Meow Cosmetics blush swatches

Oh, my gosh! I am in love with ALL of these - and they just represent a small number of the blushes available from Meow Cosmetics! I like peachy-pink and pink neutral/warm blushes the best, so that's what you'll see here.

swatched on white paper just to give you an idea of the actual colors without skin tone

The Lush Blushes are described as blushes that give a glow to the skin without any sparkle or shimmer. The three colors I bought are: A Lick & A Promise, In-Cat-uation, and Kiss-and-Tell. Pretty, pretty, pretty!! I love all three of them! I'll list the color descriptions from the Meow Cosmetics website under the pictures below:

A Lick & A Promise: cherry/rose

In-Cat-uation: soft, neutral, dusty pink

Kiss-and-Tell: neutral-toned crisp sweet pink

These three are from the "regular" blush collection. This formulation is said to be sheer and luminous. Of the three colors I purchased - Harlot, Delusions, and Orgasmic - Delusions is definitely my favorite. The other two are just a bit too peachy/coral for me - but I will also note that with the swatches, I applied the blush much more heavily than I would if I applying to my cheeks.

Harlot: sheer, rich coral with tones of pink and peach

Delusions: soft, dusty, sheer pink

Orgasmic: sheer, with just enough pink, peach, tan for purrr-fection!

The Masterpiece Blushes are sheer washes of color. I purchased Midsummer's Eve and The Dream, both of which are very pretty. I like Midsummer's Eve the best of the two, but I think that's just because The Dream will be a little too light for me. I do think it would make a pretty highlight color - for cheeks or eyes.

Midsummer's Eve: strawberry-hued with rose undertones

The Dream: soft, subtle, peachy pink

These last four blushes are from the Firefly Blush Collection. The description on the Meow Cosmetics website says "Our Firefly Collection of blushes and bronzers have a creamy, dewy feel on the skin, and provide a luminescent scintillating sheen of sun drenched color and shimmer." So as one would suspect from the name and the description, these blushes have more shimmer than the others. I purchased three of the samples and a fourth was included as a free sample. The colors are: Shimmer, Spark, Glisten, & Illuminate. I love these colors, but I think the blushes are a bit too shimmery for a woman my age. However - I plan to try dusting a little translucent powder over the blush to tone down the shimmer a bit. I also plan to try adding just a little plain white mica directly to the blush powder to see if that tones down the shimmer a bit.

Shimmer: peach-pink-beige

Spark: peach-pink

Glisten: medium rosy pink

Illuminate: caramel with cherry undertones and gold sparkle and sheen

I have to tell you that I am really loving this makeup company. Great prices, great products, fast shipping, lots of sales/coupon codes - what's not to love? I've been in love with another mineral makeup company for years, so for me to say that I really love Meow Cosmetics, well, that's saying something. I've been dissatisfied with the other company of late, so I've been hoping to find another company that offered quality mineral makeup that worked for me. I think I've found it!

Have you tried Meow Cosmetics? If so, what are your favorite products?

The first blush of spring...

Well, actually, it's the second blush, since I already made one. (You can see it here.) But "Second Blush of Spring" doesn't sound as nice, so I'm going to call it "First Blush of Spring" anyway, LOL!

I bought four more Aromaleigh blush samples - Pixie, Innocence, Tenderkiss, and Ethereal. The descriptions (taken partially from the Aromaleigh website) are as follows:

• Pixie - soft, sheer pink with the slightest silvery shimmer
• Innocence - softest warm coral with golden satin iridescent highlights
• Tenderkiss - cool kiss of pink
• Ethereal - very pale mauve with iridescent highlight

I love all of these colors, but I have difficulty wearing each of them alone because they're either too pale or too "cool". So I'm hoping that by mixing them, I can create a blush that will work for me. I tried to keep the tones similar to those in Benefit's Sugarbomb.

Ooh! I love it! Such a pretty color - and lots of shimmer, too. I think this will work really well for summer.

It looks a little pale when you see it swatched on my hand (I'm wearing bronzer) - but when it's blended - it leaves a really pretty rosy color!

There is a good bit of blush on my hand - I wouldn't apply that much to my face, but I wanted you to be able to see the color. This looks more pink than the last one I made...

So I think the new one will work for a lighter tan or for when I want pink rather than peach. I know I'll wear them both!

First Blush of Spring recipe
1 part Aromaleigh Pixie Pure Rouge
1 part Aromaleigh Innocence Pure Rouge
1 part Aromaeigh Tenderkiss Pure Rouge
1 part Aromaleigh Ethereal Pure Rouge

And remember - you can get generous samples of the Aromaleigh Pure Rouge for $2 each - and if you only order samples, you can select free shipping.

Da Bomb

I love pretty things. I especially love pretty pink things. So when I saw Benefit's Sugarbomb, I fell in love. Until I saw the price. :-(

 Benefit's Sugarbomb $28

$28 isn't unreasonable (it also comes with a brush, but I have a brush exactly like it), but when you already own more blush than you could use in 5 years, even if you applied it three times per day - well, you just hate to spend even more money on blush. LOL! Then I realized that I could probably make my own version of Sugarbomb. I'm going to call mine "Da Bomb".  :-)

That's one of the reasons I love mineral makeup - you can easily mix colors to get a perfect match or just come up with something new. So I pulled out all of my Aromaleigh blushes and picked four that I thought would work well together.

Since I always wear sunless tanner in the summer, I decided that I would need to go a bit darker & warmer than Benefit's Sugarbomb. I ended up choosing Epitome (a pretty peach w/ shimmer), Candy (candy pink w/shimmer), Beauteous (rose w/shimmer), and Serenity (a warm plum).

my blush color choices

 

the first mix was a bit darker than what I wanted

so I added more Candy & Beauteous - love it!

In the last picture, I have bronzer on my hand - so this is how Da Bomb looked after using my fingers to buff it onto the back of my hand. I'm pretty pleased with the color. I have an idea for making it a little more "pearlescent", which I think would be great for that glowing, slightly flushed look. I also have a couple of other ideas for mixes, so I'll probably be sharing those as soon as Aromaleigh reopens on April 5th and I can order a few samples.

Speaking of Aromaleigh blush samples - it's a great way to have a lot of blush options. $2 gets you a generous sample - enough to last for at least 7-10 uses (maybe more). And if you only order samples, you have the option to choose free shipping! They also offer mini jars of blush, which are $8 each. If you can catch the blush when it's 25% off, you'll only pay $1.50 for samples and $6 for the mini jars!

Recipe for "Da Bomb"
1 part Serenity
1 part Epitome
2 parts Candy
2 parts Beauteous

(all blushes are from Aromaleigh's Pure Mineral Rouge collection)