I’ve been meaning to put up posts on my blog but I’m feeling
so uninspired lately. That’s what happens when you’re on vacays, more time
equals slowing down of brain. Today I’m feeling invigorated. Why? Because I took
a ride on Mumbai’s metro..boy is that baby fast!! I totally loved it, now I
feel like travelling only through metro. I also saw Holiday last week…no I didn’t
like it. It has a lovely message but the film has so many unrealistic elements.
Anyways, let’s talk makeup. We all love makeup that works
without much effort. I get like 5 min to
put on makeup and head out the door, if you’re a working woman or a college
student, you’ll can empathize. Rimmel Stay Blushed Liquid Cheek Tints are one
of those products that will help you speed up your makeup but falls short in one
important aspect.
Price: $2.99 each
Qty: 14ml/0.47 fl oz each
Company Claims (taken from UK Website):
Perfect for any occasion: the blush blends instantly and seamlessly to create a long lasting, natural-looking flush of colour that lasts up to 24 hours.
Company Claims (taken from UK Website):
Perfect for any occasion: the blush blends instantly and seamlessly to create a long lasting, natural-looking flush of colour that lasts up to 24 hours.
Ultra lightweight, won’t feel
heavy.
Lasts all day.
Shades Available:
Pop of Pink(001)
Touch of Berry(002)
Peach Flush (003)
Sunkissed Cherry(004)
Apricot Glow(005)
My take on Rimmel Stay Blushed Liquid Cheek Tints:
Packaging:
The Stay
Blushed Liquid Cheek tints come in a simple, no fuss tube packaging. I don’t
know if you can tell by the pics but they’re really small in size. About the
size of your eye cream tube and judging by the quantity(14ml of the blush Vs
15ml in eyecream) that’s about right.
Texture:
This is not a “liquid”
blush, it has a mousse-like texture. Also it stains my finger after
application. True to its claims, it has a weightless feel on the skin.
Color:
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Pop of Pink (001) : A warm pink
that might appear slightly coral on lighter skin tones. I thought this would
show up well on my medium skin tone but most of the times it just disappears
away with blending. I have to really build coverage for this to show up
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Sunkissed cherry (004): By ‘sunkissed
cherry’ I think Rimmel meant ‘tomatoes’ (think of a orange tomato, not red) and
this does give a similar color on my cheeks. It shows up as a faint apricot-orangey
color on my cheeks.
Though the pigmentation looks
good in my arm swatches, both of these show up only as a sheer wash of color and
can be built up for more pigmentation.
Also, these will suit fair-too-medium skin tones only.
Application & after:
Stay Blushed Liquid Cheek tints are SUPER
easy to apply. Just take a pea sized amount on your finger tip and pat to blend.
Even if you’ve never used cream or mousse blushes, or even powder blushes for
that matter, you’ll have no problem applying this. Also, these need to be
layered to show up and be done so effortlessly, they don’t settle into lines or
enlarge my pores or become cakey or heavy or obvious. Their texture is that perfect. I’ve applied it over
powdered face so many times and they’ve never caused any problems in
application.
When applied and blended for the
first layer, I found that the Pop of Pink sheered out a lot and kind of disappeared
in to my skin. Sunkissed Cherry leaves good amount of color on my cheeks on
first layer application. They definitely give just a natural looking flush on
my medium skintone.
Weartime:
For all that perfect texture, this blush fails in the wear
time category for me, maybe because of my combination-oily skin. When I apply
3-4 layers of this and stay in an air conditioned environment, it stays for 4-5
hours. But if I’m not, then it fades away in 2 hours! Rimmel claims ’24 Hour
wear’, which is ridiculous to me. It probably might wear longer if I apply
primer and setting spray and all that jazz. I have worn it as a base for a
powder blush but even then it faded away.
Final Verdict: 3/5
I absolutely love the texture of the Stay
Blushed Liquid Cheek tints, its an
absolute winner and even beginners will love it because its so easy to apply. However
it isn’t long lasting on my skin unless I’m in an ac environment and that’s a
serious drawback for me. Overall, I like these blushes and I do recommend them,
especially to beginners, but I will advise you to prime your face before you
apply these so that you can actually ‘stay blushed’ all day.
To know where I got these from go HERE.
Now you tell me one product in your vanity that’s super easy
to apply, I wanna know! :D
