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Only blush I have hit pan in my collection is NARS Orgasm.
MAC Spring Flock (also got a backup)
omg I loooved Spring Flock!
A definate 3-way tie at present! UD Rapture, MAC Spring Flock, and also, MAC Burnt Pepper (still!)! Those 3 are the most flattering for my olive skintone, as well as the fact that they can easily fit into almost any look I do.
Ok I’m hearing too much about MAC Spring Flock… Guess that’s a sign to go get it!
Hi Melissa, it’s a great one! Bright peach, yet still natural enough to wear for regular daytime activities. Can build it up if one is a med -tan complexion like mine, but can also be worn softer, too.
I’m for anything peachy! Thanks!
Katherine and Nancy’s love of it made me cave and buy it. I’m not regretting it. It’s beautiful.
Makeup Geek’s Spell Bound. I didn’t think I will use it as much as I am now when I first bought it, but it is what I reach for the most! Such a universal shade.
Mac’s Supercontinental, such a gorgeous shade!
I second that! One of my top 5’s
L’Oreà l True Match C3 Tender Rose. I’ve hit major pan, so although I don’t absolutely love it, I just really want to finish it off. I *may* repurchase, if I catch a great deal, as it is a very easy to wear shade.
That’s my favourite colour too.
Now I mostly use Laura Geller Apricot Berry, since it works with pretty much anything I wear (on face or body–it’s a versatile blend).
My go-to’s this spring have been Charlotte Tilbury’s Love is the Drug and Makeup Geek’s Bliss.
I’ve been wanting to get that Charlotte Tilbury one for ages! Though I’m still torn over getting Love is the Drug or Love Glow (first…)
Love Glow is on my list too! I love the formula and how beautifully the blush blends into the skin. I decided to go with Love is the Drug first because I wanted the more intense glow.
It was always MAC Moon River and then MAC Dainty but I’ve been trying to use more of my blushes lately. However, my most used ones are my Prescriptives Illuminator (so old!), MAC Blonde MSF and Makeup Geek Head Over Heels. I suppose the first two aren’t technically blushes so I guess that the Makeup Geek blush is my most used!
MAC Posey
Of all time, bareMinerals All-Over Face Color in Rose Radiance. For about a decade, when I was busy raising kids and broke, it was pretty much the only one I used. It’s great for fair skin. I always use it on my cheeks, bridge of nose, along the hairline, and on my chin for a super-natural, healthy glow that I didn’t have in real life. I always get compliments when I use it. I still use it frequently, especially as the weather gets warmer and I wear less makeup.
Currently, I’d say my most used are Milani Rose Petal Blush in Coral Cove, Tarte Exposed, Tarte Celebrated, Too Faced Baby Love, UD Bittersweet, the Tarte Pin-Up palette, and Hush topped with OC from the UD Gwen Stefani Blush Palette.
I have GOT to get UD Bittersweet! Because even though CP Rain softened up some, it us just TOO light and sheer on me.
CP Rain is on dry side and has cooler, blue undertones, but shows up fine because I’m lighter skinned. Lorac Ultra Violet is pretty close to CP Rain, but better quality. UD Bittersweet has an awesome formula, it’s a little warmer, but if have darker skin, the difference between all 3 might be slight. I like all 3 but UD Bittersweet’s my fave.
I just adore Bittersweet. When I bought it, I thought I’d only wear it occasionally with certain looks, but instead wear it at least once a week. It’s got just enough pink in it to be flattering but still read as a purple. The pigmentation is really intense…I have to use a fluffy brush and use a light hand or I’d look like Barney while wearing it.
It looks like Bittersweet just has to come home with me next Sephora trip or so! Rain is just not doing it for my NC37-40 self.
Thanks for helping me decide to finally get it, my friends!?
I was a little intimidated by the Gwen blush palette when I opened it up after ordering it online. I’m going to try that combination, Rachel!
I hope it works for you. OC was intimidating for me, because it has that yellow shift to it. But I really like it as a blush topper.
It varies, but currently it’s Hourglass Incandescent Electra.
I have been thinking of getting an Hourglass blush… is this shade more peach than pink?
Yep, definitely more peachy/coral hued. If you want one that’s more pink though, I’d recommend Luminous Flush. They’re both in the blush palette (along with the plummy Mood Exposure) and both are gorgeous, though I think I reach for Incandescent Electra more. It was actually an exclusive to the palette for a while, but I think one of the reasons they made it permanent was because it got such good reviews. But yeah, Hourglass blushes are definitely some of my absolute favorites, and worth the investment (though I wish they weren’t so darn pricey!)
Benefit ‘Rockateur’, Tarte ‘Exposed’, Mac ‘Margin’ and ‘Cheeky Bugger’ 🙂
Exposed is the perfect “I don’t know what will go with this look” blush AND the perfect natural/neutral one as well.
Agree!
Estee lauder sensuous rose, it goes with everything!!
Chanel cream blush in Inspiration. Sadly discontinued, sniff.
Tie between MAC Stay Pretty and Tippy (LE Hello Kitty collection).
Tarte Natural Beauty is probably tied with MAC Sweet Sentiment and IT Cosmetics “Love” Blush Stain (now that spring is here, I am reaching for that last one a LOT)
essence silky touch blush in autumn peach!
Am in love with essence berry me up
I love my la femme sienna blush (dupe for mac raizin) and la femme Bordeaux. Since we talking about blushes anybody on here tried Ben nye blushes?
MAC scarlet red. I little goes a long way and it has a very pretty flush of color
Tarte Exposed!
Chanel Jersey.
Loving Clinique Cheek Pop Cola Pop
It is actually MAC Frankly Scarlet! Love it
Cliniques Peony pop
Milani Luminoso
MAC Mocha! I I can match it with pretty much any look, it’s my go-to for when I’m not sure what blush to use. I also feel like the color makes my face appear just a bit thinner somehow too, so that’s another plus haha!
That was my first blush I bought from MAC
And I have a pretty good dent in my Mac Prolongwear Stay Pretty blush!
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Blackbird Cosmetics “Kitten Kiss”
Too Faced Love Flush Blush in Baby Love is my favorite blush for daytime, workplace-appropriate makeup. I have medium skin with yellow undertones. When I use this color with a little contour, it makes my cheeks look pretty and not too matte.
Hello Waffle’s Blush Honey or Sweet Tea for matte warm/neutral, Snow Castle for fairy princess magic. Most mainstream pressed products eventually clog up my cheeks, but I’m okay with it because I adore my indies!
Flushed by Sleek (but i haven’t used for a long time) and Cinnamon Spice by Jordana Cosmetic
I use the three blushes in the Hourglass 3-blush palette most often.
Laura Mercier Wild Bouquet, but Illamasqua Zygomatic is catching up.
Do you buy Illamasqua from their site or are they carried by a department store? I know they have their own boutiques, but nowhere near where I live… I swear Sephora used to carry them but that was before I got as deep into makeup as I am now lol
I buy from their online store. They had a sale right after Christmas and I couldn’t resist. It takes a little longer than Sephora, but it’s worth the wait, especially if you catch a sale. 🙂
Nice! Thank you for responding. Sephora doesn’t carry them anymore that I know of
Sadly no, they don’t, and Illamasqua makes such gorgeous, funky makeup. I’m so tempted by their new Beyond Powder highlighters.
I know, I saw! I wish I lived by a boutique or wherever their main store is. & I love Sephora, but I nvr realized how much they up-charged products until recently. I always thought it was them who dropped the brands for various reasons, but it might be the other way around for some of the brands…
Definitely MAC Crazed Imagination from the RHPS collection. Ever since I got it, it’s the blush I reach for the most if I don’t want something overly pink or peach. I have a handful of pinks and peaches, so Crazed Imagination is one of my more unique colors I have while still being a neutral kind of shade.
Armani Sheer Blush #2 and NARS Orgasm.
Most used of all time is probably a tie between Nars Orgasm and the discontinued YSL Crème de Blush in the peach shade.
I’ve been using my Zoeva in Shy beauty a lot lately. It’s funny how it doesn’t seem to put a distinctive color to my face, yet, I look healthier and and fresher. It’s my cheeks but better blush! 🙂
NARS Deep Throat. I may flirt with other blushes occasionally but I always return to Deep Throat.
NARS Impassioned. It’s also the only blush I own that I like, lol.
I loooooooove so so so much this community questions! lol i can answer like yesterday about the lipsticks! So i think the most used its CHANEL JOUES CONTRASTE IN ULTRA ROSE and a one that i want to use a lot because i fall in love about this colour just now (even if i have this palette more than 1 year) ENRAPTURE BLUSH FROM NARS – NARSISSIST PALETTE
🙂
Hourglass Ambient Lighting blush in the shade Mood Exposure!
Currently it’s NYC Cheek Glow Powder Blush in Staten Island Sand. I bought it a couple years ago out of desperation because I just moved and did not unpack my blushes, but did not want to spend much. Now I am at pan and it is almost finished. Not a bad color, and on me it lasts all day.
Hourglass Radiant Magenta, Tarte Tipsy
Tom Ford Love Lust and Chanel Golden Sun, but Tom Ford Pink Sand is also a favorite.
Nars Taos! Ugh! Beautiful blush. My local Sephora is always out of it. I finally got my hands on it about 3 weeks and bee obsessed ever since!
Melba by MAC
Definitely Nars Orgasm, such universal color. LOVE!!
I love the Armani liquid…but I use the Tarte sticks also…I think in Exposed
Nars Orgasm. I can’t get over it. It’s so perfectly “neutral-ish” that it goes w/whatever eye look I come up with on any given day.
I’m also partial to the Tarte 12-hour formula, which I use when I don’t want the golden-shimmer that comes along w/Orgasm. I believe the one I’ve been using is Blissful.
I love Blissful.
Idk that shade…is it Nars? I was literally just about to buy MUG Bliss like 3min ago tho & the name is close lol! She has it on sale for some reason so it’s only $5. I got Spellbound instead.. I was going to get them both bc I’m dying to try a warmer blush to see what it looks like, & $5 for MUG is half price…
Oh well. Here’s to hoping she doesn’t discontinue it ?
Ohhhhh Tarte Blissful! Duh! Lol
Yeah it’s a nice shade
LOL Sorry, I should have specified Tarte. We talk about so many products here with similar names.
No, I should’ve known lol I’m just forgetful af lol
Nars’ Mata Hari. Love it! Most gorgeous color that ever lived!
If I’m going more purple, then it’s Urban Decay Bittersweet.
The Balm Instain Houndstooth ♡
I love that one! Those Instain blushes last all day on my oily skin, too!
Still NARS ORGASM. I do have and use others. Like Clinique Pops to.
Mac Brit Wit
BareMinerals’ Golden Gate from The Royal Court (LE). So wearable and is buildable if I need to. At the moment I’m using a lot of Paul & Joe’s Creamy Cheek Colour in L 001 (from the Carnaval Spring collection). It’s very pigmented so I only need to use a tiny amount, and it’s a lovely peachy pinky coraly colour perfect for spring.
Ooh they’re selling that Golden Gate blush right now as part of a promo “In the event of..”, I believe? That may just be a name in the email though.
It looks amazing. I had a bad shipping experience w/Bare Escentuals, so I’m leery when it comes to ordering from them online.
* they did have a link to QVC however, & QVC does good ship 😉
Oooh, I did a Google and it’s available as a single on the Bare Minerals site too! So happy to see it’s available as a single (albeit loose powder blush) and not just LE! Thanks for letting me know ?.
& thank you for giving me an idea of how lovely it is 🙂
My “everyday” blush that I reach for the most is UD Score or Benefit Bella Bamba, depending on my eye look. When I’m going out, I always seem to reach for Hourglass Ambient Luminous Flush. I have a variety of blushes in my collection, but those are the ones I keep going back to and they get the most love.
Etude House Princess Etoinette Blusher!
I am still in love with MAC Mineralize Blush in Petal Power.
I’m also finished with MAC Well Dressed! I’ve been working on this for years but consistently the past year. I have maybe a few more weeks left of it and I’m done! I hate pink blushes now lol
I’m loving By Terry Platonic Blonde, but for the longest time it was either Ford’s Love Lust or Dolce and Gabbana’s Delight. I go for a very soft cheek, defined with a bit of contour, I have cheekbones, so it depends whether it suits the occasion to contour. I like a soft blush because my look is generally strong eyes, soft lip, and I’ve also never been confident enough with my skin to go daring with unique colours.
Two faced love flush in baby love and Milani baked blush in luminoso
Lately it has been dandelion dew from benefit topped with the powder dandelion, fresh and spring ready!
MAC Peaches and Cream from the Sharon Osborne collection. It’s such a perfect shade of pink for me, I hope it gets reissued sometime so I can get a back-up.
Easy, bareMinerals aphrodisiac (serious pan) and NYX mocha. But lately I love the cover girl true blend in the mauve shade it has a hint of illumination.
Nars Dolce Vita, a little goes a long way so it takes forever to hit pan. Love Orgasm as well but I prefer a little more colour pay off.
Natio Sunkissed blush palette – coral/peachy colours.
When you get old as me, you see trends come and go. I actually went for years without using any blush. Just got back into it within the last few years. I had zero blush (and lets not mention highlight and contour, which is totally new to me) So I set out to buying several palettes. The one I reach for most is the Nars Steven Kline from the last holiday collection. I like that this palette is subtle. Never get clown face. I dipped my brush j that UD Gwen palette and wowza, enough color for several faces. So yeah, Nars for me.
For more than 16 years I exclusively used Chanel Joues Contraste Golden Sun. It looks just like my natural flush. I love it. Lately I’ve been testing out others, just to see what I’ve been missing, and I’m loving my Hourglass luminous blush palette. It’s so different than what I’m used to seeing on my face, so it’s a nice change.
NARS Orgasm by a long shot
Charlotte Tilbury’s Sex on Fire
Laura Geller’s baked blush in Pink Grapefruit. Perfect color for me, and it has tremendous staying power.
Most used blush, Hard Candy Blush Crush Baked Blush in shade Honeymoon. Great blush and I also use as a highlighter.
Probably Lancome Cedar Rose. I’ve used probably 6-8 of them. I also really like Benefit Rockatuer and several of the Clinique Blush Pops though I haven’t hit pan on any of them.
Love my new Hourglass Ambient Blush.Mood Exposure and Cool Pink. Still use my Tom Ford Frantic Pink and UD Bittersweet.
Right now, for powder blush days, Tom Ford Frantic Pink is my go-to. On cream blush days, I’ve been reaching for my Nars cream stick in South Beach, with Copacabana as a highlighter – beautiful combo 🙂
I just got Raqueteur by benefit and I am in love. It’s a Woodrose tone with just the right amount of sheen. It looks one step up from natural. It stays on all day.
I love my MAC MELBA and MAC LOVE JOY.
Bobbie Brown Rose Shimmer
Pacific Radiant Shimmer Coconut Multiples
Nars Dual Intensity Adoration — HG
Bobbi Brown’s Shimmerbrick in Tawny gives me a glowy natural appearance, so it’s my most used blush.
Milani Luminoso! My ultimate holy grail blush.
La Prarie Berry (creme)
Either Tarte Exposed or MAC Blush baby. I live on the edge, maaaan.
Tarte Dollface and Benefit Dandelion.
Illamasqua naked rose and Chanel creme blush Revelation
My everyday blush is Hikari in the shade Bikini.
It’s a draw between MAC Well Dressed & MAC Spellbinder. Love them both.
I do try to keep rotating them but as they are new I’ve been using the UD Gwen Stefani palette a lot and use Easy a lot. I have hit pan on Benefit Dallas so am using that more in a bid to use that up.
Clinique Ginger Pop
Hourglass Radiant Magenta
Urban Decay Rapture
I meant to say Hourglass Diffused Heat, not Radiant Magenta. ?
My most used blush is Milani baked blush in Red Vino!
I’ve been wearing Colour pop’s Butterfly Beach everyday since i bought it. Holy Grail blushes are basically every Laura Gellar blush, but especially Pink Grapefruit and my no brainer blush Tarte Exposed.
It’s a tie between Josie Maran Watercolor Cheek Gelee in Poppy Paradise and Too Faced Love Flush blush in Your Love Is King
ELF Mellow Mauve (hit pan) and MAC Harmony.
Either MAC at dusk or Amber glow, Tarte celebrated, Nars sex appeal, or urban decay x rated or kinky. I feel like I have a ton of blush and have several others that I like but these are definitely my most used.
By Terry powder blush in Pink. It is gorgeous, not too dark or light, not too blue or peach, and gives your skin a glow from within that is really nice on older, sun damaged skin that doesn’t reflect light like young skin does. Also, Edward Bess powder blush in “Filled with Desire”. This is a peachy pink or warm pink that you can tweak either way with your lip color. Both have a lit from within glow, but very subtle so there is no glitter or shine. I don’t know how they do it but it’s done softly so it’s flattering, not garish or obvious. Both are very flattering on light to medium skin, super for Spring and Summer or anytime you want a fresh, young but sophisticated look.
Mac gingerly, Apple red and make you mine..
Rock & Republic Shameless
I usually try to rotate my blush collection. To give them equal use , but since I got the Benefit Cheekathon Blush Palette I’ve been using Benefit Dallas and Rocketoure Blushes a lot lately.
Too Faced Baby Love, UD Rapture, and UD Hush.
I try to rotate the use of my blush collection , to give them equal use. But since I got the Benefits Cheekathon palette I’ve been using Benefits Dallas and Rocketoure Blushes a lot lately .
Benefit’s Dandelion has been my go to for a year, and I love it even more now with UD’s new Aura highlighter over it.
Tarte Bling It On Amazonian Clay Blush Palette & Benefit Dandenlion Box’s Powder Blush
I guess in my last comment I should have included my favs. All time favs are NARS Deep Throat and Final Cut; MAC Peaches and Pink Swoon; Milani Luminoso. Currently I’m using mostly Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blushes in Rosy and Bronzed.
Man, I got Hikari’s Tango blush in an Ipsy bag a while back and fell in love. I use it pretty much every single day.
Tarte Celebrated
e.l.f. blush in pink passion! HG everyday!! 🙂
Tongue tied by Colourpop 🙂 It’s a warm coral-orange that’s definitely been a fave this spring!
MAC Lovecloud for sure
I got the nicest pink blush ever a few years back as a gift in the Smashbox ‘Burlesque’ movie. It was really hot pink with a very light shimmer through it. I have searched high and low since then(6yrs+ ago), and the closest I’ve found was Sephoras brand blusher, I think the shade was called ‘pop’ or something, but it doesn’t exist now by the looks of things. I’m currently using Stilas ‘custom colour self adjusting’ pink blush which rocks. Still dream about that damn Smashbox one though! ?