Top Five High End Blushes

Continuing with the Top Five series slowly but surely, today I thought I'd share with you my favourites from the pricier end of the blush spectrum. Blush is one section of my collection that isn't all that big, I know what I like and I stick with it, and generally I only wear these ones. You'll see that they are all fairly similar, nothing too wild!

 Sugarbomb has been my go to blush for about a year now, it's just so easy to wear and it goes with every makeup look. The colours swirl together to create a lightly shimmery deep coral, that leans towards the pink side of things. A little of this on the apples of the cheeks really brightens the complexion, and gives a super natural flush to the cheeks. The wear time is great as with all Benefit Blushes, and it smells amazing too. 

The most luxurious of my picks has to be the Chanel Creme Blush in Revelation. I've been banging on about this since I got it but I just love it that much. I'm not big on cream blushes, I generally find them fiddly to apply and the lasting power tends to lack, but this I just adore. The colour is my perfect blush colour, it gives me a true 'just been out in the cold' or 'awww don't make me blush' pop of colour. It's really easy to apply too, I just pat this onto the apples of my cheeks and blend with my Real Techniques Expert Face brush. With a good primer underneath, this lasts all day. 

I didn't want to include a limited edition blush in this but I couldn't help myself. This is MAC's Ripe for Love from the Temperature Rising Collection at the beginning of the year. It's similar to MAC Peaches, but a little darker, I tend to skip bronzer when I go for this. This is gorgeous with a bronzey smokey eye and a coral or nude lip. It's a dark peach with no shimmer, but it still adds a fair bit of dimension to the skin. Looks beautiful with Benefit Sunbeam over the top, or the Hourglass Ambient Lighting powder in Radiant Light.

 Another Benefit blush, because I just love them, Hervana is more of a pinky, almost lilac blush, a bit more wintery than all these corals I seem to have included. Like I said, I love the formulation of Benefit blushes, they're really pigmented and last so well on the skin. I also have Coralista which I love (obviously, it's another coral).

Well I couldn't not include a Nars blush could I? Infact, I could have included every Nars blush, but I was restrained (ha!). I'm so glad that Orgasm was in this palette, since I lost my beloved Orgasm Blush a while back. This has been one of my favourites for a few years now, it's the perfect coral, with a hint of golden shimmer. Love love love.

Have you tried any of these blushes? What are your favourite high end blushes? Are there anymore Top Fives you'd like to see?

 

Ripe For Love

 Due to my somewhat erratic, and definitely unnecessary spending habits, I'm on something of a spending ban, although this one's triggered by a lack of funds rather than a desire to develop self restraint. Because of that, I didn't even bother looking at the new MAC collections that hit us in the last week, knowing it would just be torture. But whilst showing a visiting friend round Harrods, I couldn't help but stop and have a little look. Whilst a lot of the collection was already sold out, the bits that were sold out weren't anything that particularly tickled my fancy. What did catch my eye however, was this blush, from the Temperature Rising collection, and after watching me gaze at it lustfully, the aforementioned friend decided to pick it up for me, as a little treat. What a sweetie.

Anecdotes aside, I've been looking at MAC's Peaches blush for a while, umming and ahhing over whether to buy it or not, and this is kind of a Peaches on steriods blush, with the bonus of being a limited edition. It's not quite as orangey, if I was naming it I would have called it 'Dirty Peaches' since that's exactly what it reminds me of. It's a bit darker, a bit more natural looking.

I love the packaging of this collection, very simple, just like standard MAC packaging but a gorgeous burnt bronze colour (the inside of the box is a deep royal purple which if I had my way, I would make everything in my life that colour).

It's a Satin finish, so expect a buttery, soft consistency (the other blush from this collection is a Frost finish, and rather scary looking might I add). As with all MAC products, the pigmentation and quality is excellent. I just love the colour, it gives me a real natural glow.

 Have you been tempted by anything in MAC's new collection?