Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Review & Swatches

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Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette
Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette

Love

Natasha Denona Love Cheek Duo Palette ($42.00 for 0.49 oz.) is new for spring, and it wasn’t noted as limited edition (whereas the mini eyeshadow palette was!). The duo includes a brighter, pink cream blush, which was originally in the Darya palette (the color and performance was consistent with that appearance) and a new, gold-shimmered pink highlighter/highlighting blush (depending on one’s skin tone).

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Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder
Natasha Denona Pink and Golden Champagne Glow Impact Powder

Pink and Golden Champagne

Love is a light-medium, almost bluish-pink base with very strong, peach-to-gold shifting shimmer that gave it a luminous finish. The powder was smooth to the touch, firm and dense but not stiff to work with, which I find is typical for the gel-powder hybrid type of formula that this is part of.

There was no powderiness when I worked with it, which made it easier to pick up product without feeling like one might over-apply, though those new to this type of formula may find they need a denser brush or a heavier hand if they tend to be very light-handed! It had semi-opaque, buildable color coverage that applied evenly and blended out well. The finish was glowing and had noticeable shimmer, but it didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural skin texture. It lasted nicely for nine hours before fading visibly.

Ingredients

MICA, ALUMINUM CALCIUM SODIUM SILICATE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER (HDI), PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, POLYGLYCERYL-4 CAPRATE, PEG-12 DIMETHICONE, POLYGLYCERYL-3 POLYRICINOLEATE, GLYCERIN, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, POLYSORBATE 20, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, POLYGLYCERYL-3 DIISOSTEARATE, TIN OXIDE, CARRAGEENAN (CHONDRUS CRISPUS), XANTHAN GUM, SILICA, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) , CI 75470 (CARMINE).

Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.

Pink and Golden Champagne

PiPPermanent in Palette. $42.00.
A
A
9.5
Product
8.5
Pigmentation
10
Texture
9.5
Longevity
5
Application
94%
Total
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Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush
Natasha Denona Pink Cream Blush

Pink

Pink is a bright, medium pink with subtle, warm undertones and a “natural matte” finish. It had opaque color coverage with a smooth, lightly creamy consistency that was lightweight, blendable, and not too tacky. It dried down to a more semi-matte finish after being applied to my skin.

Per the brand, it can be applied with dampened sponge for more buildable coverage, which was accurate, though it worked well with stippling brushes or fingertips, too. It applied evenly over bare skin as well as over foundation as it wasn’t prone to lifting up base products. It stayed on well for nine hours before fading a bit on me.

Ingredients

ISODECYL NEOPENTANOATE, MICA, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, SYNTHETIC WAX, DIMETHICONE, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, CERA MICROCRISTALLINA (MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX ), CERA CARNAUBA [COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX ], TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, SILICA, SILICA DIMETHYL SILYLATE, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-t-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE ), CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES), CI 77492 ( IRON OXIDES ), CI 15850 ( RED 6), CI 15850 (RED 7 LAKE).

Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.

Pink

PiPPermanent in Palette.
A+
A+
10
Product
10
Pigmentation
10
Texture
9.5
Longevity
5
Application
99%
Total

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Lauren Avatar

Gee, that’s so pretty. I’m in trouble. Good thing it’s permanent, as I’m just window shopping for now.

Dumb question: when applying cream blush from a pan with a dampened sponge, would you just like streak the blush onto the cheek with a finger and then blend it out with the sponge? Or actually dip the sponge into the pan, if it’s not too wet? I’d guess the former but I’ve never had a cream blush in that format.

Jake Avatar

This is the item in which I’m most interested out of this collection—I love the colors and the packaging! I love that cool pink base in the highlighter, and I’d want to use it as a blush-topper, but from the video reviews I’ve seen on YouTube, the gold shift is so strong that it makes me hesitant. I ended up purchasing the Darya palette instead (on sale on Sephora for pretty much the same price as this duo!), but I’m glad to hear that this isn’t limited edition. Perhaps I’ll pick it up another time 🙂

Christina F. Avatar

This is tempting. I’m not sure the shift in the highlighter will work for me, but I’m not sure it won’t. The gold says it will, the almost greige nature of it tells me it may make me look dead. It is such a pretty duo though!

P Jill Avatar

I grabbed it the moment it appeared on her website! I love it. So much better than her Valentine offering last year! I hope that next Valentine’s Day she will introduce a mini blush palette with a coral toned blush as is in her Citrus Diamond and Glow palette.

Gretchen Avatar

Gosh this is so pretty. I already have the Darya palette and use the cream blush all the time; but I really love this highlighter. I’m torn because I really want the new Pat McGrath highlighter and they seem similar. I’ll probably end up getting both, knowing me.

Rose Avatar

oof I so wish that these were separate because I want that highlighter more than anything but I reeeeally don’t think the blush color would work for me, especially as a cream formula. Not sure if I am going to cave or look for a dupe of the highlighter!

Cara Millstein Avatar

I’ve about given up on brands launching pale, cool toned highlighters. Every time I turn around, there’s a new gold or gold shifting highlighter that brands claim is universal. Come on, vampires want to wear highlighter too!!

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