Makeup: Blushers

Smoother, more blendable textures and finely-pigmented colours that you can build: getting a natural-looking flush is becoming easier and easier.

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Smoother, more blendable textures and finely-pigmented colours that you can build: getting a natural-looking flush is becoming easier and easier.

Editors’ Choice & Bloggers’ Choice
Editors’ Choice & Bloggers’ Choice

Tom Ford Cheek Color, $90

This buttery, creamy blusher is highly pigmented. We use less for the loveliest flush. In eight shades.

POWDER BLUSHER – ONE-COLOUR (DEPARTMENT/SPECIALITY STORE)

Readers’ Choice
Readers’ Choice
Shu Uemura Glow On Creamy Powder, $33
This cream-to-powder is from the brand’s “customise your own blush palette” range. In 14 shades.

POWDER BLUSHER – MULTICOLOUR (DEPARTMENT/SPECIALITY STORE)

Editors’ Choice & Bloggers’ Choice
Editors’ Choice & Bloggers’ Choice

Marc Jacobs Beauty Air Blush Soft Glow Duo, $68

The pigments are so ultra-fine that we never have to worry about overdoing it. In five shades.
Readers’ Choice
Readers’ Choice
Laneige Ideal Blush Duo, $39
Matte, super sheer, and best on fair skin as it’s that natural. In six combinations.
Editors’ Choice
Editors’ Choice

Cle de Peau Beaute Cream Blush, $65

Highly pigmented, it gives a dewy glow with great lasting power, without feeling slick or sticky. In four shades.
Bloggers’ Choice
Bloggers’ Choice
Elizabeth Arden Cool Glow Cheek Tint, $49
It only looks intense, but the watery gel is sheer and light. In four shades.

CREAM/LIQUID BLUSHER (DEPARTMENT/SPECIALITY STORE)

Readers’ Choice
Readers’ Choice
Nars Liquid Blush, $50
It comes only in the brand’s best-selling pink-peach shade, Orgasm, which is for all skin tones. Half a pump is plenty. It’s slightly shimmery, so skin looks radiant.