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Four Makeup Tips You Won't Forget
After chatting with La Prairie's color ambassador, Raychel Wade, I was impressed with her simple makeup tips. Earlier, I shared with you her advice on lip-color essentials for your purse and her foolproof way to wear a dark lip; today, it's all about her blush and concealer how-tos. They struck a chord with me, and I think they will with you, too.
Doing Drugstore: Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush
After 27 hours of travel to get home for the holidays (yeah, really!), I arrived home looking a bit haggard. As I slabbed on the concealer and swept on the powder blush in attempt to hide my jet-lagged appearance, I couldn't help but wish I had some cream blush instead. The powdered blush just seemed a little flat and settled into my parched skin in the most unflattering way.
A Quick Tip For Beautifully Flushed Cheeks
Recently I switched sides on the great cream versus powder blush debate. This summer I got into the habit of swapping my faithful shimmery Bourjois blush for the gorgeous creamy Becca shades. The dewy fresh look that you only seem to get from a cream blush is a hard addiction to break so I was thrilled to hear about the latest backstage makeup artist trick.
Product Review: Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge
Bobbi Brown's Pot Rouge formulations for lips and cheeks, (£16), have become something of a cult product recently. These handy little tubs are ideal for stashing in your draw at work for when you want a quick touch-up and they're perfect clutch bag must-haves. I've been trialling the Pink Truffle shade (pictured) and a friend has been testing Calypso Coral to great effect.
The Big Blush Question: Cream vs. Powder?
Now it's not quite on the same level as Tory versus Labour, or even Chelsy Davy versus Kate Middleton, but the powder blush versus the cream formulation is a big beauty debate, at least in my pretty little head.
I was always a devoted powder (puff) girl but have since switched sides onto Team Cream, and there's no looking back.
But which do you prefer for a prettifying blush?
Trend Alert: Cheeky Contours Part 2
As contoured cheeks are suddenly cool again – witness the girls at Fendi and Giles, showing off their knife-sharp cheekbones – what's a cream blush addict to do?
Creating contours is undoubtedly easier with powder blush, but it is possible to get this season's natural-seeming, structured look with your favourite cream formulation.
This look also works better in the day, when you want to look like you're sporting a just-in-love glow, not piles of make-up.
BellaSugar's Top Five Cream Blush Picks
Ever since I started toying around with cream blush about a year ago, I've been hooked. I'm not really into anything too shimmery — I like to leave that to the more spreadable luminizers — but I've been having a field day with pinky-brown tones like By Terry's Rose de Rose Sheer Liquid Blush in Fresh Rose that I told you about earlier in the week. Each of these items leaves my face looking flushed, hydrated and even a little dewy in a natural way.
Bellissima! By Terry Rose de Rose Sheer Liquid Blush
I've got a crush on a new cream blush! Cosmetologist Terry de Gunzburg, creator of the iconic Yves Saint Laurent Touché Éclat and founder of By Terry, brings us a new (and, might I add, sensational) blush that I'd like to categorize as a cream blush. It's called Rose de Rose Sheer Liquid Blush ($52), but it's really a cross between a cream and a gel texture.
New Product Alert! Max Factor Miracle Cream Blush
That just-in-love glow or morning-after flush aside, in most cases we're used to faking it. Nothing adds a dose of instant prettiness like a daub of cream blush and now Max Factor have heard our prayers and come up with their first cream blush for that covetable fresh-faced look.
According to make up artist Caroline Barnes, this ‘super-natural’ look is a key beauty trend for Autumn/Winter 2008.
Product Review: Scott Barnes Cream Color
I first told you about the launch of Scott Barnes' Cream Color ($25) back in the Fall, but until I recently tried them I had no idea just what I'd been missing. It's no secret that I'm a huge Scott Barnes fan. Everything from his loose powder shadows, to his lip slicks tickle my fancy, but these take the cake.
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