Traveling on with our list of the “essentials” we continue with blushers. I’m going to present my favorites in cream, powder, liquid, and loose powder mineral form. Keep in mind, these are just the favorites I like to work with and I tend to change products constantly but, always stick with some of the best in my regime.
For powder blushes Shu Uemura’s “Glow On Powder Blush” is some of the best when working with eccentric hard to find colors. These come in a variety of shade ranges, therefore covering the entire spectrum. They are very soft going on and even though the color may appear darker in the container, it actually goes on quite friendly if applied properly with a light hand. There are also really nice highlighter colors in golds and silvers for the makeup artist in people (shuuemura.com, sephora.com).
Smashbox “Soft Lights” is a good round sized container which holds a fair amount of product that I like using for blush. Some people use it as an all over face color but, I find it can highlight the face softly and create a soft “glow” finish that’s not too harsh. Glow, Tint, Shimmer, and Prism are all nice shades to worth with and can also be used for highlighting (smashbox.com, sephora.com, ulta.com).
In the mineral powder blush category, Bareescentuals blushes are wonderful and don’t require much product. These will last you forever and they come in soooo many shades to accommodate all skin tones. For a really “bright” look I like “Fruit Cocktail” and “Heaven” is a nice soft lavender. “Rose Radiance” face color is a pretty neutral soft rose shimmer for many skin tones (bareesentuals.com, qvc.com, sephora.com, ulta.com).
When leaning towards cream blushes, Julie Hewett’s face and cheek cream is great in the fact there are two products in one. “Jami” is a bit of peach rose, “Belle” a bronzed copper, “Natural” a sheer beige neutral tint, and “Vampie” for the Twilight lover’s (I’m one of them) is an eggplant grape stain. All of these can be applied with your fingers or the brush especially made by Julie Hewett (juliehewett.com).
Another cream blush I tend to warm towards quite a bit is Shiseido’s stick cream blush in S2, a peachy color that tends to blend with many skin tones (dept. stores, Dillards).
As for liquid blush, I like Daniel Sandler’s “Watercolours” especially in cherub, a highlighting pink, truth, a peachy beige, and spicey, a terra cotta nice for medium skin tones. I wouldn’t purchase many of these at a time unless you’ll be using them everyday because they tend to dry up inside the bottle but, just a pinpoint amount goes such a long way and the colors are brilliant (beautique.com).
Next week, “Bronzers” will be the Beauty Focus.
For powder blushes Shu Uemura’s “Glow On Powder Blush” is some of the best when working with eccentric hard to find colors. These come in a variety of shade ranges, therefore covering the entire spectrum. They are very soft going on and even though the color may appear darker in the container, it actually goes on quite friendly if applied properly with a light hand. There are also really nice highlighter colors in golds and silvers for the makeup artist in people (shuuemura.com, sephora.com).
Smashbox “Soft Lights” is a good round sized container which holds a fair amount of product that I like using for blush. Some people use it as an all over face color but, I find it can highlight the face softly and create a soft “glow” finish that’s not too harsh. Glow, Tint, Shimmer, and Prism are all nice shades to worth with and can also be used for highlighting (smashbox.com, sephora.com, ulta.com).
In the mineral powder blush category, Bareescentuals blushes are wonderful and don’t require much product. These will last you forever and they come in soooo many shades to accommodate all skin tones. For a really “bright” look I like “Fruit Cocktail” and “Heaven” is a nice soft lavender. “Rose Radiance” face color is a pretty neutral soft rose shimmer for many skin tones (bareesentuals.com, qvc.com, sephora.com, ulta.com).
When leaning towards cream blushes, Julie Hewett’s face and cheek cream is great in the fact there are two products in one. “Jami” is a bit of peach rose, “Belle” a bronzed copper, “Natural” a sheer beige neutral tint, and “Vampie” for the Twilight lover’s (I’m one of them) is an eggplant grape stain. All of these can be applied with your fingers or the brush especially made by Julie Hewett (juliehewett.com).
Another cream blush I tend to warm towards quite a bit is Shiseido’s stick cream blush in S2, a peachy color that tends to blend with many skin tones (dept. stores, Dillards).
As for liquid blush, I like Daniel Sandler’s “Watercolours” especially in cherub, a highlighting pink, truth, a peachy beige, and spicey, a terra cotta nice for medium skin tones. I wouldn’t purchase many of these at a time unless you’ll be using them everyday because they tend to dry up inside the bottle but, just a pinpoint amount goes such a long way and the colors are brilliant (beautique.com).
Next week, “Bronzers” will be the Beauty Focus.
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