Sephora Second Chance Colorful Blush Review & Swatches
Second Chance
Sephora Second Chance Colorful Blush ($14.00 for 0.12 oz.)
- Medium, buildable coverage
- Lightly powdery, finely-milled, smooth
- Applied evenly and blended out fairly well
- Average-wearing (7 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$14.00/0.12 oz. - $116.67 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have a "superfine texture" with "buildable" coverage that is available in both matte and shimmer finishes. The consistency was thinner and almost chalk-like compared to the prior formula, and while I think it applied and looked better on my skin than it looked, the matte shades were quite flat on skin and would benefit from an additional product to breathe life back into the skin.
The pigmentation ranged from shade to shade but was typically medium and buildable, which was reinforced by the texture itself being a bit firmer overall. I tested eight of the 13 shades I purchased for wear, and they lasted six to seven hours on me, which is shorter than typical for powder blush on my normal-to-dry skin. I would describe the wear as more prone to fading, and they seemed to disappear faster than most blushes (even as they did fade evenly).
Browse all of our Sephora Colorful Blush swatches.
Ingredients
Mica, Kaolin, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Wax, Microcrystalline Cellulose, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), C13-15 Alkane, CI 77007 (Ultramarines), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Ethylhexylglycerin, Sorbic Acid, CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), Aluminum Hydroxide, CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake), Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, CI 15850 (Red 7), CI 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), CI 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), CI 77742 (Manganese Violet), CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide).
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Definitely does NOT look like a “blush”, Sephora! But, it does look like a lovely contouring shade for very light to lt-medium skintones that run cooler.
This looks like a perfect affordable contour! Thanks, I’ll try it.
Yes, it does look like more of a contouring shade than a blush.
I’ve got an older Sephora “blush” (really a contour product) very close to this shade. It’s called Tranquil and was very close in colour to Chanel Notorious, which sold out EVERYWHERE really quickly. I rarely contour at all (it just doesn’t look natural on me) but when I do these cool, shadow-y colours work far better than bronzers.
Second Chance is Tranquil, renamed for the formulation change prior to this one. Good eye!
I’m with Nancy, this is not a blush, but perhaps I can use it as a contour, especially on my nose. As long as it doesn’t “migrate”. I remember trying on stick contour and finding after a wild night of drinks and dancing that everything journeyed south and I looked like I’d grown Fred Flintstone’s 5 o’clock shadow!
Meanwhile I’ll continue to look for blush that matches Bobbi Browne’s Red Mauve lipstick. Any suggestions?
I don’t remember that shade!
I looked it up on Nordstrom’s. It’s a crushed lipstick Telluride/Red Mauve. So I only got it 1/2 right, sorry about that…
I have a question, when using your database, how can I differentiate browns? Obs, most of the yellow browns would be warm toned, and pinky browns would cool, but what are the grayed brown or the red browns? I’m so psyched that the brown color palette is making a comeback!
Hi Rhonda!
That would definitely be why I didn’t recognize the name, lol!
I’d say that rosier browns tend to be “7” on the cool/warm spectrum or lower. Gray browns might be a 5 or otherwise categorized as taupe rather than brown. For red-browns, usually a 7 on the cool/warm spectrum but they might end up getting categorized as plum instead!
I love that this product is still called a “colorful” blush 🙂 How funny!