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5 Cool-Toned Blushes for Summer

If you prefer cooler-toned blushes, here are my top five picks for summer cheeks this year 🙂

  1. Clinique Pansy Pop — a luminous lavender
  2. Urban Decay Bittersweet — a purple with a natural finish
  3. Surratt Se Pomponner — a brightened magenta pink
  4. ColourPop Pie — a bright, fuchsia pink
  5. NARS Desire — a bold, matte fuchsia pink

>> See side-by-side swatches! <<

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Christine Avatar

There aren’t even enough to fill a top five for cool-toned bronzers 🙁

LOL, just setting Blush/Bronzer in Brown/Taupe with Neutral OR Cool undertones that are permanent yields a whopping five choices: http://www.temptalia.com/swatch-gallery?type=12662,12666&color=Brown,Taupe&undertone=Cool,Neutral&availability=Permanent

Adding in Contour products, too, gets you seven. http://www.temptalia.com/swatch-gallery?type=12662,12666,12718&color=Brown,Taupe&undertone=Cool,Neutral&availability=Permanent

Michele Avatar

Too Faced Sun Bunny is a cool toned bronzer (has pink undertones) that works well on my light neutral toned skin. I recommend a light hand with the bronzer because it does deposit a good amount of pigment on your brush (I’ve tried both natural and synthetic bristles). I also like mixing Kevyn Aucoin’s Candlelight with some pale blush in the Winter months. Good luck!

A Avatar

I love the look of the purple-y ones (the clinique and UD). Never worn a purplish blush, because I don’t think it would suit me, but they make me want to try.

Staci Avatar

I like plum pop too. There was a purplish bouncy blush I really loved. I even hit pan on it. Can’t remember who made those. Maybelline? I just got MUFE #2 pallet. I’ve tried using that one, but it’s hard to get a brush in :/

Carla Avatar

These look wonderful!
However, I’m just not on a blush “kick” right now – I’m actually content with the paltry 20 or so that I currently own. 🙂
Even so, I wish I could find a dupe for MAC “Tippy” Beauty Powder blush from Hello Kitty a few years back; it seems to be pretty much my perfect pink blush.
Recommendations, anyone?

Nancy T Avatar

I am in love with ColourPop Pie! Thinking that this may be one that I could get away with even though my skintone has a fair bit of olive in it. I already know that UD Bittersweet wouldn’t look too great on me though. It would remind me too much of a bruise. So Pie it will be for me!

Mariella Avatar

It’s no longer around, sadly, but MAC’s Her Blooming Cheek is one I have to mention, in addition to my standard answer to blush questions – Tarte Natural Beauty. Loving the look of Nars Desire but it’s a bit redundant for me – I’m trying to move into slightly different shades and just now, I’m trying to decide between purchasing Sin or UD’s Rapture (I don’t need ’em both; I tried them last week and they are very similar on my skin but I’m leaning toward Sin…)

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