Topshop Blushers

Flush

Now this is a gorgeous bright pink that once blended really does leave you with a natural flushed look. I absolutely love it. Also it blends in easily - I use an ELF Stippling brush and I'm more than happy with the end result.

This is without doubt my favourite blusher at the moment.

Head Over Heals

I love the peachy colour of this, which was the main reason I picked it up. Also I love a cream blusher in the summer (although we're not really having one at the moment).

It's a gorgeous peachy/coral shade that looks quite vibrant but once blended in you achieve a lovely natural peachy look. Don't get me wrong I found these to be highly pigmented but a little goes a long way.

I was a little concerned that this wouldn't be quite right on with my skin-tone and feckless however I love the end result.

I think I can honestly say that the Topshop makeup range is one of my favourite on the high street. There's a great selection and the products are so pigmented and affordable. I just love it.

MUA Blusher in Shade 2

As you have probably noticed both myself and L love a bargain product. MUA's range was originally launching with every product for £1, they have since included a MUA professional range with slightly dearer products.

I had heard good things on the blushers from the original range so eventually I remembered to take a look at the shades available. I settled on Shade 2 after switching them.

Here's what MUA say about there blushers,

'Part of our amazing £1 line, our blushers come in six shades. They range from pink and coral to deeper plums and natural nudes so you’ll definitely find one that suits you the most! Although to be honest with you, at £1 there’s no reason why you shouldn’t own all six! Just simply sweep across the apples of the cheek and up to the brow bone to create a soft yet beautiful contour. Gorge!'

This is such a gorgeous easy to wear shade and soooo pigmented. (though pic below makes it look brighter than it is).

The swatch below is just one swipe.

It's a lovely pink shade that is lovely for an everyday look, it also contains tiny shimmer.

The positives are the price a £1 is such a bargain and the pigmentation is unreal. There is only 6 shades but they have varied the colours. My only negative is that the powder is so soft that you need to be very careful with it as it would break easily.


This has become my new favourite and I ave now worn it for 2 weeks straight!


You can purchase MUA blushers from Superdrug stores or online and from MUA's website.


What do you think? What's your favourite MUA product?


You can see our previous posts on MUA here.


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Bobbi Brown Desert Rose Blush

I've come to the decision that Bobbi Brown is my favourite of the top end brands. The foundations actually have the perfect shade for K and myself - which is honestly amazing as we really struggle (we've shown you some swatches of the selection for the pale foundations we own). You can see K's post here for the Skin Foundation and mine here for the Moisture Rich.

Not only this but they stock the most beautiful selection of blushers. They have such a perfect selection for any skin tone and are such heavily pigmented. So up today is a review of the Bobbi Brown Desert Rose Blush.

When I picked up this I was originally planning on trying out one of the cream blushers but whilst having my makeup done at the counter in Liverpool's Debenhams the makeup artist recommended giving this one a go and I loved it. It's a nice dirty pink colour that adds such a lovely natural and subtle colour to my cheeks - gorgeous!

In the picture I'm also wearing the Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation in Porcelain and Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer in SC-1.

More Lovely E.L.F Blushers...

I adore E.L.F blushers, for the price the colour pay off is unbelievable. I have previously mentioned some of my E.L.F blushers here. Two of my newest additions are Studio Blush in Twinkle Pink and Natural Radiance Blusher in Blushing.

L - R Studio Blush in Twinkle Pink and Natural Radiance Blusher in Blushing.

As I have mentioned in my previous posts the packaging on the Studio blush is great and certainly doesn't look like it costs £3.50, they also contain a mirror. The packaging on the Natural Radiance Blusher is a lot cheaper looking and they can be difficult to open.

Both these shades are a bit newer to E.L.F and that's why I picked them up really. Though there is still a couple of other shades I would like to try from the ranges.
Both colours look gorgeous in the packaging, though they look quite similar here. These are both lovely pink tones. As you can see below both contain goldy glitter, Blushing first.

Then Twinkle pink, though this contains a lot more glitter.

Now for the swatches, these are just applied as a one swipe finger swatch just look at the pigmentation.

Twinkle pink looks a lot more peachy toned then Blushing in the swatches. But both are gorgeous on and give a nice warm glow. Though I still think Flushed from the Natural Radiance Blushers is my favourite colour.

The Studio Blushers retails at £3.50 for 4.75g and 11 shades and the Natural Radiance Blushers retails at £1.50 for 2g and are available in 7 shades.

Are you a fan? What's you favourite shade?

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MeMeMe Coral Collection

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L and myself were luckily enough to be sent some MeMeMe products to test out. I was sent the Best Seller Gift Set in Coral.
The set contains MeMeMe's Hero products including a Blush Me blush box, Nail Gloss and a Light Me Up Lipgloss. There are 4 shades to choose from in Rouge, Coral, Pink and Bronze. These retail at £15.50 and you can buy from MeMeMe.

Here's what MeMeMe say about the set,

'Create a tropical peachy glow with this gorgeous set featuring our best selling Blush Box in 'Coral', ‘Lustre’ Light Me Up Lipgloss and long lasting Nail Gloss in hot coral 'Spirited'.'

The Blusher is a great little box blush that contains a mirror and a brush.

The blush is very pigmented and is such a gorgeous coral shade, this would be perfect for the summer months!

It adds a great glow to my fair skin which I love. The only part I don't like is the brush I don't get on with using it. But I have never used the brushes that come with these box blushers.

The lipgloss in Lustre is a gorgeous which I would say is a sheer natural pink/coral gloss.

The gloss contains a mirror on one side, a doe wand applicator and a light in the lid to aid application. This has a non sticky texture and feels great on the lips.

This gloss has fitted into my collection perfectly. As you may have noticed it is one of my go to colours that I like to keep to hand for everyday use.

Last up is the nail polish in Spirited which is a pastel coral shade.

I have never tried a MeMeMe nail polish before and I am unsure why. I always think the shades look nice when I see them in my local Superdrug but I have never picked one up. After trying this colour I am off to take a look at the rest. Below you can see how the shade applied with two coats.

Its such a gorgeous colour!

L received the MeMeMe nail collection to try and will be posting some NOTDs soon.

Are you a MeMeMe fan?

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No 7 Floral Brights Spring Collection

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Today's post is on two products from the limited edition No7 Floral Brights collection.
The collection contains the No7 Vital Brightening Eye Palette, No7 Vital Brights Cream Blush, No7 Vital Enlightening Highlighter, No7 Vital Brights Lipstick in Blooming Pink and Blossoming Pink.

Here is what No7 and Lisa Eldridge say about the range,
"The No7 spring collection showcases a bright new twist to the barely-there make up look that refuses to go out of fashion," explains No7 creative consultant and make up artist Lisa Eldridge. "Encapsulating the eclectic and diverse nature of modern British beauty, there's a perfect look for every woman - a refresh of the neutral look with the latest nude hues and a wear-if-you-dare bold flirtation with colour - to inspire all your Ta Dah! moments this spring."

I choose two items from the range the No7 Vital Brights lipstick in Blooming Pink and Vital Brights Cream Blush in Blossoming Pink.

My first impression of the range was regarding the packaging...its lovely and certainly brightens up my make-up collection! I love that No7 really think through how the packaging looks and not just at the products.

As soon as I saw the blushers I knew I had to get one.

I choose Blooming Pink which is a great fuchsia colour though I would still like to get Blossoming Pink. This a cream to powder formula and blends great, its also very pigmented. These retail at £10.00 which is quite expensive considering that the Topshop cream blusher contains more and retails at £6.00. I do love the blusher but I think Topshop still do the best cream blushers, certainly for the price.

Next I choose the lipstick in blossoming pink.

This is a coolish toned nude with an edge of pink to it. Its a great nude as it doesn't wash you out.

You could certainly say its a my lips but better. This are pigmented but buildable and is really moisturising on the lips...the formula is great.

Have you tried anything from the new range?

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Mii Cosmetics Uplifting Cheek Colour in Kissed

Now today's post is on a brand I had not heard of before. We were approached by the PR to see if we would like to try something from the range. I decided on the uplifting cheek colour...I am a sucker for a blusher.

First off let me give you some background and info on the brand they are Mii Cosmetics. 'They have used feedback from women who use beauty salons to develop a totally new range of beauty products. On that makes you feel beautiful whoever you are. Giving you the confidence to create a look that is uniquely, completely, unmistakably you. So when you look in the mirror, you can say... Thats Mii.'

I decided on the Uplifting Cheek colour is Kissed shade 01, but you can see the other colours available here. This is quite a Barbie pink!
The packaging is is super cute is comes in a white box with black writing on (completely forgot to photograph the box!). The blusher its self comes is a sleek black plastic compact which is sturdy and also contains a mirror. But as this does not contain a brush not sure our useful the mirror is.

As you can see Kissed is quite a bright vibrant barbie pink.

The powder itself is matte, soft, silky and easy to apply to the skin and super pigmented. It also blends in great but you do need to use it sparsely, I do think that it helps to lift my complexion especially on an off day.

I am pleasantly pleased with Mii cosmetics, the range isn't cheap but if the rest of the products are as good quality as the blusher I would be happy. I am very tempted to try Tickle and Bloom as well from the uplifting cheek colour....they look lovely as well. I would also like to try the Moisturising Lip Lover as I have read good things in the blogsphere.

This blusher is priced at £16.50 for 7g.

What do you think?

You can purchase Mii Cosmetics for here or from selected salons that you can find here.

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PR sample

ELF's Nars Dupe

Now in the Blogging community this has certainly been compared to Nars Limited Edition Orgasm and Laguna, you can see a link to the Nars compact here to see what you think. I mainly got mine as ELF were running a 50% off code and though why not give it a go.

The Compact is just called Blush and Bronzer Compact and normally cost £3.50 but I got mine with the code for £1.75...complete bargain! What ELF say;
'Create a healthy and natural glow all year long. The Blush highlights the cheeks to add a flush of color, while the Bronzer accents and contours cheekbones for beautiful definition. (Blush and Bronze both have a soft shimmer).

Directions

Brush on the “bronze” to the hollow of the cheeks for definition and dust around the face line to create a healthy glow. Use the “blush” on the apple of the cheeks to create a subtle healthy glow.'

First off I have to say that the packaging is very good on this considering the price. It looks sleek and neat. Inside you have the blusher on the left and the bronzer of the right with a handy mirror.

How gorgeous does the peachy shade look! As you can see both have a slight shimmer to them.

Swatches of both are below.

I really like the blush shade, its certainly something new for my blusher collection and I don't have anything similar. I am not a big user og bronzer but I will attempt to try to use this. You can see the blusher on below.

Sorry for the rubbish picture, I had quickly swiped it on my cheeks so it looks a bit rubbish but I really like it. Its gives such a warm glow. Its not a shade I would have normally gone for but I like it on my skin on a sunny day. But I would not use in the winter as against my Ginger hair I'm not sure it looks right on a winter day.

Have you got this?

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