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Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush Review, Photos, Swatches

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Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)
Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush (2016)

Pink Ingenue

Estee Lauder Pink Ingenue Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush ($34.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a medium pink with subtle, warm undertones and a satin finish. It had semi-opaque, buildable color payoff that was true-to-pan in color and depth.

The Pure Color Envy Sculpting Blush formula is supposed to have an “ultra-silky” feel that gives “fresh” and “radiant” color to the cheeks, while the press release was more specific and stated that it should have “buildable dewy color that lasts all day.” The texture was a little firmer int he pan but still soft, finely-milled, and fairly easy to blend on the skin. It wore well for eight hours before fading on me.

Makeup Look
On face:
  • Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Foundation
  • Guerlain Les Voilettes Loose Setting Powder
On eyes:
  • City Color Gypsy Eyeshadow
  • City Color Cleo Eyeshadow
  • City Color U Jelly Eyeshadow
  • City Color Yas! Eyeshadow
  • City Color Evergreen Eyeshadow

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Em Avatar

Hey I’m wondering why you refer to yourself as “light to medium” for reference. This is deceiving because you are clearly medium leaning darker. Bright colors show up better on you because of this. As someone who is actually light, medium, colors like this are too bright for my taste and don’t show up as described.

Christine Avatar

Hi Em,

Most medium-shade foundations are too dark – for example, NC30-NC35 is considered medium in “MAC” terms (as the range typically goes from 15 to 55), which is about halfway through the range, but I am closer to NC20/NC25 (NC25 is usually too dark). Dior foundations, usually medium is in the 30s, and I use 20s (the lightest being 10s). In Tarte foundation, I am closest to Light-Medium Neutral. I describe my skintone as light-medium, which I find is appropriate given the shades that match me the best.

I would encourage you to read “About the Reviewer,” which goes into depth and even has an extended post linked, that shares foundations that match me. All of the foundations that match me best are typically a couple of shades from the lightest but aren’t in the middle either. But here’s a little rundown of shades that match me and how they are described – I am not pulling “light-medium” out of thin air:

– MAC NC20 (used to be the 2nd lightest they offered!)
– Hourglass Warm Ivory (1/4 shade too light but very close) – described as “light medium, warm undertone”
– Hourglass Nude (which is 1/4 shade too dark) – described as “light medium, neutral undertone”
– Laura Mercier Dusk (a bit too dark) – described as “light to medium with neutral to warm undertones”
– Tarte Light-Medium Neutral (closest match I’ve found) – described as a “light to medium skin with yellow and pink undertones”
– Anastasia Beige (1/2 shade too light) – described as “light skin with neutral undertones”
– Estee Lauder Desert Beige 2N1 (1/2 shade too light) – described as “light to medium beige with warm neutral undertones”

There is nothing deceiving about sharing the matches that fit me best and having them line up with what would be considered a light-medium skin tone when that is exactly how the majority of the shades are described. I don’t know what shades match you, as you did not share, but as I shared mine, you can easily compare to see how your skin tone actually varies from mine.

Em Avatar

My best match is cover fx N20 but I am a mac nc30 in the powder foundation, for liquids I am NC20-25. I am light sand in tarte and mufe 120. I like my foundations a bit darker. This is very confusing to me because I am definitely fair.
I would say “light” is more Anne Hathaway, which is what I would describe my skintone as. I would say “medium” is more Mariah Carey which I feel resembles your tone more.

Christine Avatar

Hi Em,

I’m not sure what screen you’re viewing the site on, as I can only reiterate my shade matches, and I am definitely not medium. MAC NC30 would be considered closer to medium – definitely not fair – and I would argue that true medium is more like NC35 given how foundation shade ranges have expanded in the last few years. This is why it is better to compare shade matches than something that is more fluid and may mean something different to you than it does to me, though my choice to use light-medium is based off of what the majority of my best matches are described as. Another example is just how poorly made foundation ranges can be – some brands have a shade called “deep” when it would only suit someone in a medium range, which only alienates everyone who actually is medium and deeper.

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