Review: Bourjois Little Round Pot Cream Blush

The Bourjois Cream Blush are a relatively new release. L and I were lucky enough to get sent the shade 2 and 3 to test out. I was even luckier as a few days after receiving these I won a huge Bourjois twitter competition on my personal account and won loads of goodies including all four of these blushes so I gave L the one I doubled up on. Expect lots of reviews on my Bourjois goodies. It's a brand I kind of forget about but I've been so impressed with some of the products.

Cream blushes are always more popular in the spring summer. They look flawless blended into skin to give a healthy glow. During summer month when my skin is behaving I find I don't always need a foundation so a pop of concealer and a cream blush can leave the skin with a natural glow.

The Bourjois blushes come in four shades. 01 Nude Velvet which is a really natural soft pink with a hint of an orange warmth to it. 02 Healthy Glow is an orangey coral colour, perfect for summer and I'm sure it will look great with a tan. 03 Rose Tender is exactly what you'd expect from the name, a rose pink shade. Lastly is 04 Sweet Cherry is the darkest of them all, almost a brick red shade with a hint of pink to it.

The blushes are a cream to powder formula and blend softly onto the skin for a really natural look. I've found they apply best using fingers. I've tried with a few brushes and they just don't work. The pots are colour coordinated to match the colour of the blush so make picking a colour easy. They have a magnetic closer so stay shut well when thrown in the make up bag and come with a mirror in the top.

The colour selection is great, all natural shades and very wearable. They are pigmented colours but due to the colours the chance of looking like a clown wearing these is unlikely. I think these will be perfect for anyone not too sure on wearing blush and for people who prefer the more natural look with blush.

Shades 01,02,03,04

I really love the texture of these, they are so soft and really do melt into the skin and blend into a soft powder finish without looking matte. These will be perfect holiday products!

here's me wearing no 02. As you can see when blended out it gives a soft flush of colour. They can easily be built up for a more intense look.

I've been reaching for 01 and 02 the most. I can see me wanting to wear 04 more through the summer.

Have you tried the Bourjois Blushes? Are you a cream blush fan?

Love M

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As M said, we were lucky enough to be sent some of these to review and I was sent 03 and then luckily for me M gave me her 02 as she'd won the competition.

I was so pleased as these are both the shades that I would have picked if given the chance and absolutely love them.
I've been reaching for 02 mainly, as I'm a coral girl through and through but still like my pink days when I feel like being more girly.

These blend like a dream and look so natural. I do like the range of shades, and I'm hoping they bring out some more in the future in more daring shades, like a really bright fuchsia pink!
The formula is so smooth and the colours are still really pigmented so i think they're really impressive.

The design as M said before is great as even though they are only held by a magnet, its so strong that it really does keep them together and there's no risk of it coming open in your bag.

I apply mine using the Real Techniques contour brush from their core collection. I use this for my other cream blush products as its so easy to swirl it onto your cheek bones and blend it in without fear of it creating a strip effect.

These products are great and I can't wait to wear them over the summer, I imagine they will get getting lots of wear!


What do you think of cream blushes? What's your favourite way to apply them?


L xxx

Boots Panic Buying

Hello!

You may have seen some tweets the past week or so celebrating the fact that I have a new job...hurrah!

I am so excited to start my new job in a toxicology lab and have been busy buying a new wardrobe now that I can wear my own clothes and not a standard uniform.

I have also, as you can imagine, been putting my discount to good use and buying my final few items with it as after I've left Boots i will be rid of temptation and therefore will not be buying anything for 6 months....right??!

I say few....this is what I've racked up so far.

I'm embarrassed, horrified and somewhat proud.

I've picked up essentials like moisturiser and bobbles, and also brushes and eye make up remover with the No7 vouchers. Some summery nail polishes did not escape my notice particularly the £1.99 Sinful Colours ones, and obviously some must have make up products.

Obviously I haven't used much of it yet but I wanted to let you know about a few deals I've picked up and what's looking good!

Revlon have a 3 for 2 deal on at the moment which means I've picked up my favourite primer, some skin highlights, a new concealer and my first ever BB cream:



So looking forward to trying out the new Revlon items!

Next up I picked up some items from Rimmel:

They have a deal on at the moment when you spend £10 you get a free Scandaleyes mascara which I've used before and really liked.
I think you can always use powder and I've been looking to get myself a matt bronzer for a while so picked these three up to compare them to more expensive powders and bronzers I already have.

Bourjois also have a similar deal on where if you spend £12 you get a free round blush pot.

I didn't plan on getting two of these deals but after picking up one I couldn't help myself!

For the first set I picked up a Volumizer mascara that I'd heard good things about, and of course the blogger fave nail varnish removal pot which has been raved about for glitter polishes.

I then picked up the Healthy Mix Serum foundation after a recommendation for my dry skin and also the infamous Bronzing Powder.

These blushes both look absolutely gorgeous.
I picked up one that has a slight shimmer and reminds me of my favourite Coralista, and also a slightly darker matt blush.

I've heard that Bourjois are bringing out some new Cream Blushes which is massively exciting!

I love cream blushes and if these powder ones are anything to go by the cream ones will be super easy to blend and have fantastic colouring.
They've already launched in Selfridges and online (3rd of May) and you can get them from Boots on the 15th of May.

There will be four colours and by the looks of things 01 and 02 look stunning for paler people like me and M!

Priced at £7.99 a pop I will certainly be looking at the Cream Blushes when they get into my Boots store :)


What do you think of my panic buying so far? Over the top or justified??
What would you buy if you had a discount card for Boots?


Will you be checking out the new Bourjois Cream Blushes??


L xxx

Review: Revlon Photoready Cream Blush in Coral Reef

Revlon have a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge fan base, including myself and M.

Both of us have been going mad for their products recently including Colorstay, nail polishes, lip butters and general love for the PhotoReady range.

I picked this up a fair few weeks ago now and have been meaning to write about it but the photos I kept taking were useless!

So finally I have something fairly decent that shows the product on my skin with true colours.

I love monochrome and I love simple shapes and designs.

This means I obviously love the packaging for this and that it comes in a box, it is wasteful as it's going straight in the bin to be honest (a recycling one!) but it makes it feel more expensive.

This cream blush is really easy to use.

I personally use the expert face brush from Real Techniques to apply this as its the perfect size and shape to pick up the product and apply it to the cheeks and particularly the hollows.

Eeee I do love how simple and amazing it looks.

It's faired pretty well in my gym bag too considering it gets carried around all day. It has never opened up by accident and the product sits at the bottom unaffected by any heat from car heaters etc.

I wish it still looked as perfect as this though:

This product is so easy to swirl onto a brush and straight onto your skin.

It blends with minimal effort and you need such a small amount that you will not need a new one for a long time!

You can see below pictures with a small amount and then the second with more:

It's really natural and can be worn all day every day, and out for an evening look.

After buying Cha Cha Tint in the summer I would say that the colours are comparable, with the Revlon being slightly easier to use with it being in a pot and not being runny.

However both have their place as I think Cha Cha Tint does last longer.

The only problem I've had with the Revlon Cream blush is bits of fluff from seemingly nowhere always finding their way into the product. This is easily rectified by wiping the surface with a tissue and it removes minimal product but it isn't great to see it all on the surface!

I would certainly buy this cream blush in another colour and have been eyeing up the pink!

It's currently on 3 for 2 in Boots which is asking for it really....

What do you think of the Cream blushes? Have you tried them out?

L xxx