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Kevyn Aucoin The Celestial Powder, Chanel Jersey Joues Contraste Blush, Laura Geller Illuminating Gelatos.
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Urban Decay Afterglow blush, Anastasia Glow Kits, BECCA Highlighters, Wayne Goss 14 and 15 brushes, and my holy grail forever: Estee Lauder Modern Mercury!
TheBalm’s Mary Lou-Manizer and Kat Von D’s Shade & Light palette are products I reach for a lot. Illamasqua’s Naked Rose, MAC’s Modern Mandarin and Full of Joy, and Clinique’s Berry Pop are some of my favorites for blush.
Hands down the Kevyn Aucoin Celestial Powder (in Candlelight) is also one of my faves! I bought it after reading your review of it and it surpassed my addiction to my Hourglass Ambient Powders. It makes me glow and look alive and I can’t recommend it enough to everyone I know, lol!!
I’m interested to see what everyone else recommends here. I don’t have a lot of high end products and I’m definitely interested in purchasing more cream blushes.
Marc Jacobs Air Blushes, Hourglass Ambient Blushes (specifically Mood Exposure), Anastasia Glow Kits (specifically Gleam and Sugar), and Marc Jacobs Tantastic Bronzer.
I love the Glow Kits in general, but I think Gleam is one of the best that they have released (and my personal favorite). I can’t believe they’ve never brought it back!
It’s definitely my absolute favorite and I really wish they would bring it back!
Marc Jacobs Air Blush (Flesh and Fantasy and Lines and Last night) Tom Ford blush ( wicked (old formal), Love lust (old and new) . These are definitely the most long wearing on my oily skin.
NARS blush (Taos) is about it I think; I’ve been struggling to find my HG blush. I have an old Chanel blush, the quality of which I appreciate but shade has been discontinued and I’ve not found a good replacement yet.
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes! I’m obsessed
Mac Extra Dimension Blush in Sweets for my Sweet
Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Vanilla Quartz
Clinique Cheek Pop Blush in Nude Pop
NARS Douceur blush; I actually have 5 pans, and am considering picking up a few more… I also have several “dupes”, but none have that special “something* that makes Douceur so unique, and perfect for my coloring/aesthetic.
I have several products I really like, even love, but I don’t think I’d be completely lost if they were discontinued. Douceur, on the other hand, is HG status, which is not easy to achieve given the size of my stash.
Honorable Mention would go to my Kevyn Aucoin products, in general, and Illamasqua Beyond Powder highlighters; all are amazing, but in terms of quality & color, but I feel I can find comparable replacements.
Urban Decay Video and Rapture, Rouge Bunny Rouge Orpheline.
I love Orpheline!
You don’t hear about it much but oh my gosh, it is wonderful!
Glossier cloud paints, Bite multisticks, and Fenty matchstix in Amber.
TheBalm Balm Desert bronzer & Tarte Exposed blush are the only ones that come to mind 🙂
I have some older Chanel Joues Contraste that I really love: Rouge Profonde a neutral red and Elegance, a neutral tan color, and Espeigle– they are all so wearable. I also love a Chanel cream blush called Inspiration that is a dusty pink. And tan Edward Bess blush called Desert Blossom, a dusty orchid that gets a lot of use. I have a recent Suqqu that is a very cool pink which I will probably wear more in the coming season. As to highlighters, have a few and hardly ever wear any of them.
It’s been awhile.. Edward Bess Desert Blossom. Nice blush. I’m pulling it to rediscover.
Rouge Profonde is perfect over a bit of bronzer to have that slight windburn look to the cheeks. I’m down with your picks.
Do you have olive undertones?
Yes! Of the lighter cooler beige variety, not the medium warm golden variety.
Nars Goulue blush (getting a full-sized pan before 2018 is up!), MAC Whisper Of Gilt and Shaft of Gold ED highlighters, UD Afterglow Blush in Rapture, Jouer Miramé highlighter, Fenty Chili Mango Matchstix and Metal Moon Highlighter, MAC Burnt Pepper blush. There are also many LE HE cheek products that are must-haves for me, so I’m taking my time to use them up. Once they’re gone, they’re GONE. Happily, MAC seems to always bring back their most loved EDS highlighters, so I’m not to worried about SoG & WoG!
HA – again, 2 of my faves are on your list too – Goulue and Rapture!
Light neutral skin:
Surratt artistic blushes in La Vie en Rose, La Rosee du Soir, and Barbe a Papa (use as H/L)
Bobbi Brown Illuminating Bronzing Powder in Antigua (rosy brown a la Dallas which I use as a blush)
Hourglass Ambient Lighting blush in Mood Exposure
Estee Lauder Pur Color Envy blush in Audacious Plum
Kevyn Aucoin The Celestial Bronzing Veil in Tropical Nights (gorgeous light shimmer ombre bronzer)
ABH Foundation stick in Shadow (my HG contour colour)
Ciate Glow-to’s in In Baby Doll and Too Deep (more h/l on me unique lavender)
Olie but goodie is a Chantecaille Les Petales de Rose h/l which is still one of my personal favs.
I could go on.. blush was an obsession for many years. Prodcuts listed above are all in current heavy rotation.
I’m fair neutral too. Gonna check out your picks. Chantecaile has to be wonderful and anything Lavender for sure.
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush, especially Exposed; Urban Decay Afterglow Blushes, especially Rapture and Bittersweet; Too Faced Love Flush in Baby Love; theBalm blushes, LORAC Color Source Buildable Color Blush in Ultra Violet; and ABH Moonchild Glow Kit.
Cripes, how could I forget to add UD Rapture and also Aura highlighter to my list? (I think my Dior and MAC Sweet Sentiment blushes have knocked all these others out of my mind; I need to get them out and use them more)
I can’t believe I forgot Baby Love! Such a gorgeous shade!
Hourglass blushes, Chanel rose ecrin blush, benefit watts up highlighter.
Dior Rosy Glow Awakening Blush and Glowing Pink Glowing Gardens highlighter, MAC Sweet Sentiment Mineralize Blush, Rosy Cheeks and Into the Pink ED blushes, NARS Goulue blush, Becca Pearl highlighter, Tarte Natural Beauty blush and TheBalm MaryLouManizer. Wow – this is a lot, isn’t it???
Becca Afterglow palette, NARS Luster blush and Makeup Forever Star Lit Powder in Frozen Purple ❤️?
Skin tone: Very pale with cool undertones, about MAC NW5-10.
Ciate Glow to Illuminate in Summer Love and Masquerade.
Marc Jacobs Air Blushes in Lines and Last Night
Coffet D’Or in 01 and 06
Hourglass Ambient Blushes in Mood Exposure and Dim Light
Dior Nude Air Luminizer in 02
Becca Pearl Highlighter
Guerlain Meteorites in 02 Claire
My list is simple – Lancôme Dual Finish
Powder, Becca shimmering highlight in Champagne Pop, Nars Blushes, MUFE hi-Def cream blush and Anastasia Aurora . I consider them all holy grail !
These are the blushes that I not only LOVE but use all the time – I really want to try the Daniel Sandler liquid blushes, too!
Clinique: Peach Pop & Black Honey
MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Blush: #410
Nars: Love Joy & Taos
MAC: Modern Mandarin & Gingerly
I don’t have many high end cheek products, but my favourite is the Clarins Blush Prodige Illuminating cheek colour in Soft Peach – a beautiful shade.
Blushes:
MAC (especially Extra Dimension)
Tom Ford
Bronzers:
MAC Medium Deep MSF, Give Me Sun!
Tom Ford
Guerlain Terracotta(s)
Highlighters:
Victoria Beckham x Estee Lauder Modern Mercury
MAC Soft & Gentle, Extra Dimension Skinfinishes, Strobe Cream – Peachlite
Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Highlighter 01
Becca Shimmering Skin Perfectors, Pressed – Opal and Moonstone
Brushes:
Wayne Goss
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless bronzer. It is discontinued but I think the milk soleil bronzer was its replacement
NARS Orgasm
MAC Whisper of Gilt
Hourglass Mood Exposure Blush
Lancome Blush Subtil in Miel Glace
Chanel Bronzer Soleil Tan
Becca highlighters like moonstone and champagne pop
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Highlighter in Lightscapade
MAC mineralize blush in warm soul and cosmic force
Clinique Cheek Pop Blush
Oh and definitely MAC Extra Dimension Skinfinish Highlighter in Superb
I really really miss Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless Bronzer. I’m dreading hitting pan on mine. DREADING it. If I remember correctly, it is peachier than the milk soleil bronzer.
I’ve never tried chocolate soleil or milk chocolate soleil. I’m just assuming it was similar to the bronzed and poreless. I love that bronzer and I don’t have a back up since I picked it up on a whim at Nordstrom Rack. It’s really the only bronzer that is natural and flattering on me. I’m dreading hitting pan too which I’m very close to actually. I don’t know what I’ll find that compares!
My daughter gave me for Christmas the Hourglass three highliters palettes it is beautiful! I don’t have much HE presently, a Bobbi Brown blush brush I purchased a few years ago and it keeps in great shape after several cleanings. A Elizabeth Arden small eyeshadow palette I liked the case most of all! lol! Although the colors are very pretty also. I finished a Nars blush and an eyeshadow cream tube in a beautiful lavender. Love lavender colors! So pretty! I’m trying to be a good girl on the makeup isles for this year and maybe more like a 100? I hope. Need to be strong! So hard! Hid give me strength do not approach Sephora! 🙂
Cheek products are my favourite products behind lipstick! My must-haves are:
Charlotte Tilbury Colour of Youth cream blush
Bobbi Brown Brightening Brick in Coral (blush/bronzer mix)
Chanel So Close and Sunkiss Ribbons
Tom Ford Love Lust, Savage and Ravish (original formula)
Chanel Les Beiges bronzer
Highlighters: Tom Ford Soleil Nightbloom, Bobbi Brown Opal Glow, and Nars Casablanca.
Wayne Goss brushes 10, 14, 15 (fan), 00, and 2017 Holiday Brush; Bobbi Brown angled cheek brush.
NARS powder blushes (Madly, Impassioned, and Sex Appeal), Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector pressed (Opal, Pearl, Rose Gold, Rose Quartz, Prismatic Amethyst), NARS Highlighting blush in Hot Sand, Dior Rosy Glow Healthy Glow Awakening blush in 001 Petal, and most importantly of all the Hourglass blushes (Mood Exposure, Brilliant Nude, and Incandescent Electra) and the Laura Mercier Matte Radiance 01 highlighter.
Love love love urban decay afterglow. TMI blush thanks to you, Christine. Also love Hourglass. Ambient in Euphoric Fusion for subtle color and highlights
Benefit GALIfornia, Rockateur, and Dallas; and theBalm Instain Blush in Pinstripe and Desert Balm blush/bronzer.
I totally forgot Rockateur. It’s a must have!
I have fair yellow-neutral skin and my favorite cheek products are:
NARS Blush in Gaiety, Gilda and Luster
Benefit Blush in Dallas
Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Bronzer
Anastasia Aurora Glow Kit
NARS illuminator in Copacabana
MAC Blushbaby blush and Tarte blushes!
I totally forgot to mention NARS Overexposed Double Take highlighter, MAC Whisper Of Gilt highlighter and Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer!
Burberry Silk and Bloom palette(my HG favorite of all time), Chanel Malice and Camelia de Peche(I ADORE this one), Nars Dolce Vita & Sin, Mac Extra Dimension blushes(Telling Glow, Into the Pink and Cheeky Bits) and Mac Sweet Vision.
Oh I forgot to mention my Tom Ford blushes-Wicked and Love Lust(both old formula)!
I’ve always been a fan of MAC blushes, so those are a staple in my collection!