Le Blush Crème de Chanel in Inspiration

Chanel has released a range of cream blush in their Fall 2013 Superstition Collection called Le Blush Crème de Chanel.  It comes in 6 shades at $38 a pop.

Chanel Says:

“An innovative powder-cream formula offers an enticing new way to blush with sheer yet vibrant pigments for instant luminosity. The silky texture offers a long-wear satin finish—soft and comfortable for every skin type.”

I choose the lightest shade of the range, Inspiration. It's is a pretty soft pink, and it looks great on my light skin.  This color seems to brighten the face with just the right amount of color.  I found it to be highly pigmented so a little goes a long way. Le Blush Crème has a cream to powder texture that doesn’t have any shimmer to it. It found that this product was super easy to blend into the skin and feels soft to the touch.  I have been applying with my Real Techniques Stippling brush and it goes on perfectly.  I hope Chanel decides to keep this product around because it truly is one of the best cream blushes I have tried. Others can be tacky or sticky and hard to blend. That is not the case here at all. Go check them out at your local Chanel counter.

Bobbi Brown Desert Twilight Collection: Pink Truffle Creamy Color for Cheeks & Lips

Bobbi Brown introduced a new product with her Fall 2012 Desert Twilight Collection; Creamy Color for Cheeks & Lips ($20). This Limited Edition product is described by Bobbi as “Buildable color that blends with ease - our new dual-purpose formula provides medium coverage for both lips and cheeks (now in a fuss-free tube). Wear it alone for a muted flush of color or layer it with your favorite blush for richer depth; the intensity is all up to you. Feels creamy-yet-sheer on skin and makes transitioning from summer to fall a breeze thanks to two ultra-versatile shades.” The Creamy Color comes in 2 shades, Honeyed Tea (a honey beige) and Pink Truffle (a neutral pink rose). I decided to try out Pink Truffle as this shade looked more like a fall shade to me.

This product performs double duty as a cream blush and a lip cream. Pink Truffle is a deep neutral pink that is easy to use and blends nicely to give my cheeks a soft flush and my lips a soft stain of color. On the cheeks it has pretty good staying power especially if you go over it with a powder blush. On the lips, this product melts into the lips and gives a stain like effect which I like. I have been applying two of the new Bobbi Brown glosses (review to come soon) from this collection over Pink Truffle on my lips and I love the look it gives. This is a great product that I wish Bobbi Brown will come up with more shades and maybe make it permanent.

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MAC Have a Lovely Day ! Casual Colour Lip & Cheek Colour

MAC Have a Lovely Day! Casual Colour Lip & Cheek Colour ($20) is described by MAC as a neutral nude.  It is definitely a neutral color but I would describe it more as a nude pink.  It’s is a bit rosy, with a little mauve-tone to it.  This product as its name suggests can be used on lips and cheeks.    This is a new and limited edition product.  MAC describes the new formula as a “versatile, lightweight all-in-one colour for cheeks and lips. Creamy, super-blendable, barely there formula. Contains Vitamin E to help keep skin and lips nourished”. 

As a blush this product is quite dewy and definitely adds a nice glow to the skin.  The consistency is soft and creamy so it applies smoothly and evenly to the cheeks. It’s all pretty well pigmented so you don’t need much product to apply.  I prefer to apply cream products with a brush then smooth out with my finger that always seems to work best for me.   It also has a slight vanilla scent that is signature to some MAC products such as lipsticks and lipglasses.  When applied to the lips it seems pretty lightweight and gives a semi-matte natural-look.  I didn’t find it drying and it didn’t make my lips flakey.  I applied a clear lipgloss over top to give a bit more glossiness to the lips. 

Le Métier de Beauté Crème Fresh Tints for Lips and Cheeks in Ginger Lily

Le Métier de Beauté Ginger Lily Crème Fresh Tint ($28) is a creamy peach with a hint of pink, almost a salmon pink. Le Métier de Beauté describes the formula as “a luxuriously hydrating formula that instantly imparts a radiant glow to the lips or cheeks.” It can be used on bare skin or over makeup and claims to be water-resistant.

On the cheeks, it gives a natural glow that’s dewy not shiny or greasy. The color is very subtle and looks extremely natural on my skin tone. I usually apply cream products with a stippling or small foundation brush first and then blend with out with my fingers. Ginger Lily has a cream finish, so no shimmer here, which is how I like my cream products. I find that shimmery creams can make my skin look overly shiny and almost oilier looking. When applied to the lips, this product adds subtle warm sheen with semi-opaque color. This product is very soft and creamy so I found it easy to apply and blend to both cheeks and lips. The wear time on cheeks is pretty good but on the lips, I found that it fades pretty quickly. Overall, I am pretty pleased with this product and can't wait to try other colors in the range.