When I think about blushes for fall, my mind goes to plum and coppers/browns, which today’s post features. Any recommendations?
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I love the colours but I assume that none of these would be flattering on very fair, NW5 cool-toned skin? :/
Cool-toned skin can totally wear warmer shades – if you’re not used to it, I might start out with a more brown-based shade, maybe with a little mauve in it – say Tarte Exposed, Burberry Earth, or MAC Blusbhaby!
Agreed, I am super pale and rather cool toned and Tarte Exposed is one of my favorite blushes, I also like MAC Cubic a lot too.
You may also want to take a peek at NARS Douceur or Madly.
I really want NYX Taupe so I can try it as a contour.
Hope to see you using it sometime!
I have NYX Taupe and was disappointed in it because it turned out looking dark purple/bruised when blended. I recently bought Burberry Earthy and I love it except for the scent. I’d like to try the KA one next. I’ve been on a brown blush kick lately!!
Taupe is really cool-toned, so it’s not a one-size-fits-all kind of contour, I’d say!
I love brownish blushes! and I need NYX Taupe. I’ll have to pull out Burberry earthy..I haven’t worn it lately. I definitely tend to wear more neutral brownish blushes in fall/winter when I am either wearing a darker more dramatic eye or more intense lips. I like to keep my cheek look streamlined..just enough to give a bit of shape. On the negative side, getting the right tone is important because I’ve seen some brown blushes look really muddy.
Love shades like Earthy – brown blush is just that perfect lift/definition without adding a lot of color, so eyes/lips can remain bold!
nodding at my computer ;)..therefore, you.
I just got Chanel’s Cheeky after wanting it since it launched, and it’s amazing! Also, Paul & Joe’s Face Color in Fawn.
I so wish Cheeky was perm!!
I know, right.. why NOT permanent? I don’t get it.
I know right!! Such a good shade in such a lovely formula! I’m such a sucker for nude/brown blushes.
The Burberry one looks gorgeous!
It is a go-to for me!
I need the Becca and MAC ones. They look perfect!
They’re nice!
OHH NYX Taupe is my favourite 🙂 Love love your picks!
Happy to share ’em!
These are all nice, but I am loving that top shade from Becca. I don’t wear brown blush often, but I like that this has some coral tones to it. Plus the swirled colors look pretty in the pan. Usually if I go brown, I wear something more like 3 & 4. Taupe I only use for contouring.
There seems to be a lot of love for Becca’s blush from readers who have it, too 😀
I have that Becca blush – it is one of my absolute favorites! I think it’s suitable for summer or fall. Just gorgeous 🙂
It is lovely year-round ;D
Papaya/Topaz has been my go-to blush all summer!
Very nice!
Love these colours on fair, cool toned skins.
Yay! 🙂
Wow..Sweet as Cocoa looks like a neutral that Ive been on the lookout for but didnt know it lol! Love these picks. NYX Taupe looks sweeet too but not sure how itll look on a pretty warm complexion!
Hope you can check out Sweet as Cocoa, Dee!
Nars douceur is my favorite brown blush. I own Becca Papaya/topaz and wore the heck out of it this summer.It’s a great blush.
Douceur is nice! I wish it showed up better on me.
Douceur is my HG blush! I can wear it with anything, and it pretty much blends itself.
I don’t have any brown toned blushes. I like the look of Sweet as Cocoa. I think I’ll try it when A Novel Romance comes our way. I daren’t go by a MAC counter just to look, so I think I’ll just go when I know what to get, making all the more spontanious purchases less frequent.
Good call! Those spontaneous purchases can be great… or horrible, lol!
I definitely think the bottom three (Earthy, Natura and Taupe) would be more wearable for me – I really want to try something like that as a contour!
Are there any shades similar to those that are more accessible to you that you’ve seen in store?
Sweet as Cocoa is my favorite blush! I need to check out that Becca one
Yay!!
I really wish Revlon Sandalwood Beige wasn’t DC’d…
Aw 🙁