50 Shades (Sorta) of Blush Part Three: The Berry-ish Shades

And I’m back with part three of 50 Shades of Blush! If you missed part one or two, check it out here.

I’m so excited about this series! I’ve always been blush‘s biggest advocate encouraging women to wear it more often and even scaring some when I was a makeup artist when I’d pull something out like NARS Exhibit A and then watching their faces light up the second they saw it on their cheeks.

Being the blush fiend that I am, I thought about doing some sort of series with blush like I did with 50 Shades of Lipstick. Only thing is I shaved down my blush collection significantly over the holidays and gave away a ton of shades to lucky family members and friends. I still have way too much but there certainly aren’t 50 shades…lol.

Then it took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to produce this thing. Applying and reapplying 50 lipstick shades during one shoot is already a feat in and of itself, but blush is much harder to pull off. I’d have to practically redo my makeup between each color and then my skin would be on fire and who wants their skin to be on fire, ya know?

So after having many convos with myself, I decided I’d just do it by color category and take pics of me wearing one color from each category and then I’d swatch the rest on my arms. Because to be honest, many of these colors look the same on—don’t be a blush hoarder like me…lol. And then if you guys had questions about a particular color, well, that’s what the comments are for :)

I’ve also reviewed most of these previously on the blog, so just click the hyperlink on their name. And if I haven’t reviewed, just ask if you have questions BUT for the most part if they’re still in my stash, they’re alright with me.

Anyway, enough rambling. Onto the berries!!

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Image Nasilele Photography

(I’m wearing more blush than I normally would so you can see the color–here I’m wearing NARS Coeur Battant. I think my lips are bare with maybe a little moisturizer on them.)

Here’s how I normally wear blush for instance:

Also these are not new blushes–I’ve dropped, used, and abused these :x

NARS Mounia, a bold cranberry with a metallic finish

Bobbi Brown Flame, a bold berry red with shimmer

Estee Lauder The Siren, a matte orange-y red

Marc Jacobs Tantalizing, a matte berry red

NARS Taos Blush, a coral-y red with shimmer

Chanel Fantastic, a bold red (cream)

black | UP #10, a matte deep rose

Illamasqua Sin, a matte purplish berry

More Estee Lauder…