I've been on the hunt for a cream blush for a much longer time than I wish, so once again in Amsterdam I figured it was almost impossible to not find one, because you know, they have pretty much all beauty brands I desire, up for sale.
I was super happy when I saw they moved the MAC counter and made it bigger and was sure I'd find my blush. I did not.
Luckily enough,they had Bobbi Brown there too! No blush in sight...
Same happened at the Lancome,Estee Lauder, Maybelline, L'Oreal and pretty much every other brand I checked. Happy Happy, Joy Joy!
You'd think that with the amount of creamy or bouncy blushes around in the US, us lovely folks over in Europe would get at least a fraction of them.
Well, as I was giving up hope, I went into the Kruidvat, which is pretty much your regular drugstore and what do I find? Precisely! The cream blush! Where? At the Essence counter...of all places!
Just like with the Catrice Gel eyeliner that I showed you HERE , I found my product of choice in the most unexpected of places and am actually satisfied with it!
I got the 010 Fresh Apricot and gosh I love it!
I was super impressed how shimmery and gorgeous this color looked! I don't mind matte blushes but the ones with a shimmer give you an extra bit of freshness.
This is what it looks like on my skin
Doesn't it look great?
I love the frosty shimmer of it, and even if my skintone is a bit more yellow, it still looks great.
What I will say is that this is the only color that seemed to have this kind of shimmer, the others were a bit too dark and gloomy for my taste and lacked the shimer, or it was at least less visible.
I also like how light it is, clearly a souffle and super airy. You'd be surprised how light the whole jar is also, you can hardly feel you're holding it. A very practical thing when traveling with a weight limit!
All in all
I really like it!
And I think it's even better than the Maybelline Bouncy Blush I was aiming for. If I find it, I will do a comparison for sure tho, but for now, I will enjoy this blush!
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That looks absolutely gorgeous! Wish we could get that particular blush here!
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You don't get Essence down under? Maybe you get all the other ones tho :P
Deleteit looks gorgeous.. I like Essence lipstiks eay to use and colors are cute
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I had one of those too,they were surprisingly moist,as in they didn't try out on my lips,or make them look dry.Always a good thing!
DeleteLooks amazing in the jar...but won't it be patchy when applied? Very interesting colour by the way :)
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly enough, not at all. Creamy or foamy textures tend to do that,but this is well...a souffle. Can't describe it better
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