18/07/10
NYX Rouge Cream Blush Review


What is it?

Rouge cream blush offers radiant, long-lasting color in the form of a velvety smooth cream. Infused with mineral oils, this blush is creamy on texture and provides a dewy glow for natural, fresh colors

Usage Instructions:

1. Dab your finger lightly on the blush
2. Dab it on your cheeks
3. Do not swap, but pat until the blush blends in.

Active Ingredients:

Ceresin wax, Microcrystalline wax, Polythylene wax, Beeswax, Ethylhexyl Palmitate,
Mineral Oils, Isopropy Myristate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Lanolin, Diisostearyl
malate, Corn starch modifited, Mica, Silica, Titanium dioxide, Butylated hydroxy anisole,
Propyl paraben.

Packaging:

Round panned cream blush in plastic container with transparent cap. 6 g


















Swatch:

Mine is C08 ( Hot Pink).

The color is quite shocking and vibrant on first sight. But when I put it on my cheeks and blend it well, it turns to nice pink shade.











When I blended it,











- Color: just pink ( check another available colors here)
- Texture: cream
- Scent: unscented ( yay!)

My review:

I really, really, really love this product. It's my dream blush on!

Well, despite the fact that it was a cream blush-on, it's not difficult to apply, it's not difficult to blend. You don't need that professional make-up skill to wear it.

The key in applying this product is that you don't sweep, but you pat until it blends well with your skin. The vibrancy is in your hand. You can have it subtle looked, soft looked or eye-catching looked.

I only need a very small amount for each time's application. I just lightly dabbed it once with one finger for each cheeks. This product is very pigmented and so a little is enough ( unless you want to create a dramatic look).
















So far that I know ( I've been wearing this product for almost 4 months), I'm not allergic to it. And I never breaking out from it.

And talking about the staying power, this product stays for almost the whole day on my cheeks indoor, and around 6-8 hours outdoor ( talking about hot, humid Jakarta's weather!)

** Tips: I always wear this product after my bb cream and before my loose powder to control the color and to make it last longer =)

Price:

Around 95.000 IDR in NYX official counter

Overall Rating:

5 out of 5

Will I re-purchase:

Definitely! I love the product!

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16/07/10
Benefit Posietint Review

What is it?

A poppy-tinted lip and cheek stain.

What it does?

Benefit's Posietint is a petal-pink stain that plants a kiss of see-through tint on cheeks and lips. With hours of smudge-proof, just-picked perfection, you'll be the prettiest bloom in the bunch!

www.sephora.com

I've been wanted to try Benefit Posietint since a friend of mine at a beauty forum mentioned about it ( plus after reading another positive reviews). So I gave it a try, buying a sample tube from a contact. Here's the review ( not a pleasant one, I must say....)

Active Ingredients:

Water, Rose Water, Glycerin, Quarternium-15, Carmine

Packaging:

Mini tube 2,5 ml ( it's a sample anyway)
















Swatch:
























- The color is nice. It's more like a rosy pink.
- Texture: watery
- Hard to blend ( you need extra speed to blend before it dries out)


My review:


In the tutorial videos and images, people put three lines of the blush on each cheeks and blend them










www.beaut.ie/blog

That was exactly what I did. Result,















I'm not quick enough when I blended the left cheek, so I was left with a subtle pink streak ( sorry for the bad picture quality, it was taken with my mobile phone)












The right cheek seemed to be okay. It gave me a very subtle rosy hue ( almost un-noticed argh!)

PS. I haven't tried it on my lips ( it used to be cheek and lip stain)

Price:

$28 at Sephora
180.000 IDR for full size 12,5 ml
80.000 IDR for sample tube 2,5 ml

Overall Rating:

1 out of 5. I love the color and the concept of this product. But it just won't work for me.

Will I re-purchase:

Absolutely not.
The result, the efforts to put on, and the price were such a turn off.

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