Tag: Addicted To Blush!

I might have put this off for weeks... or maybe months. Before now, I wouldn't have thought I was a blush person but things have started to change once I stopped wearing lipstick as much. I was craving color and I found it through blush because it's more acceptable and not as messy to wear during work. I started off slow, then bam! Bought 4 blushes just in 3 days. 

I believe I've tagged three times from Vanessa, Sharlynn, and Ling.

Now - I've put this off enough and now I'll start!

1. What color blush suits you the most?

The above colors are the shades I've been wearing a lot lately, but I think rosey nudes are the colors that fit me the most. If you've seen this post where I compared NARS Douceur, Tarte Exposed, and Milani Romantic Rose, I love that kind of color family. 

2. Pressed/cream/loose blush?

I've never tried loose blushes and have only tried 2-3 brands of cream blushes, soooo you can say that I prefer pressed blushes? I also can't seem to figure out how to work cream blushes no matter what I do. 

3. Favorite shimmery / satin blush?

Nars Deep Throat, Clinique Cola, Benefit Rockateur and theBalm Cabana Boy.

I prefer satiny blushes because that glow I get from them is such perfection. I do pair up my blushes with a highlighter anyway though.

Side note - holy moly. I just bought Milani Baked Blush in Red Vino and it's the most intense blush I've ever tried. It's a deep red shimmery shade and it is super pretty, but a novice like me does not know how to handle that pigmentation right now!

4. Favorite matte blush?

Milani Romantic Rose, NARS Douceur, and Hourglass Mood Exposure

5. Favorite cream blush?

I only have one cream blush in my collection now and it's Kiko Icy Watermelon. My friend got me this when she came back from Germany and it's such a perfect pinky color. This shade is actually got me to wear pink on my cheeks more often. 

The Stila Cream Convertibles are also great cream blush options!

6. Favorite drugstore blush?

Milani Romantic Rose all the way!!!! I do have a limited amount of drugstore blushes though. I like to swatch blushes in stores to make sure they'll fit my skin tone since I had a bad experience with a drugstore blush before. 

7. Favorite high end blush?

I can't decide between NARS Deep Throat, Hourglass Mood Exposure, and Clinique Color Pop Blushes! Hourglass and Clinique blushes have amaaaazing formulas. I might like the Clinique Color Pop formula a bit more though because they feel creamy and pigmented, without the kick of powder Mood Exposure sometimes gives me.

8. Favorite bright blush?

The Etude House Dreaming Swam Collection Blush in #3 Arabesque Rosy is the perfect strawberry red blush, and it just happens to be the brightest color I own. I got it recently and it adds such a nice brightness to my face especially during spring/summer. 

I also have NARS Mistinguette from the Guy Bourdain Palette, but I never use it because it's way too cool toned for me. I used it once and never touched it again. 

9. Biggest blush disappointment/regret?

I used to have a CoverGirl Cheekers blush and it was horrible. It was soooo hard to get any pigment out of it. The color I got was so pretty though and it made me so sad that it didn't work at all.

I also got a Pony x Memebox Blush in Galaxy Pink and I had such high hopes for it. It looked like the perfect pink, especially on Pony on the promo pictures. Unfortunatley, the color was way too light and chalky on me. I have to remember that blush colors on paler people will not look the same way on me :( 

10. Best blush packaging?

I am beyond in love with the flower patterns Clinique Color Pop Blushes and Milani Rose Powder Blushes have. It's such a nice touch to already beautiful formulas. 

I love the packaging for Tarte Amazonian Clay blushes, but I'm not a fan of the formula. I love how I could leave them in the original packaging and pop the pans right out so that I could put them into magnetic palettes.  

11. What's on your blush wishlist?

I kind of want all of the Clinique Color Pop blushes (super obvious answer).

I've heard great things about NARS Sin and might get that during winter when I usually gravitate towards to plum blushes. Even though I don't like Tarte blushes, I want to try True Love due to the lovely Vanessa from Citron And Guavaberry (link to her Blush Addict Tag here).

12. Number 1 holy grail blush?

A few weeks ago, it would've been Benefit Rockateur hands down! Now I gravitate towards Milani Romantic Rose as an every day color. Even though Clinique Cola is dark and kind of unexpected, I love to wear a sheer wash of that on my cheeks.

I feel like most people have either been tagged or have already done this tag, and so my list of tagged people will be very short.

I tag -
Cindy from CindyHYue & J from JustJ


What blush do you recommend for me to get next?
I'm all set with lipsticks, eyeshadows, and eyeliners and now I want to round out my blush collection!