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xamyx Avatar
xamyx

LORAC; admittedly, I don’t wear a lot of blush, and when it comes to texture, I really don’t care, as color & pigmentation are the most important factors for me. I just happen to find that LORAC powder products tend to be extremely soft, and I don’t happen to find that to be a good thing.

Barbie Avatar
Barbie

sleek cosmetics blush by 3 palettes are so silky and not powdery at all! i really like their formula and i love it because it’s 3 blushes 20 grams of product for 12 dollars

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tuna lala

Same here! I own a couple and they are so easy to blend. I’ve tried MAC, Nars, shu uemura, Estee Lauder, smashbox, Shiseido, Bobbi Brown, but this one is the softest.

helen Avatar
helen

I have to give props to Guerlain. I love buildable factor. You can never add too much, it just looks more flush rather than a clown-college graduate…

helen Avatar
helen

PS: Christine, have you received a sample/purchase of the new Giorgio Armani foundation? I tried a sample and was very disappointed but I’m so curious to read your review.

Malia Avatar
Malia

soft, meaning texture? Lorac also, it was a really soft domed blush. I didnt use it often but if I remember correctly it was called Flaunt. it was more shimmery than pigmented though

Ruca Avatar
Ruca

Illamasqua. I’m always impressed with their blush, both softness and pigmentation. It’s soft on the skin, and delicately soft in the pan.

Some Benefit Boxes are rather soft, too. All my Guerlain blushes are huge disappointments. 🙁 I think I own one of every brand LOL the true sign of a real beauty junkie.

Caroline Avatar
Caroline

I don’t know if this “softest” means the texture, if so, then Illamasqua, or it would be Laduree’s pressed blushes – hands down the best, beat whatever there are on the US market.

shortie Avatar
shortie

nope. everyones wrong here. softest by far is cargo. ive tried many of these blushes mentioned and cargo is the softest. very under-rated brand for sure. especially their blushes

Ruca Avatar
Ruca

I own 2 pans of Cargo–1 is a traditional formula in a tin, and the other is one of their HD Blu-Ray blushes. I still say it’s no where near as finely milled, delicate, and soft on all counts as the 4 pans of Illamasqua I own.

Eva Avatar
Eva

Being that I work at Inglot, I have too say that our blushes are out of this world soft. I have grown very fond of them. However, beware, they are quite messy, being that they are so loosely packed.

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akhan

For me, it’s a tie between Illamasqua and Nars (especially Gina, Luster, Exhibit A, Dolce Vita). The Cargo blushes I have are a close second, Mendocino and Cannes in particular are soft without being overly powdery.

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Shelley

No contest. Illamasqua. However, honorable mention for the MAC prolongwear blushes. And I know people don’t feel like they are very pigmented, but as a pasty pale face they are great.

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