: $7.95

Overall: 7/10

ELF Blush and Bronzer Duo Review

Hey friends!!

Today we're going to look at one of my favourite cheek products!!

This is the ELF Blush and Bronzer duo compact! It contains a shimmery light golden brown bronzer, and a light glittery cotton candy pink blush.

I LOVE the bronzer in this compact!! It gives my skin warmth, so I don't look flat or dead,

But I REALLY Love mixing them together! I'll just take a fluffy blush brush, and dab it back and forth into both pans. and then buff it onto my cheeks. And it adds a warm, peachy glow to my cheeks! I'm obsessed!

Amount: I threw out the box It came in, so I have no clue. Shoot!

Price: $5

Pros: Super blendable, soft, and easy!

Cons: Not dark skinned friendly! I wish ELF would come out with more shades in this formula!!

Avon Ideal Luminous Blush Review

Hello!! Today we're talking Blush! Avon blush to be exact.

I remember, my very first blush. It was a very very light, cool, baby pink from Avon! It looked HORRID on my then NC30 skintone. It looked like chalk on me. Ahaha!

This is a totally different blush though!! This blush suits me and is beautiful!!

I have Avon's Luminous Blush in the shade Warm Flush. It's a beautiful, pigmented, shimmery, hot pinky coral!

It blends like a dream, I run my fluffy blush brush along the pan, then tap it off, and apply to my cheeks and bam! I end up with a warm, glowing, coraly flush that lasts all day on my oily cheeks!

Price: $12

Pros: I'v used this on a NW50 person before, and it wasn't ashy! It looked like a hint of pink and glow on her. So I'm very happy that it would work for my dark skin friends!

Cons: This shade would be very easy for fair skin to over do! I find I go a little hard on it sometimes on my Light/Medium skin.

Amount: 6.23G

QUO Prismatic Face Palette + Original Face Palette Reviews

Hello friends!!

Today we're talking about two AWESOME face palettes!

I own the original QUO Face palette, and then the year after that they came out with the Prismatic face palette.

I personally adore them both, and they're both great for travel. But I like the Prismatic face palette slightly more, as it has a mirror in the packaging, and I prefer the bronzer's golden tones in it as well.

Here is pictures and swatches of the Prismatic face palette: 

Blush: It's a soft warm pink It's slightly powdery, but if you tap off your brush it's perfect! It's not hard at all to blend as well!

Highlight: This is a VERY intense highlight. Like, I'm talking even i, queen of the intense highlight need to tap it off and really buff it in. But once it's all buffed into the cheeks, it's STUNNING. And as you can tell, I'v hit pan on this bad boy!

Bronzer: This is my PERFECT bronzer. It's a yellow/golden brown, with warm shimmers/sparkles in it. I wear bronzers as a warm blush shade 99% of the time. So this is perfect for me!! It blends like butter, and wears all day long.


Next, is the Original Face Palette: 

Blush: This is more peachy than the other blush. It's a matte as well. But it blends shockingly well for a matte!!! I like this shade in the spring. It's very brightening.

Highlight: This highlight is a warm golden shade! It's fairly shimmery/glittery. But not as "bad" as the prismatic face palette. It's basically all used up as you can see!!

Bronzer: This bronzer used to be my JAM, before I got the Prismatic face palette. It's very orangey/red toned. And it's powdery. But very velvety and soft!!


Price: I payed $19.99 plus tax for these two palettes!

Amount: 11G of Blush and Bronzer, and 2.9G of highlight in the Original Face Palette. 6g of blush and bronzer, and 3.4G of highlight in the Prismatic. (So the original was/is a better deal. But I prefer the packaging and shades in the prismatic!)

Pros: Soft, blendable, portable, and easy to use!

Cons: No diversity. There's only one palette out currently, so the very fair and the very deep are kinda left out!

Physicians Formula Argan Wear Blushes and Bronzer Review

Hey friends!!

Today we're talking about a brand I don't really use. Physicians Formula! I don't like to use their products because they do not cater to my darker skinned siblings. They only have two shades? How impractical.

But I received these three products as a gift. So I'm going to use them and review them for any of yall that are interested in them!

From Left to Right we have: "Natural", "Bronze" and "Rose"

These blushes/bronzer are VERY strongly fragranced! There is a super strong, spicy, warm, scent to them. I personally have skin that can tolerate fragrance, but if you have reactive/sensitive skin. Stay away!
  

Here they are swatched on my inner wrist/arm, where I am my palest.

From left to right we have:

Rose: A mauvey plum, with white/silvery sheen/shimmer. Very soft and easy to blend.

Bronze: A shimmery light golden shade. This adds ZERO warmth to my skin. This is a golden highlighter on my NC20/NC25 face, and while I love the sheen it adds. I'm disappointed in the shade.

Natural: Is a satin light cool/blue based pink. This has no visible shimmer in this one, it's just a nice satin finish. Slightly harder to blend then it's shimmery siblings, but still workable!

Price: $15.50 for the blushes, and $19.60 for the bronzer.

Pros: Good blend-ability, soft, non powdery, travels well.

Cons: Zero shades for dark skin makeup lovers, I have to layer it three times to get my desired flush.

Overal: 6/10. I would recommend these for fair skinned pals. But I'm not impressed at all at the shade range.

ELF Contour/Light Blush Pallet Review

Hello friends!!

The title of this post is kind of misleading, because I didn't know what to NAME this. ahaha.

Today, I'm reviewing My "custom" ELF cheek palette.

If you didn't know, You CAN pop the pans OUT in ELF's cheek pallets. So having owned the Light Blush palette and the Contour Palette, I'v made my own custom thing!

Clockwise, we have:

Cool brown matte contour shade - Very creamy and easy to pick up on a brush and blend out!
Pearly/lightly shimmery white highlight shade - super soft to the touch. It's silky! and not chunky at all.
Matte Plummy Pink - This is slightly powdery in the pan, so make sure to tap your brush. Very pigmented, and it lasts all day on me! One of my favourite shades for blushes.
Matte watermellon pink base, with Silver sparkles - I love this one!! It's a nice coraly/watermellon pink shade, with some silver sparkles. It blends so well, and lasts all day!


Price: $6 for each palette
Pros: Pigmented!! Very vibrant. Soft, silky. Lasts until I take it off at the end of the night.
Cons: Powdery, light skinned people may think they're too pigmented/overwhelming.
Overall: 9/10

Smashbox Halo Long Wear Blush in Warm Glow Review

Good afternoon!!

Today we're talking blush, Smashbox blush to be precisely.

Warm Glow is a warm neutral blush, that leans more orangey on my warm skin. It is a nice satiny finish. No visible shimmers.

The swatch you see is VERY built up. It's about four layers. I find for my Light to Medium skin I need two layers for a natural barely there look, and three for a more visible look.

I'm going to say it. I hate the packaging. It is NOT travel friendly at ALL. which may shock you. I'll turn the dial so slowly and it still grinds WAY more than you needs for a single application, so you dip your brush in apply the blush then you snap the lid shut, right?

WELL. The now loose powder, goes EVERY where inside the container. I'v brought this blush with me on work trips, and I'v opened this up to apply, and blush has DUMPED out EVERYWHERE. All over my hotel bed, and all over my outfit!! Not cool.

I'm almost thinking about grinding the whole thing up, and then dumping into a different container. But I don't know yet.

Pros: Lasts 10 hours on my oily cheeks. Good for light skin, because it's SO buildable and blendable. I think this could work up to Dark end of Medium skin tones. Scent free. Very smooth and soft.

Cons: Packaging sucks. It wouldn't work on deep dark skintones. Pretty expensive for the amount you get. (0.07 Oz)

Overall: 6/10.