Dior Pink (001) Rosy Glow Blush Review & Swatches
Pink (001)
Dior Pink (001) Rosy Glow Blush ($40.00 for 0.16 oz.) is a very pale, bluish-pink with cool, blue undertones and a flat, matte finish.
- Semi-sheer coverage, buildable to medium coverage
- Firm, stiff, dry texture; had to be scraped to loosen product for use
- Applied unevenly, difficult to blend out
- Lasted for seven hours but looked patchier after five hours
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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- ColourPop Hot 2 Touch (LE, $12.00).
- Give Me Glow Party Favor (P, $14.00).
- Haus Labs Dragon Fruit Daze (P, $38.00).
- ColourPop Prairie Air (P, $12.00).
- ColourPop Sweetheart (LE, $12.00).
- ColourPop Round the World (LE, $12.00).
Formula Overview
$40.00/0.16 oz. - $250.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to "last all day long" that "reacts to skin's moisture level" and its pH to deliver a "customized color." The texture is described as "ultra-fine" and "lightweight" so that it blends well and feels weightless. It was also described as being buildable, and it had semi-sheer to medium, somewhat buildable coverage.
If you can dislodge the powder away from the surface, it's a decent blush; it seemed kind of flat and was more apt to emphasize skin texture/dryness compared to other blush formulas. Some shades blended out better than others, but the texture of all the blushes I tried in the range was incredibly firm, stiff, and prone to developing hard-pan within a handful of uses. I felt like I was constantly using a paper towel to break up that top surface to get product to apply and to swatch.
The "customized color" it gave me often was in the form of making the application seem patchier over time, which was more noticeable with medium and deeper colors against my skin tone. (Naturally, the closer your skin tone is to the blush color, the less apparent some patchiness will be.)
On my skin, they lasted around seven hours on me, so a little below average, but about half the shades turned patchier and seemed to "sink" into my pores over time.
From a texture standpoint, these are some of the worst high-end blushes I've come across. Usually, the textures at this price point are incredibly silky, smooth, and blendable, but wow, what a total miss.
Browse all of our Dior Rosy Glow Blush swatches.
Ingredients
SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE • MICA • DIMETHICONE • BORON NITRIDE • LAUROYL LYSINE • ZINC STEARATE • SILICA • CELLULOSE • CAPRYLYL GLYCOL • ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN • SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE • PENTYLENE GLYCOL • STEARIC ACID • AQUA (WATER) • TOCOPHEROL • [+/- CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) • CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES) • CI 73360 (RED 30 LAKE) • CI 45410 (RED 27)]
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My heart breaks at this desecration! And yet almost all the reviews at Sephora (not just the incentivized ones, in which I don’t put much store) raved about all these shades.
Why would they do this?! I have this blush shade from probably 5-6 years ago and it was beautiful. Not crazy pigmented, but really silky and beautiful, one of my old favorites. These seem unusable!
A fellow reader who has an IG review account, but does follow your page, let it be known that the reformulation really went sideways and badly for Dior. As in: WTH was Dior THINKING?!?
(As we await your usually well-deserved eviscerating reviews that leave us cackling 😉)
Shame on Dior for putting this out. Even the logo atop the compact looks worse 😬
Yup, just plain awful.
I’ve seen low ratings on Dior makeup many, many times over the years. It makes me wonder how their makeup line stays in business.
Other than the color, the best part abt the previous version was the glitter/shimmer free satin finish that gives a healthy glow to the skin and the reformulation seems to have eliminated that. I’m glad I have a backup of the original. I’m so sick of Dior ruining my favorite products with this major reformulation just so they can jump the pseudoscience clean train. Nobody is happy about these changes.
Site crashed when I wanted to say I hope Mariella has back-ups of her Rosy glow before the formula hit the chute.
I totally agree with this rating. I returned this blush after I brought it a couple years ago. Glad some people enjoy wearing it though.
This makes me sad because the pre-reformulation version of this shade was on my wishlist for such a long time and I was actually getting prepared to buy this soon for my birthday. Glad I waited for reviews. Guess I’ll get the Haus Labs blush I’ve had my eye on instead.