Flesh Beauty Fever Tender Flesh Blush Review & Swatches
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Flesh Beauty Fever Tender Flesh Blush ($26.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a vibrant, coral-red with warm, orange undertones and a soft, matte finish. It had good pigmentation that was buildable to full coverage with a second layer–a little went a long way, though to tint the skin as it was a deeper, more vibrant hue to begin with, so lighter skin tones will likely want to use a very light hand when working with it. The texture was smooth to the touch but firmer and a bit denser, though not really stiff, just a thinner consistency. I expected it to be harder to blend out on my skin, and while the color itself seemed to spread well on my skin, the color looked patchy and almost like it was sitting in my pores. It lasted for eight and a half hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$26.00/0.14 oz. - $185.71 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be "richly pigmented" with a "cream-like powder" texture that is "infused with mica pearls for a glowy, soft focus effect," though there are two finishes--matte and frost. From the shades I trialled, they were pigmented and long-wearing (eight to nine hours) with some shades blending better than others. The texture is denser and firmer without powderiness, but I wouldn't describe the ones I tried as stiff.
Browse all of our Flesh Beauty Tender Flesh Blush swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, Zinc Stearate, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Silica, Boron Nitride, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Punica Granatum Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Propolis Extract, Tinoxide. May Contain: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Ultramarines, Carmine, Red 6, Red 7 Lake, Red 28 Lake.
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The fingerprint design creeps me out and “Tender Flesh” just seems so terribly wrong. Not to mention 8.5 hours of color sitting in the pores!! No, thank you.
Yeah, this one wasn’t so great, but I do have a couple of others I’m testing that I think will be better!
It’s not exactly inexpensive for a C+ rating, but it is a vibrant shade.
Thankfully, I bought three shades, and the other two hold more promise!
The name of their products is just too much. My husband totally laughed his ass off when I told him the name of their foundation, Firm Flesh Thickstick. Seriously, were frat boys naming the cosmetics???
What Brenda said! I’m so tired of these suggestive names for cosmetics. I had hoped (with the release of the Hourglass lipsticks with the positive and inspiring names) that companies would finally start moving away from the sex and drugs inspired names but, alas, NO! And the poor performance of this blush confirms what I felt when I learned that Revlon was behind the brand.
Brenda, so did I! That name had me lmao while also doing heavy eye rolls! ???
FLESH. Flesh flesh flesh.
Tender Flesh, on your face! Yay!
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The way they use Flesh in the formula names is like Tarte using Amazonian Clay in everything except at least that’s on the descriptive side.
I wouldn’t think this was a c+ based on your pictures alone. Seems ok to me.
It looked like mini polka dots all over my cheeks!
I’ve had that happen with cheap blush, and even with foundation. It’s horrible!!!
So have I, Seraphine. Makes my insecurity over my large pores compounded even more!
I’m waiting for ‘Proud Flesh’ a/k/a granulation tissue. Because the names can always get worse. Or more gross.
LOL, they do have Proud Flesh Matte Liquid Lipcolor – I am not sure if I just speared your joke there… I did not pick up any of the lip products, though, as I felt like a good powder (finely-milled, long-wearing, blendable, pigmented) is harder to do than a lipstick (which I feel like so many brands at all price points do well).
Pretty color, but the product names for this brand are awful. I actually like the fingerprint embossing. I think Revlon-family cosmetics are mostly awful across the board, so I’m not surprised this got a so-so grade.
I haven’t tried much from Revlon in awhile, but I also feel like I don’t hear much about their recent launches either!
Neither have I.