Spring Blossoms with Guerlain’s Cherry Blossom Blush
Guerlain Cherry Blossom Blush ($49.00) is part of Guerlain’s Cherry Blossom Collection, which also features a new eyeshadow quad called Jeu d’Ombrelles and (repromoted) Meteorites Voyage Powder in Mythic. Both the blush and the eyeshadow quad are new and limited edition. The collection will hit the usual suspects come January of next year.
First, I love, love, LOVE Guerlain’s blushes — they’re so soft, subtle, and smooth. (See swatches of their six permanent shades for reference.) Cherry Blossom is no exception to the soft, subtle, and smooth description I’ve grown accustomed to using to describe Guerlain’s blushes.
Guerlain describes the color as “a pink and peach blush with shades reminiscent of Japanese cherry trees in bloom.” I’d describe it as a muted peach with pink myself. It’s soft, subtle, and doesn’t really have noticeable shimmer (at most, a sheen). It’s an interesting shade, because it’s not quite peach, yet not that pink, either. For spring, I think it’s a really perfect shade for light and medium skin tones. Deeper skin tones may have trouble getting it to show up as pigmented as they’d like, but it may still be wearable as a more natural color.
The compact is a glossy black, which is surprisingly lovely (haven’t seen Guerlain do black yet myself; they likely have in the past, before I was into makeup). I think I like it more than their permanent packaging (a cool-toned gold metal), actually. The powder is embossed with both a design as well as a shimmery overlay on parts of it. The overlay definitely goes away after the first few uses, but the peachy pieces do seem to go through; the majority shade is the pale pink with just a touch of peach. The peach-colored pieces are in the minority, but they do impact the color quite a bit.
As much as I think the powder is pretty with the design, I’ve come to learn that I’d rather not have a design at all (or perhaps, just an imprint, but no overlays), because I can totally sympathize with those who find it too pretty to use. Even though I received this as a sample, I was hesitant to swatch, because it looked so lovely in the compact! My other issue is that the first few swatches (or uses) tend to give you a different color than what you’ll get later on down the road. I can appreciate the fact that Guerlain does make it pretty obvious that the overlay is exactly that, an overlay, so I don’t feel duped, at least!
Though pricey for a blush at $49, you do get a whopping 0.32 oz. of product. It’s also just a $1 more than the pricing of their other blushes (which actually just makes me suspect an upcoming price increase in 2010), so I’m pleased to see Guerlain didn’t puff up the price simply for the sake of the overlay or limited-edition nature of the piece. I’ll probably never use up a blush in my life (except MAC Margin, perhaps!), but it’s nice to know they’re not skimping you on the actual product. Oh, yeah, and a bonus? The angled blush brush that comes with it is quite soft–total surprise to me–which was also a nice touch.
Bottom Line: I think Guerlain fans will enjoy this prettily designed spring blush. It’s a great shade for a little pick-me-up color in the spring, particularly for pale-to-medium skin tones.
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- Product: 28/30
- Value: 9/10
- Ease of Use: 4/5
- Packaging: 5/5
Recommendation: Certainly a highly anticipated collection, the blush doesn’t disappoint–if you’re in the mood for subtle, natural spring color.
Availability: January 2010
See more photos and swatches…
Left: mixed with the overlay; right: actual powder
Emm
Friday, December 18, 2009
Love the design and color but I don’t see it being worth $49!
AbbyL
Friday, December 18, 2009
i love it! I cannot wait to buy this…. wonder when it hit counters in january…
Jennifer
Friday, December 18, 2009
ohmygod it looks so pretty! thanks for posting the swatches Christine!
Kate M.
Friday, December 18, 2009
SOOOOOOOO beautiful!!! the overspray really looks like silk…it looks like a beautiful fan!!
Janine
Friday, December 18, 2009
I must have! I am a sucker for beautiful packaging. It’s almost too pretty to use.
Connie
Friday, December 18, 2009
ooooh! it’s so pretty! Before I clicked to see the swatches I told myself that might be something I’d by just for the design (lol) but then I saw the swatch and it looks great too!
Anitacska
Friday, December 18, 2009
I bought the whole collection on eBay a couple of weeks ago, but haven’t dared touch them yet, they are just so pretty. :)
Christine
Friday, December 18, 2009
I feel ya – I showed my boyfriend the blush, because I was totally swooning. “LOOK, IT’S SO PRETTY. OMG. I DON’T EVEN WANNA TOUCH IT!” but in the name of beauty blogging… touch I did. LOL.
Ceriene
Friday, December 18, 2009
The packaging is so gorgeous and handy. I’m loving the simple black laquer case. The swatches look fantastic too. Might actually look into this when it comes out.
Christine
Friday, December 18, 2009
Me too! I’m really loving the packaging… kind of wish it was a bigger collection or this was the permanent packaging, haha.
Jenny
Friday, December 18, 2009
Any idea how this compares to Chanel’s Tweed blushes?
Christine
Friday, December 18, 2009
A little softer, maybe – more powdery? They’re very similar, though, once you get past both of their overlays!
Babybubblz
Friday, December 18, 2009
wow this print is gorgeous!! i recently fell in love with Dior Rose Diamond Skin Shimmer but…I will have to check this beautiful blush when it comes out! i don’t like the idea of the overlay though…
Tavia
Friday, December 18, 2009
This blush looks really gorgeous. I don’t know if I can use it, I don’t want to damage the pattern, the flowers are so cute :)
BeckBeck
Friday, December 18, 2009
Wow, I don’t even WEAR blush 99% of the time and I kind of want this, heehee…
Emma
Friday, December 18, 2009
anybody notice that this blush looks different compare with the poster from Guerlain? Seems they changed it?
http://www.temptalia.com/guerlain-cherry-blossom-collection-for-spring-2010
Christine
Friday, December 18, 2009
Hey Emma,
The only thing I notice is the palette/powder itself is basically upside down, but the design looks the same. Mine is certainly peachier (the one in the photo seems pinker), but I could see that just being from editing.
Paloma
Friday, December 18, 2009
Are you planning on reviewing the rest of the collection? (I think the perfume, not sure if there is anything else.)
Christine
Friday, December 18, 2009
There’s a Voyage Powder (though permanent) and the perfume, but I’m not planning to review either at this time!
amy
Friday, December 18, 2009
That is very pretty and very Japanese looking! It is pretty for spring as the cherry blossom trees are blossoming too!
Bridgette
Friday, December 18, 2009
This blush is so pretty!
Amy
Friday, December 18, 2009
My goodness this is gorgeous! I am so, so tempted.
Vonvon
Friday, December 18, 2009
This is one that I’ve been lemming for….
Catherine
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Ohhhhh. This is soooo gorgeous!
Aire
Saturday, December 19, 2009
So stunning! But also pricey.
Andrea
Friday, February 12, 2010
I ended up buying this with my Shoppers points, but I am finding it is unbelievably sheer!! I’m an NC20 and I think it barely shows up on me!!!