Any time I
feel as though I am in a blush rut, I set myself a challenge to use a different
blush each day for a whole week. I find blush week really helps me to dive into
my overflowing blush drawer to try shades that haven’t graced my face in a
while. I pulled out a few favourites as well as some as yet unloved new shades
for this second blush week round, and I hope you enjoy peeking into what I wore
last week!
Prom Princess was the first to hit my cheeks, the
mid tone pink berry Veronica shade
from the MAC Archie’s Girls
collection was well worth the hunt. I have been wearing Cream Soda from the Betty
side of the collection more often than this pink shade, so I made an effort to
put the satin finish onto my apples first off the bat. I tend to wear toned
down lip shades when I use this so that I don’t look overdone, I prefer to keep
this the star of the show with lots of mascara.
I really
wanted to incorporate a cream blush into the mix this blush week, and the best
cream blush I own is definitely Powdery
Rose from YSL’s Crème de Blush
range. I use the Samantha Chapman for
Real Techniques Stippling Brush to apply this and I think it does a perfect
job of blending it seamlessly into my cheeks. I think the benefit of cream
blushes are definitely how great and seamless the finish can be if applied
correctly, and the YSL pots are
simply perfection for me, as I love that these are a crème to powder and don’t
look too dewy without losing the glow.
Of course,
during a blush week a moment of weakness is a definite possibility. I thought
it would be a case of me reaching for Tarte
Exposed (are you getting sick of me mentioning it yet?) but it turned out
that L’Oreal The Muse’s Blush was
what I gravitated towards without meaning to. The peach shade is really easy to
wear and I love how large the pan is, I wish this Project Runway range was available in Australia but unfortunately I
bought this from overseas (specifically from Lilladylife’s blog sale!)
Thursday saw
me tired and with sore feet as I spent the day teaching and the night working
retail, so I was pleased at the pretty flush that Laura Mercier’s Rose Desire left on my cheeks. I’ll be honest and
say that I tend to reach for the eyeshadows in the Lingerie palette more than
the two cheek shades that sit aside it, but now that I know how pretty Rose Desire is on my fair skin tone I
think I will be wearing it a lot more often. Having said that, I will just drop
in a mention of how amazing LM palettes are in general- very, very amazing.
Highly recommend that you snatch up any you come across, as they sell out quite
quickly (as Sleep and Water can
attest to!)
Friday was
another all day all night work day, and I leant on Rimmel’s Autumn Catwalk blush which is an old favourite of mine
that is highly underrated. I’ve seen quite a few US bloggers/Youtubers mentions
this line of blushes and I think that they are seriously impressive. The
packaging is slimline and the colour of Autumn
Catwalk is so lovely (I mix the three shades together, for reference) I am
itching to get my hands on other shades from this range, perhaps I will turn to
eBay or have a gander at ASOS as I know they stock some Rimmel goodies.
I had been
chatting with Sarah from More than Adored and I managed to talk
her into buying one of the Illamasqua
Blush Duo’s* that I posted about here. I decided to take Ambition* out for a spin and wow, I had
forgotten how pretty this shimmery blush is! I love the glow it gives my face
and the muted berry tone of it is so pretty in pan and on cheek. I am pretty
much a sucker for all things Illamasqua
and this is a lot easier to throw on than some of the brighter shades, which my
early mornings have appreciated.
Are you as obsessed with blushes as I am?
What blushes have you been wearing lately? .
*Provided for consideration. Honesty, always
