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What is your current go-to blush?
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Korres Natural or Tom Ford Love Lust.
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Benefit Rockateur
Benefit Rockateur. I love the way it smells too!
NARS Douceur. It’s not intensely pigmented like most NARS blushes, so I’m not in danger of overdoing it when I’m in a hurry.
Benefit Sugarbomb.
Tarte’s Airblush Maracuja Blush in Shimmering Peach! The more I use it, the more I seem to like it. I’ve even made a noticeable dent in the product, which never happens.
Becca’s creme blush in Turkish Rose. It’s been discontinued but I have a backup.
My favourite blush is Ambering Rose by MAC. Plum Foolery is a close second.
NARS Douceur or MAC Pink Cult. For creams, NARS Multiple in Riviera or MAC Brit Wit.
My blush stash primarily consists of soft, muted, dusky pinks, so I really just grab anything at random, and it works…
I need a backup of Pink Cult. It’s such a great color! I’m surprised it hasn’t sold out, considering all the people that I hear own it.
Tarte Exposed is a good one.
Tarte Exposed is definitely the one I reach for right now too!
Totally agree, it’s a no brainer for me when I’m in a hurry. Otherwise I love Tarte Blushing Bride. Pinks don’t look good on me at all and peaches are iffy. (I have a light olive skin tone )
HG Mood Exposure.
It’s been MAC Extra Dimension Blush in At Dusk, mostly!
Makeup Geek Head Over Heels or MAC’s Cream Soda! 🙂
Bobbi Brown blush in Pastel Peach and Laura Mercier Second Skin in Lotus Pink!
M.A.C Peachykeen – perfect pinky peach color, with a bit of shimmer 🙂
I wanted to list that one as well! I love the color and the amount of shimmer.
benefit coralista and mac breath of plum
Back to Tarte’s exposed! Although I cannot get enough of Chanel’s Destiny blush! 🙂
Mac pink cult- I’m obsessed! !!
I just looked at that – it’s very pretty!
I have a really hard time not wearing it everyday!
I’m sooo afraid to run out, so I “ration” myself, LOL! When it was first released a few years back, I didn’t wear blush, so I regrettably passed. I also should have picked up a second one this time around…
Estee Lauder Sensuous Rose
It’s a bronzer actually, from BE Creative Make Up. It’s a beautiful matte color and it just looks very sophisticated and natural.
Benefit Dandelion
That’s a tough one because I chop and change my blush most days. My favourite blushes that I normally go to though are MAC Dainty, MAC MSF in Blonde, MAC Moon River (LE but I got a backup since my original is nearly done), Prescriptives Illuminator (very old!), Rouge Bunny Rouge Gracilis and Lily Lolo Rosy Apple. That was hard to narrow down and there are loads I feel I’ve missed out! I’m definitely more of a shimmery blush girl and I also love highlighter. The more glow the better! 😛
Benefit Coralista and Tarte Dollface
I actually tried TF lovelust recently and think Coralista works better for my skintone. People rave about Orgasm and lovelust but it just makes my skin look red. Which is odd, because I love Chanel Intonation.
Nars Sin.
I’m loving the Jane Iredale mineral blushes. They’re long-lasting and the colors are great. Right now I’m wearing Cheekie a lot.
I pretty much wear all different shades, but if I’m not sure what will look best, I’ll reach for MAC At Dusk or Nars Deep Throat. Also, those two “play nice” when I want to emphasize my eyes.
Me too! I wear all different shades, blush is my favourite thing to change up! 😀
Right now, I am rotating between four: Nars Dolce Vita and 413 Bleeker, Mac Format, and Black Radianxe Toasted Almond. I have about 15 other blushes but these four have been in heavy rotation since the Beginning of September.
Mac Sincere and Nars Luster.
Black Radiance Plum sorbet
NARS Seduction or Tarte Dazzled! I like them a lot for fall season. 🙂
MAC Warm Soul!
Aerin Freesia!
Caramel from theBalm’s How ‘Bout Them Apples? palette (sometimes topped with NYX Spice) or NYX Terra Cotta
NYX Spice is gorgeous. Have you tried Mocha? It’s pretty much a warmer Spice. I think it would look beautiful on you!
I haven’t tried Mocha…I will have to check it out. Thank you, Drew!
Nars Orgasm
MAC Crazed Imagination.
Right now? Nars dolce vita, lovejoy and #12 mocha garconne from YSL. During warmer months it’s nars deep throat and HG’s diffused heat.
I’m rotating three ones now, NARS Orgasm, MAC Frankly Scarlet and Illamasqua Hussy.
MAC Fun Ending!
Nars Sex Appeal and Hourglass Ethereal Glow
Benefit Dallas!
NARS Gaiety and NYX Mauve
It depends on the color family; I switch things up a lot. Nude/Peach – Tarte Exposed; Nude/Pink – Benefit Dandelion; Coral – Sleek Life’s a Peach; Pink – Nyx Dusty Rose or MAC Pink Cult; Berry – The Balm Cabana Boy; Red – Sleek Pinktini.
MAC Crazed Imagination 🙂
I’ve been using NARS deep throat as my everyday 😀 it’s so easy to pop on before classes in the morning!
MAC MSF Blush in Just a Wisp. I love it!!!
Me too!!
Nars Sin, it’s been my go to for about a year now. Love it!
MAC Just A Wisp
and MAC Dainty
NARS Orgasm 🙂
Hourglass Mood Exposure! I can’t stop wearing it – I almost feel guilty for not using my other blushes!
Looks pretty, I think I will try that one.
Bourjois cream 1 or 2 or mixture of both to warm up & finish with a very light dab of MaC Fleur Power as i find it very pigmented.
Maybelline dream bouncy in Hot Tamale
Blunt and fever both by MAC
Nars Orgasm and Chanel Malice
Nars Dolce Vita and Mac’s Format.
Dolce Vita all the way! I’m always reaching for it. I especially like to use Dolce Vita as a contour blush, then dust a little of Givenchy’s It Girl Purple on the tops of my cheekbones to add a little more dimension.
Tarte Amazonian clay blush in exposed, a nude rose color
MAC Melba!
Nars Deep Throat.
Rock & Republic Shameless
My two favorites were originally purchased from make up artists at salons. The first was an eyeshadow, #215, also known as cedar, which has been discontinued. The closest match I’ve found is the recently released MAC taupe blush. Its even better than sculpt for contouring, I use it everyday to contour my cheeks and brush over my eyelids when I’m not wearing eyeshadow. It works as a taupe eyeshadow as well. The second was called Santa Fe, a pinky brown that I brushed over more muted colors. It woke up my face and I have not found an exact match for it. The closest I’ve found are MAC Prism, and Clinique Almond Blossom. Because my skin has so much pink in it, I use a taupe or golden base to contour or as a base to a colored blush everyday. For this I use MAC Taupe or Nars Zen. I was never a big MAC user. This blog has introduced me to a lot of their products. One of my favorites is their blush, it goes on smoothly, the color lasts and stays true, and their practice of constantly releasing limited edition collections (which I usually hate), has given us lay people access to pro products, like the Taupe blush and Sculpt contour powder (basically a blush), that Ii love!
Inglot 127. I finally tried a couple of Inglot blushes and they are so good. I wish there was an Inglot store in my city because everything I’ve bought from them (except one random eyeshadow) is fabulous, but it’s hard to pick online because they have so many similar shades.
Tom Ford, Love Lust or Charlotte Tilbury, Ectasy.
Chanel powder blush in rose initiale
I love changing my blush day to day! But probably my biggest ‘go-to’s’ are Benefit’s Dallas or Rockateur, or MAC’s Ripe for Love & Modern Mandarin. I’m really loving MakeUp Geek’s blushes too!
MAC Dainty first and second Benefit Rockateur
Makeup Geek Bliss 🙂
At the moment it’s Clinique Peach Pop, but of course it oscillates back and forth between that one and Chanel Affinite 😉
Chanel Accent!
right now im in an “eyeshadow as blush” phase. i love the urban decay electric palette, and i use the bright bright pink color (savage) or the lavander pearlescent color (jilted) with either some of the silver color (revolt) or a gold (there’s a palette from sephora i love right now i cant think of the name but there’s a soft pretty gold with minimal glitter in it) ill blend these together and my cheeks look the right amount of flushed and shimmery.
i also love mac MSF in petticoat. ill never get tired of that.
oh! the key to the electric palette as blush obviously, is a VERY LIGHT HAND. i barely touch the brush to the color and that’s enough for both cheeks. the pigmentation is that amazing.
NARS’ Dolce Vita
NARS Taos! I wear it every single day for the past 2 weeks 🙂
NARS Deep Throat is my go-to color whenever I can’t decide what blush to wear.
MAC Sideshow You. It goes with pretty much everything and softly warms up my complexion.
lately it has been rockateur!
Physicians Formula Warm – that one with adorable hearts..
Mac CCB in Tint. It gives a soft warm glow perfect for this time of year in southern Ontario and I use it as a light contour as well.
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Natural Beauty or MAC’s Ambering Rose are absolute go-to’s if I just can’t decide on what blush to wear. But I truly love blush and switch up all the time!
Nars Sin and Hourglass Radiant Magenta
I use Korres Natural for work also — complete fool-proof for my skin tone. The funny thing is I bought 3 more when they were starting to get harder to find (I guess they’ve discontinued the shade), but after 2 years of regular use, the I’m still trying to hit pan on the first one! This thing is bottomless!!
LOL!
I know what you mean. I have backups, too, but at the rate I’m going, I’ll never get to them!
I’ve been doing a lot of smokey, bronze-y, golden-y eye looks, and I love pairing it with e.l.f. Studio Blush in Blushing Rose (it’s kind of similar to NARS Lovejoy, which I also love!). If I want something neutral-ish, I like to do NARS Amour.
Ok, so I was heartbroken when Mac Cream Soda just faded into my NC40 skin tone.
I found Mac’s Prism, it looks EXACTLY like the same color but more pigmented. Well, on me at least. It was my go-to blush for the last 6 months or so. My favorite part of this story? It’s from the PERM line so I can replace it when I run out!
Fusion Beauty SculptDiva in Cherub
M.A.C. Seduced at Sea for me!
TheBalm Cabana Boy
Bobbi Brown Pale Pink
I rotate between Mac pleasure model or Clinique ginger pop.
Korres Pink or Mac mineralized blush in Feeling flush