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8 Bold, Bright Fuchsia Blushes
Not for the shy at heart! Here are eight picks for intense, bold blush.
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I love bright fuchsia blushes! My favorites are NARS Desire and MAC Full Fuchsia.
Desire is a great blue-based one!
MAC Her Blooming Cheek! Too bad it’s LE, it’s a great fuschia for people who think they can’t wear fuschia.
Hopefully they’ll repromote it sometime!
I like Homie, even though it pulls more pink than purple on me
Awesome! 🙂
My all-time favorite blush is a bright fuchsia, the sadly LE and DC’d NARS Coeur Battant. While it is SUPER intense, magically it transforms into the most natural flush on my skin. I think the brightest blushes often end up looking the most natural when applied lightly. Thankfully my original isn’t on pan yet and I have a backup. Fuchsia tends to work extremely well for my skin tone. Surrat’s Se Pomponner is another favorite. I like the CP ones, but not as much as those two. MUFE’s Artist Shadow line in Mauve (satin), Electric Magenta (metallic), and Neon Pink (satin) are also favorites.
There is something really stain-like and gives them more depth, even if they have a similar “color” to something with less intensity initially.
Exactly. The sort of stained flush look is very much in the spirit of old school rouge in bright, bold colors for depth of color that looks like it’s coming from within. Fuchsia can very much be in that spirit.
The only vivid fuchsia blush I have is Colourpop Pie, but MAC Azalea is an awesome looking fuchsia with a bit more “warmth”.
I was extremely tempted to purchase the MAC LE blush from their Flamingo Park collection, This Could Be Fun. On me, it did appear more fuchsia, less purple-ish. But I talked myself out of it when I swatched it side-by-side with Pie. Too similar, I thought.
Azalea is fun!!
Not a color I wear often but I love Colourpop Homie and More Please. My favorite would be Clinique Plum Pop but it’s on the sheer side.
It’s not one I reach for terribly often, as I tend to opt for more mid-tone shades, but it is fun to play!
So pretty! I really should have a blush color like this in my collection. Se Pomponner looks like it would be the easiest to sheer out, since I like a subtle blush look.
It is! That formula is particularly good for intensity with a lot of ability to buff/blend/sheer out.
For sure it’s a great one to work with.
These are so pretty! I don’t own any of them. If I wear a bright fuchsia, I have to use a tiny amount and a large, fluffy brush, and sheer it out.
I don’t own many fuchsia blushes. My favorites are Sleek Blush by 3 in Pink Sprint, The Balm Instain in Lace.
It’s amazing how little one needs of these types of shades!
I love a good fuchsia blush, and these are all so pretty!
They are 😀
How do you pair it to make it more subtle ? I got one as a gift. I have a light beige doré skin.
Use a lighter hand or a very feathery brush! 🙂
thank you I got it today I got NYX electro, Thanks for the tips
Definitely what Christine said. You could try using a very light touch with a fan brush or other feathery brush. Alternatively you tone it back a bit by applying a much lighter-toned highlight than your blending that a bit into the blush or patting on some powder (your skin tone or translucent) over-top. Also, many fuchsias take to cooling down very well so you can customize shades by adding a light and cool-toned pink or lilac/lavender shade to it.
Hi thank you for your advice, I got NYX electro, adding lilac is nice idea,
Icequeen81 Try a light dotting with fingers then blend with fluffy brush. Brush can apply too much if not used to it. This way you fit and blend with fluff then repeat until you are happy! Very pretty!
thank you for your tip
You’re welcome. Hope it makes you feel more in control. Getting used to how formula and color works by hand is very easy when it’s new to you. Worry about mixing to tone down later as you may not need to. ?
Let me just say, pretty, pretty pretty!
Agreed, Helene!
This is long list! I wear these colors most. ☺️ They most flatter my complexion. My favorites are:Tom Ford Narcissist, Wicked, Chanel Rouge JC blush, Ultra Rose JC, Armani 509 Eccentrico, Chanel Tweed Fuchsia, Surratt Se Pomponner and Rougeur blended, MAC Rhubarb, Azalea Hourglass Radiant Magenta, MUFE Artist shadow blush in S908 (Mauve) M846 (Morello Cherry, BECCA Nightingale and Hyacinth, Kevin Aucoin Myracle and Liquifuchsia (cream), BECCA raspberry beach tint, ColourPop Cheerio,Early Bird Pegacorn Looking forward to new Chanel cream blushes. I did love the hourglass Aura cheek stain in Rouge and Flush but DCd. MUFE old powder blush in 26 fuchsia, Charlotte Tilbury Love is the Drug Burberry Hydrangea. End.
Thanks for sharing, Joy!
Great picks, I love Azalea 🙂
That’s a pretty one!
I love Becca Hyacinth and recently got Kevyn Aucoin Myracle. Both are absolute FAV!
Yay! Hyacinth is fun!
Seeing these comments and suggestions for wearing them.. I think I might just have to try one out. They are all so pretty!
I hope you try this kind of shade soon! 😀
My favorite was the ORIGINAL ‘Pink Pool’ from Lancome. The ‘Shimmer Pink Pool’ that replaced it was lightened by 2-3 shades, taking it from a mid-tone fuchsia to a hot pink. I still have an original ‘Pink Pool’ and I hoard it. (Hit pan on it recently. /cry)
Oh no!
If I would have known it was going to be discontinued/reformulated, I would have purchased a few backups. Just *POOF!* One day it was all gone! (from the stores) I stalk it on eBay. <3
My favorite fuchsias are still pending 🙁 Can I request Christine? A list of top best roses? Esp lip colors? ??
I got your request already, thanks!
I really should try the NYX one as a starter to those kinds of shades!
You should!
Funnily enough, my fave fuchsia blushes are all non-powder formulas. Daniel Sandler’s Watercolour in Flushed is a long-time go-to for a more natural bright pink, and the LE shade Trip is fantastically vivid. (Might be called Acid – there was a vivid pink and a vivid orange, and one was Acid and the other Trip. I can never remember which goes with which, lol.)
I think Revlon has sadly discontinued the Photoready cream blush, but the fuchsia one is gorgeous, if anyone can still find it. And elf has a lovely cream blush as well.
My other favourite, which leans a little more magenta, is a Cargo multi-purpose blush stick. Can’t think of the shade name (and the sticker has fallen off!) but it’s a product like the NARS Multiples, where it can also be used as an eye and lip colour. Fantastic.
I have never tried Daniel Sandler’s line! Any other recs other than the Watercolours?