Giorgio Armani Desire (61) Glow Blush Review & Swatches
Desire (61)
Giorgio Armani Desire (61) Glow Blush ($38.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a medium-dark, pinky-red with subtle, warm undertones and a satin finish.
- Mostly opaque pigmentation in one layer, though readily used with a lighter-hand (marketed as buildable)
- Finely-milled, silky consistency
- Applied evenly and blended out well
- Long-wearing (9 hours before fading noticeably)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$38.00/0.12 oz. - $316.67 Per Ounce
The formula is described as "ultra-finely milled" that has a "soft focus, glowy effect" and "buildable, blendable" coverage that lasts. The powder blush had a very smooth, silky texture that was, as described, finely-milled without being too powdery nor too firmly-pressed into the pan.
There was a velvety quality to the powder that made it incredibly easy to apply and to diffuse on bare skin or on top of foundation. I also found that the glowy aspect was there: skin looked slightly radiant without being overtly shimmery (except for one blush shade which had actual, visible shimmer).
On my normal-to-dry skin, the formula lasted eight to nine hours with the more mid-tone and deeper hues lasting closer to nine hours on me before they started to fade gradually and evenly.
Browse all of our Giorgio Armani Glow Blush swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, Mica, Ci 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Nylon-12, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Magnesium Stearate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Ci 75470 / Carmine, Caprylyl Glycol, Ci 77491 / Iron Oxides, Ci 15850 / Red 7, Silica, Ci 19140 / Yellow 5 Lake, Tin Oxide.
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Pretty wearable shade, will check it out in person.
Hi Christine! The title says shade 61 Desire but the review and photo is of 11 Warm Nude. Is this a glitch only I’m seeing?
This is fixed, and I have no idea what happened here, lol!
Lol!! Thank you!
I like this shade also. I have been finding so many blushes that I like recently. You would think I had no blushes in my stash. I have always been a lipstick person but maybe I am switching to blush. I am trying to master the subtle and well blended blushes one sees in Asian makeup. Even using Korean and Japanese blushes has not helped me achieve the look. I think that since we tend to wear our blush more obviously, I am not use to seeing myself in anything that lightly applied and so I end up going back and adding more.
It’s great to see a HE brand like Armani deliver a decent blush – even though this shade colour is a bit too browny for me, I like the finish and the rating.
Too light for me (even in winter), but it is the PERFECT shade for pale folks who have either warmer coloring or those milk white with freckles like my Irish grandmother on my mother’s side! Oh, and she had the light red/dark strawberry blonde hair to go with it, too.
Looks fabulous! I just wanted to pass along a small suggestion for the website: I think it would be great if readers could interact with each other’s comments by giving them a like, as opposed to only having the comment functionality. Looking forward to reading your new mothership palette review! 😊