About Face Get Some Cheek Freak Blush Balm Review & Swatches
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About Face Get Some Cheek Freak Blush Balm ($18.00 for 0.35 oz.) is a medium, reddish-plum with subtle, warm undertones and a natural finish that had slight sheen.
- Medium, buildable coverage
- Lightweight, thin, very emollient
- Applied best in thin, even layers
- May lift up base products (higher coverage and/or more matte in finish)
- Long-wearing (8 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$18.00/0.35 oz. - $51.43 Per Ounce
It's supposed to have a "buildable wash of color" with long-wear and a "cushiony formula" that "melts" onto skin for a "natural finish." While it looked firmer in the raised domed pan, it was immediately emollient to the touch--creamy, smooth, and lightweight, and yes, balm-like.
The shades tended to have more medium to semi-opaque, buildable coverage that were more inclined to sheer out when applied to skin, so it was best to apply one layer, let it dry down a bit, and then apply another layer if looking to build up coverage. It felt more like a powder-like product once it was applied to my skin as it dried down quite quickly, though it wasn't unmoveable.
The blushes applied well using a fingertip to pick up and pat on color, though I found that the formula sometimes lifted up more matte foundations, so I would recommend pairing it with sheerer-coverage foundation (or tinted moisturizer) or with a satin or natural-finish foundation (and before powdering).
Most shades lasted around eight hours on me before fading visibly.
Browse all of our About Face Cheek Freak Blush Balm swatches.
Ingredients
Isodecyl Isononanoate, Silica, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Synthetic Wax, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Dicalcium Phosphate, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 15985 (Yellow 6 Lake), Tocopheryl Acetate, CI 15850 (Red 6), Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate, CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), Hydrogenated Castor Oil].
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LOVE this one enough to figure out how to get it to work even over my full coverage foundation! Just pure 💕
No dupes? Half the posts I see these days have no dupes listed
Sorry, I am behind on entering dupes! I broke my left wrist, and my right wrist has chronic pain (has for the last few years) but it has been having to do even more than usual. Adding dupes is painful, so I haven’t been able to keep up as well as I need to. I’m definitely considering stepping back since I am having trouble keeping up these days!
I hope you feel better soon!
thank you!
Don’t worry Christine – I think you are doing a fabulous job considering both your hands are experiencing difficulties due to your broken wrist in one hand and chronic pain in the other.
Thank you, Genevieve!
You do what you feel you can do, and let both right and left hand rest a bit. A little of Temptalia is worth more than you know!
Take care!
Now go and give Winnie a hug!
This brand has done an excellent job with its blushes – and although this isn’t my shade, I really like the finish.