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• Cruelty Free NO
• Fragrance Free NO
• Inexpensive $29.95 AUD for 9 grams
• Other shades available
• Mirror and brush included

My skin is fair with freckles.

This is my first blush review from L'Oreal Paris.

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This peach blush is part of L'Oreal's new products that have scents in the spirit of Too Faced and their chocolate and peach scented theme collections.

The fragrance is distinctly fake but it does not hang around and really is quite unobtrusive and the product is pressed with a leaf likeness.  The compact contains a mirror and brush inside it within a rose gold framed compact.

The pigmentation is strong and also contains a highlighter like gold sheen, which could be used as a multitasking product (in the sense you would not need to apply a highlighter product) if you are time sensitive as this blush definitely gives a lot of intensity.



The product applies well over other face products and most certainly gives the face a lift of colour.

I feel the product lasts well through out the day although I do need to test it out in the summer heat for a true test.

The brush I have not used.

I definitely recommend this product.

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Marc Jacobs has released a new blush product called Air Blush Soft Glow Duo which has two shades to be used in conjunction with a technique by a makeup artist friend Way Bandy.  Way has a technique called draping that utilises light and dark blush to give you a glowing look in strategic areas of the neck and face.  By draping the key spots with the light or darker shades in the blush duo you can give yourself a heavy contour free sculpted look.

I would love to try it out just for fun.  Whether it's draping, contouring, tontouring we are in love with crafting our visages to the best of our ability.

Five shade duo's are available.  #506 Flesh & Fantasy, #502 Lines & Last Night, #504 Kink & Kisses, #500 Lush & Libido and #508 Night Fever & Hot Stuff

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Storytime

I became aware of the Australian cosmetics brand, Klara Cosmetics a couple of years ago at my local Coles supermarket.  I fell in love with their Klara Cosmetics 24hr Kiss Proof Lips in Passion Pink 03, a liquid lipstick in my most favourite lip colour ever, so I have wanted to try some of their other products.  Despite wearing eye and lip makeup for years I had never wore blush and other face specific products. 



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Shy Blush is a duo blush product of a sweet pink and a deep pink rose.  These are well pigmented and before I apply I make sure to shake off any extra product on the brush of the sweet pink because it can go from sweet to aaarrghhh in a few brush strokes.  The deeper rose pink shade is recommended to be applied very lightly at the apples of your cheeks a la Bobbi Brown's advice,  don't forget to tap off the excess because this is very pigmented!!!


Overall it is easy to apply and blend.  The blush product itself is made in France.  Australian designed and owned.  Assembled in China.  I am hoping to get that deeper colour on my face soon!


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I saw a YouTube video this morning with Lauren Curtis and she was using this product on her face and I went to Target and lo and behold they had the product in stock! It was fate, it was meant to be, it was destiny!

There is three colour combinations with this product, however Target thus far has only 002 Coral Glow in stock.  I really love this colour combination so once again its fate!

Kate Moss has created this and two other products I believe, a tinted glowing primer in two colours one for light/medium skin tones and a dark tone so that's awesome and a clear conditioning lip balm with SPF.

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All three of these products are effortless to use.  Blending is a dream for the contour, I only use a light hand with any contour as I am very fair and it just does not look right on me.  The blush is lovely and gives a lovely lit look especially with the highlighter both being applied to the cheekbones, blush should really be applied to the cheekbone not the apples of the cheek, however it is a personal preference of course and how you apply your makeup especially based on your face shape. I also agree with Matt Goss Make Up Artist that coral can look orange on the face so just be mindful of how much you apply.  Beauty is fun and if you want to rock a certain look or product make it your own!  This is just what works for me.

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When you first start wearing makeup there is so many little things to learn about and how to apply products especially with brushes.  I made the mistake of using a blush brush directly to apply pressed face powder to my face to set my make up.  I couldn't figure out why I was not getting the look I was after until I was idly reading an old magazine at the doctor's office and came upon a beauty advice article.

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This is what I should have been doing. Instead of putting the brush into the powder and then applying directly to set my makeup, I should have been using either a velour puff and/or the sides of the blush brush.

If you use a velour puff/pad and press it on to the areas of the face you wish to set, you will not disturb the foundation and concealer etc underneath.  You will get the perfect look without ruining your bases.

Alternatively, you can use the sides of a blush brush, I use my Eco Tools blush brush, which has graduated levels of bristles so you can use it for this purpose, for applying blush and to apply contour.

Simply press the side of the blush bristles into the powder and then apply to your face where you wish.

Big powder/blush brushes are for removing excess powder on your face, so you can lightly dust it off.

This is not a hard and fast rule, but is what works for me.  It was a revelation let me tell you!

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