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If you could create your own blush right now, what would you create?


If you could create your own blush right now, what would you create? What color? Finish? Type? Share!

I’d love a cream-to-powder version of Tom Ford’s Love Lust! So a warm coral with a luminous sheen, but in a cream-to-powder formula (like Chanel Le Blush Creme de Chanel or MUFE HD Blush).

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CatG Avatar

Too Faced put out a blush with gold shimmers during the holidays that was different from other blush shimmeryness that I’ve encountered. I’d love to find a blush like that that was a plum color rather than pink.

Rachel R. Avatar

In the early 90s, either Covergirl or Maybelline (I think Covergirl, though) had a trio of lavender blushes (blush, contour, highlight) that was really natural looking. I can’t remember the name of the set, but I’d love to recreate those. They were the perfect shades of lavender blush and they applied nicely. With today’s better makeup formulas, I’d bet they’d be a dream.

Quinctia Avatar

I’m pretty sure the first blush I ever got (from my Mom for Christmas in ’94) was a trio in that line. It was definitely peachy, though…but I’m thinking you may be right on the Covergirl leanings, if I remember the packaging correctly, I think it was one of theirs.

xamyx Avatar

More than likely it was CoverGirl… Maybelline did the same type of trios, as well, but I distinctly remember them in 4 groupings: Pink, Plum, Coral, & Peach, and they were supposed to coordinate with ones “season”. I had the pink, plum, and peach, LOL! CoverGirl just put out several trios, and there seemed to be more variety. I didn’t have any, as CG face products really irritated my skin back then.

Rachel R. Avatar

Thank you, also! I think you are right about Maybelline having the seasons trios. I’m thinking I had a few of the Covergirl trios, but the lavender was my favorite, and I had lavender lipstick (rare in those days), too. I don’t remember at all who did the lipstick, but they went together great.

Erin Avatar

I’d create a cream blush that was the perfect mix of coral, pink, and a brown plum sort of color that would have a slight sheen but actually dry down. It would be some sheer to medium pigment. Mostly to even out my Rosacea when it’s flaring up and instead make me look healthy!

Judy H. Avatar

I would love a silky powder blush that just became part of the skin when I applied it rather than a powder on top. The color I’d created is a peach/pink/neutal that would complement any skin tone and any eye makeup. (It would not look like NARS Orgasm)

Melanie B. Avatar

A tangerine blush with a hint of bright pink to it! I think it would play well over freckled skin and strawberry blonde hair. Gorgeous.

xamyx Avatar

Fortunately, it exists… NARS Douceur! It’s absolutely *perfect* for my coloring, as well as my personal aesthetic. I’d like MAC Brit Wit in a powder, though…

Jan Kelley Avatar

I would love Tom Ford’s blush, Love Lust done in the same consistency as Yves Saint Laurent Creme De Blush. I can lightly tap it onto my skin and it looks so natural.

Ammara Avatar

Lavender violet blush that stays that way on my cheeks and doesn’t turn pink. Or a peach blush that also doesn’t turn pink. I wish I could wear blush without any foundation but the redness turns everything a shade of pink or red.

Kristy Avatar

Medium blued raspberry plum with silver shimmers. I love shimmery blushes! Maybelline used to make this color back in the 80s when I first started wearing makeup. They even had a vivid desert red color that my mom used to wear. Drugstore blushes are a total bore now…I guess people were pretty adventurous with color then.

Brenda Avatar

I had to really think about this! I’m pretty happy with the blush collection i have – the only thing I’d create would be a cream blush the same colour as MAC Prim & Proper. That is my favourite blush and I don’t use it too often for fear of breaking it or running out! I’d prefer cream as I like the way they melt into the skin and look more natural, and don’t break when you drop them! LOL

Alison Avatar

I’d love a buttery but not powdery quad for blush: A version of YSL Red Agate, a rosy plum-pink (like Lancome Aplum meets Chanel Rose Initiale), a true blood-red like Chanel Rouge, and a contour shade (That’s on the cooler side, more taupe-brown, like Dolce and Gabbana tan).

Patrick Avatar

Can’t be one for me – Gotta be more! Cream to powder blush in a deep apricot shade, same colour as the LE MAC casual cream colour in ‘Evening stroll’, a poppy red with a hint of hot pink, and a mid-toned pinky-coral.

Ade Avatar

Tom Ford blushes with satin finish, NARS Sin with satin finish and La Femme Orange Blush on Rouge but in oil–free formula and (again) in satin finish. I just love satin finish! 😀

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Romeo Sleath Avatar

The most important ingredient to avoid is alcohol in all of its forms except cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. Using lukewarm water, wash your face gently with a mild soap no more than three times a day, and pat dry. Rosehip oil has been used for ages by indigenous people to soothe different skin problems.

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