Blush collection

Today i've decided not to post about a review of a product, or mention any new hauls, instead i'm going to share with you my very small blush collection. For a year if not more I had one single lonely blush, it was a Bourjois one, I can't remember the name but it was a lovely rose gold, that smelt like roses. I do still have it and i'm no where near hitting the pan. For some reason I couldn't find it whilst preparing my blushes for this post! I'll have to do a separate post on that when I find it.

My blush collection expanded towards the end of last year when I went through all this make up I had been given by one of my relatives, she had a lot of gift with purchases. So my collection was expanded with a lovely Estee Lauder Palette that features three lovely signature blush shades and one bronzer. Complete with a mirror and little brush this palette would be very handy for travelling. Let me tell you about the shades, we have Bronze Goddess - a soft matte bronzer. Pink kiss - a lovely pink colour that's more matte than shimmery. Radiant Peach - A gorgeous peach shade with a lovely gold shimmer - it's actually what i'd expect NARS Orgasm to look like (I haven't seen it in the flesh). And finally Nude Rose - A lovely matte nude shade.

Next up in my collection I purchased NYX Cream Rouge in natural. I mainly just wanted to try the NYX range and I have never tried a cream blush so I thought it was the perfect opportunity. There is nothing natural about this particular shade, it is pink, very pink. But when applied lightly with a brush it can look quite subtle, or with a heavier hand it can look more prominent, depends on what you like. As for the cream texture, I tend to use this particular brush when I know i'm not going to apply powder over my face as it doesn't mix well under or over powder! But it is still a great blush!

I then added an Essence blush to my collection. I heard so much great feedback on Essence products as a whole that I really wanted to try one of their products. From what I researched the blushes were fantastic. So I wanted a shade that I didn't already had and was more natural and not as pink. I purchase #50 Sweetheart, I have referred to this blush a lot and I think I might have used the wrong shade number before. But this is a really lovely nude colour with a slight pink tone, it doesn't really have much shimmer and I find I where this the most out of all the shade ranges I currently own.

Lastly, thanks to one of my beauty box subscriptions i received a Bombshell 'The one' stick, this can be used for lips, eyes and cheeks but I have only used it on my cheeks. The shade I have is called Girl Crush, which i'd describe as a very light lilac shade with a bit of pink toning. It is quite lovely on the skin, it probably doesn't look that nice swatched next to the pinker shades but I assure you it is lovely!

So this is my current collection, NYX is coming to my local Target store soon, so i'll be planning on purchasing a few more of their blushes, apparently there is a dupe for the NARS Orgasm in their collection. In future months I am going to save for a NARS blush, in either Orgasm, Super Orgasm or Deep Throat, they all look like lovely shades. In the meantime I plan to rotate my collection on a regular basis so I can get great use out of all of these lovely shades!

L-R: Bronze Goddess, Pink Kiss, Radiant Peach, Nude Rose

T-B: Blended NYX, NYX Natural, #50 Sweetheart, Bombshell Girl Crush

What do you have in your blush collection?