System Overview
$20.00/0.1 oz. – $200.00 Per Ounce
The components is meant to present a “recent wash of coloration” that’s “easy” to mix with a “natural-looking” end. The protection is designed to be “sheer, buildable” with a “sweat- and waterproof components.” The model recommends to use with fingertips or their 125 brush (which is a reasonably dense, angled brush).
The protection was undoubtedly buildable with an inclination towards semi-sheer protection, however the depth relied on utility methodology. One of the simplest ways to explain was that by the point you utilized and blended out one layer, it typically appeared like that “recent wash of coloration” it was marketed as having, however I might argue they have been nearer to semi-sheer to medium, buildable protection than true, sheer protection. It was very readily constructed as much as extra intense, extra opaque protection with a second or third layer. It layered fantastically, too, so attaining greater protection was simple to do and was nonetheless as flattering on the pores and skin as one layer.
In the event you took a fingertip and swirled it round at the least as soon as, you’d get greater protection, however it will diffuse a bit to extra semi-sheer to medium protection relying on the shade. With just a few faucets of a moderately-dense, angled brush (like they paired with this components), one might get extra semi-sheer to medium protection in a single layer. A stippling brush was most constant at yielding a sheer wash of coloration, whereas fingertip utility tended to be extra medium protection.
That being mentioned, that they had the type of pigmentation that appears pigmented initially however does generally tend to sheer out in actual utility, so finger swatches alone are higher as perception into potential opacity however not one layer opacity; the blended out swatch is a greater indicator of as-applied to cheeks protection. I nonetheless suppose they have been extra pigmented than described, however the components was very forgiving so that they might be used with a lighter hand (like one pat or faucet with fingertip/brush) for true, sheer protection if desired.
The components performed nicely with fingertips in addition to brushes, although I most well-liked fingertips as they’re actually simply such a useful, environment friendly instrument for cream-based formulation like these (and one much less brush to clean!). I did not have any points making use of and diffusing out the sides of the blush over naked pores and skin or over basis (I paired them with Fenty’s Professional Filtr, which is fashionable but in addition extra matte, so made for a great check base) because it didn’t carry up base merchandise.
The consistency was extra consistent with a conventional cream blush; it was emollient and felt moist to the contact within the compact, and it remained emollient when it was utilized to my pores and skin. It didn’t flip to powder as quickly because it got here into contact with my pores and skin, however it did dry down for essentially the most half. I felt like there was very nice, barely-there pearl by means of most shades (some had apparent shimmer) which gave the phantasm of dewiness, as a result of after I touched the ultimate utility, it appeared dry to the contact however completely had that “natural-looking”–read: skin-like–finish marketed.
They wore between eight and 9 hours earlier than fading a bit, and so they appeared to have a pleasant, even fade past that vary. They appeared waterproof as they did not bleed after I ran swatches underneath water, however you can actually wipe the product away with mild rubbing so it wasn’t impervious (resistant implies simply that, resistant, however not impervious!).
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