Make Up For Ever B206 Artist Face Color (Blush) Review, Photos, Swatches
B206
Make Up For Ever B206 Artist Face Color ($23.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a soft, light-medium pink with subtle, warm undertones and a semi-matte finish. It almost looked like strawberry ice cream–lighter but still quite pink. I did find that the shade darkened slightly on the skin after a few minutes, though.
The consistency was soft, smooth, and blendable, though the powder was denser overall, so while there was no excess product kicked up in the pan, it did need a moderately dense blush or heavier hand to use. It wore well for eight and a half hours on me before fading slightly.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- KVD Beauty Poe (Light) (DC, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Dior Intemporalle (LE, $65.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Smith and Cult Cool Pink (P, $24.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Benefit Dandelion (P, $29.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Aphrodite Amour (LE, $44.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- KIKO 109 Candy Rose (P, $12.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Cheeky Devil (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Kiss Off (DC, $26.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Chanel Tweed Pink (LE, $45.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Makeup by Mario Mellow Mauve (P, $24.00) is darker (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$23.00/0.17 oz. - $135.29 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "intense color payoff" with a "long-lasting finish." The range is split into three types--Highlighters, Sculpting Powders, and Blushes--that is easy to determine by the first letter of the shade name (H for Highlighter, S for Sculpting, and B for Blush).
There are three finishes--matte, shimmer, and pearl but was less obvious. In fact, the majority of the "matte" shades were more like semi-matte or natural matte where there were no distinctive shimmer particles but they seemed to take on the natural finish of the skin, which gave the "mattes" a particularly seamless finish on the skin but might be dewier on oilier skin types than desired. None of the 34 shades available were frosted or metallic except three of the highlighters (H100, H106, H312).
The pigmentation ranged from medium to opaque, depending largely on the shade, though they were always buildable if they were not opaque in a single layer. Some of the deeper, more matte shades were less forgiving and took more effort to diffuse and blend, even when I used a lighter hand or a more feathery brush. The texture was smooth, velvety, and moderately dense without any powderiness or dustiness in the pan. The formula has lasted between eight and ten hours on me.
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Ingredients
Mmmm, strawberry ice cream (or in this house, a midnight strawberry-banana smoothie!)…. that’s the perfect description of this shade! That it shows up as well as it does, considering the pan shade, is quite the nice surprise. Much prettier than yesterday’s shade!
Very pretty shade for the pinky lovers and your whoe look was beautiful.
Oh, this one is really pretty! I have Dandelion already, or I’d be all over this one.
What a beautiful look you put together, love it!
Quite nice!