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Thursday 15 September 2011

Quickie Review: Silk Naturals Cream Blush

Some indie cream blushes for you all today! Silk Naturals very kindly sent me some of thier cream blushes which I believe are new for Fall. (In England, we call it "autumn." We're very tricksy, us Brits.)


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Interestingly, these come in a tube like a lip balm. At first my mind went 'weird!,' and then I thought... why is that weird? It actually works out quite well as you can just dab it directly where you need it, which is quite nice for on-the-go.  Fingers (clean!) are the best brush sometimes, I don't care what anyone says! If I'm off on a night out I do like to touch up my make-up and a teeny-tiny handbag sized blush is a wicked addition to my arsenal.

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Tickled on the right, Avalanche on the left.

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Tickled blended out, Avalanche blended out.

Candy Apple on the right, Entice on the left.

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Candy Apply blended on the right, Entice blended on the left.

Tickled and Avalanche have a more creamy texture and finish, though Avalanche blends out more chunkily.  I'll be trying Tickled as a lippy soon! Candy Apple and Entice are more glossy - when you apply them on the skin, you get a more natural look. All of these apart from Avalanche left a very slight stain on my arm which came off when washing. I don't notice a stain on my face.




Candy Apple on the cheek. Hellllooo, pores and acne marks!

I was pretty impressed when I wore Candy Apple - it lasted from when I applied it around 8.00 and was still on and going strong when I looked at 3.00 that afternoon. I had powdered over it with my face powder, but I thought that was still pretty good for a cream blush nonetheless. My Inglot ones certainly don't last that long without fading noticeably anyway.


I've not worn Avalanche on my cheeks yet as I prefer something warmer normally, but here I've worn it as a brow highlight and think that will become it'll be regularly used as as it blends out to a nice sparkle - click to embiggen and see. I used to use Benefit Mr Frosty a lot for highlighting, which is ridiculously priced for what it is, and is in a big chunky pencil so you lose a lot when you sharpen it. Silk Naturals say this can be used over lipstick so I'll have to try that,

I've only used Entice under a powder blush but I will update once I've worn it on it's own. (I've not worn Tickled yet either, so likewise.) Before I applied the powder blush, I did note that I didn't look like I'd been punched in the cheek which is what quite often happens if I wear anything vaguely purple on my face. I still think this would be a lovely shade for darker skin tones, though.

What are y'alls favourite cream blushes?

I don't have to do a disclaimer, cos I iz English, but, Silk Naturals sent me these for review. If they were awful or I didn't like them, you'd still be hearing about it.

12 comments:

  1. From what I remember of silk naturals, te cream blushes weren't in tubes! But I like this packqging :-) and candy apple looks lovely!

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  2. I loooove cream blushes and these are gorgeous! I need to add these to my Silk Naturals wish list. I like NYX's cream blushes and Revlon has some nice ones for a drugstore brand. I also love Smashbox's cream blushes, but they allow release them sometimes as limited editions. I also want to try Darling Girl's cream blushes!

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  3. These all look really pretty and I like that they are in tubes! Although I might mistake them for lippies lol! I might need to pick up Avalanche, I'm a sucker for a pretty highlighter!

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  4. Tickles looks great! =D Interesting as a brow highlight, too.

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  5. Oh wait, it's AVALANCHE you used as a brow highlight. FAIL. Also, I typo'd 'Tickled'. xP

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  6. Yay! Thanks for the swatches! I was kind of curious about these. I am a fan of cream blushes and wondered how these wore!

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  7. Tickled is lovely, want it for my handbag! I carry around the a Topshop cream blush but it would be much handier to have tube.

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  8. I'm not the greatest fan of cream blushers since my skin is super oily, but I have some that i often use for primer. so do you think these may work??
    and oh yes, cream blushers on lips - a definite hit!

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  9. Oooh these sound great! I really like the idea of them being packaged in those tubes, clever!

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  10. Oh crap, I NEED Tickled and Candy Apple. And the fact that they come in a tube? Amaaaaazing. :D

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  11. I've never used cream blush since my cheeks are pretty red on their own. But I do like the colors you swatched :) They look good on you!

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  12. Oooh, I'd love to try some of these!

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