My favorites: Marc Jacobs Air Blush, Surratt Beauty Artistique Blush, Urban Decay Afterglow Blush, Clinique Cheek Pops, Chanel Joues Contraste Blush.
— Christine
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Buildable being the operative word, my favorites are Marc Jacobs Air Blush Soft Glow and Surratt Beauty Artistique. There are lots of others that are buildable but they don’t meld with my skin the way those two do. They retain their real skin glow.
High end: Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush, UD Afterglow, Too Faced Love Flush, Clinique Cheek Pop, Japonesque Color Velvet Touch Blush.
Drug store: Milani Rose Powder Blush and Wet n Wild ColorIcon.
Rachel, yes, the Milani Rose blushes! I forgot that one, and ironically that’s the one I have on today, LoL!
UD Afterglows, most MAC and Nars blushes, too. The one Clinique Cheek Pop I own is also a very buildable blush.
That I have personally tried, probably Tarte. I want to check out the Marc Jacobs ones though.
The UD afterglow and the waterproof cargo blush.
Marc Jacobs ‘ ones are on my list! Wouldn’t it be awesome that they come up with a palette (or numerous let’s deals!) of blushes with this formula? ?
Probably Tom Ford Bicoastal. The sheer formula lets you build to whatever intensity you like.
I know I am repeating myself when I tell you that I purchased two MJB air blushes. I kept each one a very short time in my purse.( separate occasions) One of them developed a small chip so I removed it from my purse. Within days it simply exploded into loose powder while sitting on my dresser. ( I guess it was the air powder LOL)
I accidentally threw the other one in my purse months later. Again, it was a fine dust the next time I opened it. They were not cheap. and I didn’t love it enough to repurchase :).
Burberry blush (in cameo), or Mac sheertone finished blushes. Chanel blushes are nice too.
I have to agree on the Afterglow blushes from UD!
Tarte and NARS can be, depending on the shade for success. Same with Hourglass and Clinique for me. I find only Armani and Chanel to be almost perfect every time on their core blush line up. Cargo used to be too, but I haven’t used their blush in 10 years.