The New LA Girl Beauty Brick Blush Collection? Pretty AMAZE.

Look, I’m quite passionate about blush. I swear I start conversations with new people like “Hey, nice to meet you—do you like blush?” OK—maybe not that passionate but I do try to persuade more people to wear the stuff. It does wonders for brightening your face, adding dimension, and making you look like you slept for HOURS on end. Anytime new blush comes out, I’m looking for it in the daytime with a flashlight (like that line one time in that Usher song). The new LA Girl Beauty Brick Blush Collection? OMG—amazing.

So the second I heard these came out, my thirsty behind bought all four shades…lol. I couldn’t decide which colors to get and they were only $9 each.

Each Beauty Brick comes with four shades: two blushes, a bronzer, and a highlighter. I love this because you can use the bronzer to warm the perimeter of the face, the blush for a pop of color and the highlighter to put on top of your cheekbones, along the temples, on your decolletage, etc. It’s genius really.

(If your skin is darker than the deeper bronzers, you can put the bronzer on your cheeks and then put blush on top for a sunkissed glow—just note this won’t work with the lighter colored bronzers on darker skin)

Not only that they’re amazingly pigmented and last for hours. I got a full nine hours of wear and it still looked almost as good as when I put it on. Only reason why I took it off was because it was the end of the night and mama had to go to bed.

Here’s the four shades…

Glow

Contains a matte pinky coral, a carnation pink with light shimmer, a light brown bronzer (no orange cast), and a light white-silver highlighter. While the brighter blush shade semi-worked on my dark skin, this palette is best suited for those with fair to medium skin tones (like Kelly Osbourne to Sarah Jessica Parker).

(wearing just the brighter blush from Glow. was also testing out other makeup)

Pinky

Contains a bright matte magenta pink, a medium pink with light shimmer, a medium brown bronzer (no orange cast), and a silver shimmery highlighter. I’m wearing the brighter blush shade in my Sunglasses Stash video so it works very well on dark skin. Only thing is the other three shades aren’t the best on deeper skin tones so I’d say this palette will work best for someone with medium to tan to light olive skin tones (like Kim Kardashian to Eva Mendes)

(wearing the brighter blush plus highlighter on top of my cheekbones)

Glam

Contains a bright matte red, a matte deep pink, a deep brown bronzer (no orange cast), and a pinky gold highlighter. This palette works well on deep olive to darker skin tones (like Lakshmi Menon to around my complexion and darker). The lighter blush shade can get a little tricky on deeper skin tones so make sure you blend it out—or skip it if it looks a little ashy on.

(wearing the bronzer with the brighter blush on top and the highlighter on the tops of my cheekbones)

Spice

Contains a matte burnt orange (similar to MAC Raizin), a soft matte pink, a deep brown bronze, and an icy gold highlighter. This palette will work well on all skin tones (the lighter blush shade can be a little tricky on deeper skin).

(wearing the bronzer on cheeks with brighter blush on top plus highlighter on tops of the cheekbones)

The thing with blush palettes is that there’s bound to be one shade that doesn’t work well, but I think the performance on these helps to outweigh the odd shade that doesn’t work. Plus you can blend the lighter blush shade with the brighter one to work it out if you have darker skin or vice versa if you have lighter skin.

Bottom line: I’m in love with the pigmentation and long wear on these. Amazing that they’re only $9 a piece.

Price and where to buy: $9 each at lagirlusa.com