The brand initially launched three of these palettes in similar packaging with a silver cover, but I love the way this fourth one looks. It has those same aesthetically pleasing rounded corners, like the Huda Beauty Blush Filter Liquid Blushes, and the overall color is pretty too. The packaging is heavier than I expected, but still light enough to be travel-friendly. The mirror is very high quality as well, and magnified.
Huda Beauty Blush Filter Blurring Blushlighters Palette in Strawberry Latte
I love pinky-brown and reddish-brown blushes that look like natural colors for my skintone. This is why the Strawberry Latte shades appealed to me. This palette is described as, “A delicious blend of creamy mauve, warm rose, and rich espresso tones.” When swatched, I can tell the shades apart, but they all look like varying shades of rose on me. It’s not what I was expecting, especially for Latte to appear brick red instead of brown, but I at least still enjoy rosy blushes.
On my cheeks, I can still see the difference in blush tones, but they look really similar in photos. I did my best to capture them as differently as possible, but it was tricky. Rose Chai looks like a darker color on my skin than in the pan. I had to use enough for it to be seen in pictures, but if I applied too much then it looked like Pink Espresso. Too little of Latte didn’t show enough brown, but too much looked like Pink Espresso as well.
ROUND ONE
I’m wearing the blushes as eyeshadow in all four photos, but in the last one, I added bronzer and a dark eyeshadow (VBB Victoria Quad) to the outer corner in order to complete the look.
I’m not the only one who experienced the matte shades looking similar, as I discovered in the comment section of my swatch post on Instagram. I wish Rose Chai was less muted so it could be a brighter pop of pink. If the brand dialed back a little bit of that red in Latte, I believe the colors would be more satisfactory in standing out from each other.
I own the shade Latte in the liquid blush formula. The review for that can be found HERE. The powder version has deeper and stronger red tones.
ROUND TWO
These are quite pigmented blushes. I avoid using dense brushes in order to build up the pigment slowly, but the shape of the airy brush matters. The blushes don’t move/spread across the cheeks as easily while being blended. So, a brush that has an angle or 3D shape with varying denseness (typically dense at the base of the shorter section and wispier towards the longer tips) can have sheer spots and heavier spots instead of the intended gradient look. By trying to fill the sheerer gaps with more product, I sometimes overapply and have tone it back down by adding foundation to the top. Rounded cheek brushes that are tighter packed in the center, but splay wider and looser around the edges can lead to the same uneven result, even though that type of brush is intended to give a diffused look. So far, the brushes I discovered that gave nice results with the matte blushes was a flat-top like the Sonia G Smooth Buffer and through sweeping with the Sonia G ALP3.
The Blushlighter shade isn’t as smooth or refined as what I got from the brand’s Glow Obsession Highlighter Palette. I’m a bit disappointed that I had to look beyond my highlighter brush favorites to find a different one for this product (also the ALP 3 by sweeping along one of the angled sides). The Strawberry Fizz color is pretty, but the shimmer particles are about medium sized and my texture is emphasized a bit. I just prefer much smoother highlighters and blush toppers.
I’m glad I found brushes that work well with these products, but I still feel I shouldn’t have had as much trouble with the “wrong” brushes as I did. Although I still think the blush formula is fairly good, there are plenty of blushes on the market that are easier to blend with the same amount of pigment and at more affordable prices. These actually remind me of the Cheek Palettes Colourpop used to make, which is ironic because there was a point in time that it seemed Colourpop was copying what Huda Beauty was doing (the 9 pan monochromatic eyeshadow palettes for instance). Any time I’ve seen a Colourpop comparison to Huda Beauty products, I’ve always felt Huda’s was better and worth the increase in price. Regarding the Blush Filter Palette, it’s fairly priced for getting four products in one, but I’m sorry to say I don’t think the quality matches. I would have expected it to be $35 at most.
Considering how these adhere (including the blushlighter) while being applied, I’d have been shocked if this formula wasn’t long-lasting. The products stay put all day and don’t fade. My thoughts overall is that I like the shades and I have the tools to ensure that the application and blending processes goes fairly well. I like the packaging, and the quality of the powders inside are at least good, but not impressive.
In my excitement over the shade options, I completely forgot that I did not want to buy face palettes any longer because I don’t use them enough. I don’t think this palette will be an exception to that either.
That’s all for today! Thanks for reading!
-Lili ❤
Note: This is a scheduled post. It is unlikely for me to be able to respond to messages in the first two weeks of June while a family matter is going on.
Today’s post features the two makeup launches I’ve been the most excited about thus far in 2026! Although I needed to Downsize My MAC Blush Collection, I have owned at least fifty different shades of their powder blushes within the past decade. My first MAC post, which covered nineteen of their blushes, currently has the highest amount of views on my blog. It’s thanks to that post, and the Follow-Up with an additional twelve shades, that I’ve been able to connect with many other people who love MAC’s blushes as much as I do! So, they have a special place in my heart.
I have to shout out NikkifromHR and TheMakeupPen as some of the bloggers I chat with about MAC!
When MAC started discontinuing shades from their “permanent” standard blush range in 2021, I knew it was only a matter of time before they revamped the line, but I had no clue it would take almost five years for that to happen! I also didn’t expect it would be three years before MAC relaunched the Sunstruck Bronzers.
MAC reused the model photos and swatch photos of the older Sunstruck Bronzers in the listings for the newer ones, in addition to them bearing the same shade names in the matte and radiant finishes. So, I don’t think there have been intentional changes to the bronzer colors.
Whether intentional or not, my version of Matte Rich Golden is slightly different. So, I will delve deeper into that in the bronzer review section.
The photos and videos I’ve seen, such as this one from lokalekatastrophe, have led me to believe some of the blush shades have been tweaked. Everyone’s version of Desert Rose looks lighter, for example on this reddit page. When I build up Raizin The Roof, I believe it can look pretty much like the original Raizin. However, Film Noir Buff is a muted brown-purple, unlike the original Film Noir that I believe had a reddish-purple tone, like in the YouTube short by CocoaSwatches. I will do my best to share shade comparisons in the blush review section, but I don’t have access to my full collection anymore.
Skinfinish Colourstruck Blushes in Pony (radiant), Pink Flamingo (radiant), Thanks, It’s MAC (radiant), No Filter (radiant), Velvet Teddy (matte), Cheeky Chili (matte), Raizin the Roof (matte), and Film Noir Buff (matte)
MAC launched with 29 blushes in the Skinfinish Colourstruck line. I did not wish to repurchase shades I already own, so that narrowed down the list of blushes I wanted to buy. I created a table for anyone curious about which shades are completely new to MAC or might only exist in a different form, such as their lipsticks. My research was done to the best of my ability, but MAC has been around since before I was born, so I could have missed something.
Within the standard powder range, there used to be five categories: matte, sheertone, sheertone shimmer, satin, and frost. Now, there are just matte and radiant blushes.
It is said that the new matte version is intended to have a soft matte finish rather than flat. I’ve noticed that the Colourstruck mattes are smooth, but only softer than some of the older shades. The new blushes are a little less pigmented, apply the tiniest bit smoother (depending on which older shade it’s compared to), and leave some kickback, which may or might not be a significant amount depending on what kind of brush is used. Some of my older MAC blushes were hard-pressed and felt rough to the touch. Even without hard-pan, they became more difficult to pick up over time. However, some of my MAC blushes still feel silky and powdery to this day. I would be willing to buy replacements of my older blushes with a rough texture (such as Modern Mandarin and Frankly Scarlet), but none of my hard pressed ones got reformulated.
The radiant blushes are still nowhere near as glowy as the Extra Dimension Blushes. I would say the amount of shimmer is somewhere between the satin and sheertone shimmer level. When I’ve compared the swatches of the radiant blushes to the glowy blushes from other brands, MAC’s doesn’t look as shimmery. It’s only really when bright light is directly shining on my face that the sheen becomes obvious to see. I’ve complained about Gucci’s Glow Blush line not being glowy enough (review coming in perhaps 3 weeks), but I can say MAC’s Radiant Blushes are at least glowier than Gucci’s. Essentially, I view the Radiant line as satins, but it’s possible that the lighter shades could have more pearl in it, if MAC follows the trend in the past of having their frosty/highlighter-like blushes as mostly lighter colors. I would have to see those in person to know for sure.
Pony
I chose to show, in the photo above, how a single swipe of this blush looks prior to being smoothed out (like I did for the Colourstruck group swatch photo). For some reason, Pony picks up in chunks and has to be worked into my cheeks a bit to eventually appear as even looking as the rest of the blushes. By now, the top layer is completely flat, despite it being one of my least used blushes. The debossed “MAC” pattern still hasn’t worn away from any of the others! I don’t know why this blush is so crumbly, but thankfully it only takes a little bit longer than the rest to blend in properly.
Over the past two years, I’ve been favoring nude/natural blush tones, but I suddenly found Pony very appealing. I can’t recall ever owning a blush this vibrantly pink before, though it does remind me a bit of MAC’s Sweets for My Sweet blush in the Extra Dimension finish.
Pink Flamingo
I still love corals, especially pink-coral over coral-orange, so this was another shade I couldn’t resist. Aside from the blushes I swatched above, Pink Flamingo also reminds me of Nars’ Orgasm X and MAC’s Cheeky Bits Extra Dimension Blush.
This shade and Pony look completely different in swatches, but they’re ultimately both pink blushes. They look similar on me, with the main difference being that Pink Flamingo is a bit lighter and warmer. That being said, I’m still unable to choose between them, so I’m happy I bought both of them.
Thanks, It’s MAC
I had the hardest time deciding between Thanks, It’s MAC and No Filter. Essentially, this shade is a little more of a yellow-orange brown (as opposed to pink-brown) and it appears lighter than No Filter on my cheeks. I swatched it next to a lot of my warm brown blushes and was surprised how few dupes I could find, but Maiden’s Blush is quite close. Thanks, It’s MAC reminds me of the Hushed Tone Extra Dimension Blush (that I stopped using in favor of Faux Sure). This is pigmented enough that I can easily see it in person, but it blends in a lot with my skin in photos.
I like this color, but I prefer Benefit’s Starlaa and Suqqu’s Kafuu (discontinued). It’s tied with YSL’s Nocturnal Nude (also discontinued). So, perhaps I could have skipped buying this one in hindsight, but I always feel compelled to buy a dark nude blush when I see one because of how uncommon it is to find one suitable for medium-dark skin.
No Filter
I can see some shimmer particles in the pan, but this blush can pass for matte if I only apply a sheer layer.
Because it’s a little deeper, pink-brown, and easier to see on my cheeks than Thanks, It’s MAC, I prefer this color. I like to think of it as a toned down version of Faux Sure, which is my most used MAC Blush, and just one of the most used blushes in my entire makeup collection! There was no way I was going to pass on getting this shade!
Velvet Teddy
This blush looks so faint in the photos of MAC’s models, so I assumed it wouldn’t show up on me. However, it does, and this is literally my favorite color out of all 29! The brand describes this as a deep beige. It looks more like a light pink on my cheeks and creates a youthful flush. It was extremely difficult to try and get color accurate photos where the blush can actually be seen. It’s very much visible in person.
In some photos I’ve seen, it looks warm. Some photos it looks cool-toned. On my skintone, it can look warm or neutral. As with most of MAC’s blushes, the undertone of one’s foundation can affect how strongly those tones will actually look. That’s how I’m able to wear some of MAC’s cooler toned blushes without it clashing. These blushes are great for combining into each other to customize the depth and tone. Now that MAC’s blushes are less pigmented than before, they’re even better suited for layering together.
Cheeky Chili
MAC describes this color as, “warm brick red,” which is basically orange mixed with brick red. I expected it to be redder and resemble Burnt Pepper, which remains discontinued, but thankfully there’s also enough brown to keep the color from venturing too far into vibrant territory. Cheeky Chili still pops on my skintone, but isn’t the kind of bold orange that I dislike.
Raizin The Roof
This blush is a great reminder of how tastes change over time. I rarely ever used the original Raizin because I thought it was too deep and bruise-looking on my skintone. I could never figure out why I didn’t like it considering it’s a reddish-brown blush and I typically like those kinds of colors. However, I started using and liking it again just before the Colourstruck Blushes launched. Perhaps if I had the Sonia G Soft Cheek Brush or Rephr Kōyō back then, my mind could have been changed sooner.
Raizin the Roof is described as a golden reddish brown, and it being slightly less red than Raizin is why it initially looks lighter when compared. However, if I build up extra layers, they look nearly identical on me.
I know some people are disappointed that Raizin The Roof isn’t as richly pigmented as Raizin. Raizin used to be one of the most recommended blushes for people with a deep skintone, so I’m sure it’s hard to see changes made to such an iconic color. Selfishly though, I can’t help but be happy because Raizin The Roof is easier for me to use. I really like this shade. It’s also a nice “blonzer” shade to add a toasty sunkissed look across the forehead or bridge of the nose instead of bronzer.
The difference between Cheeky Chili and Raizin The Roof is that Raizin the Roof isn’t as saturated. They both have red, orange, and brown, but Raizin The Roof leans redder. I actually like mixing the two together so that the end result has calmed down the orange from Cheeky Chili, but pops more than Raizin The Roof does by itself.
If I had to choose between them, I would skip Cheeky Chili and just stick with Raizin the Roof. I’m just not as interested in orange, as evidenced by the fact that I left nearly all of my orange blushes behind when I was moving.
Film Noir Buff
I never owned the original Film Noir because it seemed too deep for me and I assumed it would be too red for my liking. However, Film Noir Buff is practically a muted purple-brown! MAC describes it as a “rich warm chocolate,” but those models on their website look like they’re rocking contours. I was thrilled when I noticed it had the potential to be my replacement for the purple contour/blush shade in ABH’s Gradient Blush Kit from 2017. I don’t have a single other blush like this in my collection because of that slight bit of purple. The closest comparison I can think of is the previous version of Dior Rosy Glow Blush in the shade Mahogany. That one had a similar depth level of brown, but also had some red from the ph-adjusting pigment. The tone of red was on the cooler side, but not quite in the same way as Film Noir Buff.
I’m confused as to why they call it “warm” when it’s listed as cool on their social media diagrams. Although Film Noir Buff does have some red in it (as it’s needed to make purple), there’s still some grey to cool it down.
In the photos above, I’m wearing no contour on the left. On the right, I used Film Noir Buff very lightly as contour. On my face, it’s like a muted red, but the depth level enhances the sculpted look. It’s more like a brontour.
It looks very red in these photos on my cheeks, and kind of pretty, but in person it looks like dirt. I don’t like it alone as blush, but it pairs beautifully with Velvet Teddy if I keep Film Noir Buff towards the back and Velvet Teddy mainly on the apples of my cheeks. So, this color is excellent for blush draping/soft contouring.
Some additional things I want to mention about the blushes overall is that the packaging was updated to be flat. They can now be stored flush next to each other or balanced in a stack without that domed lid. It’s more convenient to handle now, but it also looks a lot more generic.
In 2020, MAC blushes used to cost $25 per compact. So, $34 is quite a jump for even less product! In Germany, the full retail price is €34, but I found them less than a week after launch for as low as €25-€29 depending on the shade and retailer. I still find that to be expensive, but it’s a price I was willing to accept. I got some truly incredible deals on my old MAC blushes, so maybe that’s the cosmic tradeoff.
The longevity of the blushes are just as good. They don’t contain parfum. Other than Pony, these are easy to blend and work with while I’m using my regular products and skincare. However, if I’m wearing a gripping primer, a dewy sunscreen that leaves a slightly tacky residue, or some other product that makes my face essentially sticky, then I try to powder my face before applying these blushes. If I don’t do that first, then the blushes adhere a little too well and require more effort to blend.
I find MAC’s blush quality, whether matte or radiant, to be quite good. I do have blushes from other brands that are glowier, more blurring, even more finely milled, creamier and softer to the touch, etc. What has always pushed MAC powder blushes into holy grail status for me has been the shade offerings. Having so many dark-skin friendly options, especially less saturated ones and the variety of nudes, is why I’ve always regarded them so highly. I might be able to get a few of my favorite colors from a single brand, but only MAC has this many! The only other brands that come close are Fwee (though tough luck if you only want powder formulas) and Hourglass (for those who are around my skintone or lighter).
I’m happy with these new blushes, and I recommend them, but they aren’t something anyone needs to run out and immediately purchase. These may just be special to those seeking particular colors that are hard to find in a specific tone or depth.
Skinfinish Sunstruck Bronzers in Matte Rich Golden and Radiant Deep Golden
For those who may not remember, these bronzers launched on the 17th of March in 2023, were pulled two days later, and then made their return a month after. I don’t think the brand ever explained why, and it’s not as though MAC could have reformulated them that quickly before they returned to store shelves. I have more details and theories about it in my original review, but essentially how I was even able to order them was because I could add them to my cart using the quick shop feature. I wasn’t able to add them though the usual means and had just assumed it was a website glitch. Shortly after, the product page was missing, and so I thought perhaps MAC accidentally launched the bronzers earlier than planned. They did not cancel my order, and that’s how I ended up with two stinky bronzers! I don’t mean that figuratively either. They literally had a terrible odor (like the vomit flavored beanbozzled jelly beans). Since the smell came and went for a while, I was hopeful that the smell would just eventually disappear. Nine months later, the worst part of the stink faded enough for me to be willing to bring one to Germany with me, but my fear of there being something wrong with it (actually rancid, contaminated ingredient, etc.) made me unwilling to use it that often. It felt like I was taking a gamble every time I used it, and the only reason I didn’t throw my original Matte Rich Golden away is because that has been the only yellow-golden bronzer I’ve ever found that was dark enough to show up on my skin year-round. I own neutral bronzers, ones that lean pink, orange, and red. However, all other yellow-golden ones are either the same color as my face (so basically invisible on me) or too light.
Three years later, my old Matte Rich Golden is nearly odorless, but still not 100% free of the smell. So, it’s no surprise that I decided to repurchase it in order to stop worrying about whether or not there is something wrong with it. Unfortunately, the new one is a warmer than the original version. If I keep the application super sheer, it passes for golden, but it looks orange when I build it up. I’m a bit disappointed about that, even though MAC at least improved upon the formula. It no longer darkens like crazy when I swatch it or wear it on top of a dewy base. I don’t see any other performance differences though in terms of smoothness, blendability, and longevity. The old and new ones are equally great, but I still have even better ones in my collection (though at twice the price). If this bronzer leaned more yellow than orange, I’d have put it in regular rotation!
If you’re around my skintone and prefer yellow bronzers as well, I’ve had better luck finding some in cream formulas, but by now they’re discontinued. One that’s still available is the Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Sun-Kissed Glow Cream Bronzer in Tan, but that is more on the yellow-olive side than yellow-golden.
Matte Rich Golden
*How orange Sienne appears depends on what proportions of the three shades in its pan are used.
I have mixed feelings about this bronzer based on the shade. While I’m happy about the performance aspects that improved, and I acknowledge that the color isn’t overly orange, the shade of the new version isn’t as unique to my collection. This means I won’t be reaching for it over my top ranked bronzers. It also means that I don’t feel like this replaces the old version.
Radiant Deep Golden
I made brush swatches, since the 2023 version of the bronzer darkens when rubbed with my finger.
As for my original Rich Rosy, the depth level was correct, but I didn’t think the color suited me. The only reason I didn’t get Radiant Deep Golden sooner is because I assumed it would look like a highlighter and be unable to bronze me. Unfortunately, mine seems to be inconsistently mixed. Sometimes, the base color is visible underneath all that shimmer and actually bronzes me. At other times, it does look like a highlighter!
The amount of shimmer is less than the Too Faced Sun Bunny Blushing Bronzer and the 2nd version of baked bronzer from Kosas. I’ve considered using Radiant Deep Golden as a bronzer topper to add radiance to a matte bronzer. Unfortunately, it is so hard-pressed that I get annoyed every time I use it. The powder is so stiff and rough that it feels like I’m wiping dirt off a clay tile while trying to get product onto my finger to photograph swatches. The surface is so hard that it feels baked. My natural hair brushes are too soft to pick up much product, and even my dense synthetic brushes require a lot of force to practically dig into the pan.
Even after I stopped swatching this bronzer with my finger, it continued to get hard pan until I scraped off enough of the surface to flatten the top layer. Now, I no longer have hard-pan, but I still can’t use this bronzer with my natural hair brushes. The surface is too tough.
Another strange thing is that this doesn’t wipe off my finger the way a normal powder does on my Makeup Eraser cloth. It grips almost like dried paint! Normally, a few swipes across the dry cloth is enough to clean my fingers between swatches. The exception is when it’s a pressed pigment or dye that stains my fingers. I can’t explain why the consistency of the new Radiant Bronzer is so much worse than my old one. At most, I’ve heard others say theirs is hard-pressed too (such as Audrey Michelle), but so was the 2023 version. It doesn’t seem like anyone else’s is as messed up as my new one. There’s hard pressed, and then there’s this…
Just like eyeshadows that stain my fingers when swatching, I can use a little Bioderma with the cloth to completely and easily remove it. It’s just unusual that I would have to do that with a bronzer that isn’t technically staining (just clinging like there’s too much binder or something in the formula). Radiant Deep Golden adheres to my face in a way that makes it a little challenging to blend out, but I can at least remove most of it with a dry cloth.
Considering my issue with the blush-half of the Too Faced Sun Bunny Blushing Bronzer and my issue with Tom Ford’s Soleil Bronzer specifically in the shade Panarea, I don’t think I simply got unlucky to have gotten a dud. Something is going on with these Estee Lauder bronzer reformulations!
The bronzers cost $35 in 2023, and are now just $36. That’s about €31 in Germany, but for some reason they are actually €47 ($55) here. I’m not sure why MAC hiked up the price so high for the bronzers, yet didn’t raise it as much for the blushes. The matte bronzer formula is worth getting on sale, but I absolutely don’t recommend the radiant bronzers. I know some people are loving theirs, and my experience with this botched bronzer is not the norm. However, I still thought the 2023 matte bronzer was superior to the radiant ones back then. I suspect it would be the same for the 2026 bronzers, even if I had a “good” one.
If you’re darker than me with a golden undertone too, I recommend trying Antique Velvet as a bronzer. It has more warmth than Film Noir Buff, and the shimmer in the blushes are more refined than the shimmer in the Radiant Bronzers (or at least it’s more refined than my messed up bronzer).
That’s everything for this week’s post! Thank you so much for stopping by!
In this post, we’ll be looking at the newest relaunches of Too Faced’s classic products. The originals were released over a decade ago, but until 2026, neither product were deep-skin friendly. Whenever something I’ve been waiting years for becomes available, I find it difficult to resist purchasing, regardless of whether it’s a good addition to my collection or not. So, that’s how I ended up buying both of them.
Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Blurring Bronzer in Chocolate Caramel (and Chocolate Toffee)
This bronzer is soft to the touch, and it’s matte, but it doesn’t feel or look dry on the skin. It has an almost creamy feel and it’s on the thicker side for a powder, but not in an unpleasant way. Because it’s very pigmented and easy to pick up with any brush, I tried to exclusively use my delicate natural hair brushes with it. The Chocolate Soleil Bronzer is pretty blendable, but not quite on the level of my favorite high end and luxury bronzers that are even more finely milled. So, I’ve found that saikoho goat and fox hair brushes that are bundled in an airy way give me better results than my squirrel brushes. This ensures I still get a diffused application, but with more blending and buffing strength. It’s not that the bronzer needs a lot of buffing, but the right tools make the task even quicker and easier!
I have no issues with this bronzer’s longevity. It lasts all day.
“Blurring” is the new buzz word that every brand seems to claim their powder products are capable of. I actually agree that this bronzer can be a little blurring, but it needs to be properly blended or else it has the opposite effect.
This contains a fair bit of fragrance and smells like chocolate (the same scent that’s in the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow palettes). I enjoy it, even though I generally prefer my beauty products to be unscented. I have to admit that I might be viewing this product even more favorably because of the happy feelings I get from smelling the chocolate. I’m only human!
The aspect I was a little disappointed by is how orange the Chocolate Caramel shade looks. I believe I may have confused it with the shade Chocolate Toffee. I think the color still looks nice on me, but I have to be in a particular mood to want to wear such a warm bronzer. Chocolate Caramel is a reddish-orange-brown shade. Sienne from Hermes is a yellow-orange-brown, as seen in the swatch comparison photo below, so I like that one even more. Plus, I’ve had it for just over three years and it still swatched more evenly and smoothly than the brand new Too Faced bronzer. Swatches don’t tell the whole story, but the Hermes Plein Air H Trio Healthy Glow Mineral Powder is my number one bronzer for a reason.
I wish I had Pat Mcgrath’s bronzers in Bronze Divinity and Burnished Honey with me to show comparisons, but I left them behind in the US. I thought PML would continue releasing face palettes with repeat products and that I would end up with the bronzers again anyway, but that has not happened. Based on memory and my review photos, I believe Chocolate Caramel might be closest in undertone and depth level to Burnished Honey.
Even though I have plenty of bronzers that perform even better or have some special qualities about them, I still like this quite a bit. In fact, my insistence on not buying a second shade only lasted a week. Now, for the benefit of you who is reading, I can also compare Chocolate Toffee. It is indeed a yellow-golden kind of shade.
I considered not taking photos of Chocolate Toffee on myself because it’s like 5% darker than my bare skin. It gives the faintest hint of color, but because it’s still lighter than most of my foundations, it doesn’t show up on a full face of makeup. Mixing Chocolate Toffee and Chocolate Caramel is a beautiful combination, though I already have yellow toned bronzers (too light for me to use on their own) I could have paired with Chocolate Caramel. So, I know I shouldn’t have really bought the additional shade, but I had no self-control.
I wore the Chanel Water Fresh Tint in the photos with the solid pink shirt in the hopes that it would be sheer enough for Chocolate Toffee to be seen.
I have to say that it would be amazing if more brands had dark yellow-golden toned bronzer options. I only found a few, and most are too light on me to really be visible for most of the year. MAC’s is the only one that’s deep enough. It doesn’t look that yellow in the first swatch, but that’s because it deepens up a lot when swatched with a finger. The second photo has a brush swatch. I’m still hoping to one day have a shade like Rich Golden, but in an even better formula. And speaking of MAC, they just launched the reformulated and/or repacked Sunstruck Bronzers in both finishes! The main reason I haven’t used mine more is because I always felt uneasy about them after they had been pulled from store shelves within days of their original launch and smelled terrible for so long. So, I am considering whether I want to buy the new ones because no other brand has a color like Rich Golden that shows up on me.
As for the Cloud Crush Blurring Blushes, last year I saw someone close to my skintone wearing the shade Head in the Clouds and once I saw it was on sale via the retailer Douglas, I immediately bought it.
The photo above was taken in April 2026 and is a more accurate depiction of Head in the Clouds than the group blush photo lower down. I no longer have them, so I could not retake that picture.
The photo above and the photo below were taken in September. When I was just about finishing, I noticed the dark spots around the rim of the blushes. I can’t say for certain what they are, but the pan edges didn’t look like that when I bought them. Head in the Clouds doesn’t have them either. So, I no longer trusted that my older ones were safe to use, and I tossed them out.
Velvet Crush looked the worst, and I bought it from Sephora-US in December 2022, but I bought Tequila Sunset exactly one month later. The differences between them is that I had actually left Velvet Crush in Florida for longer. When I moved to Germany, I only brought Tequila Sunset with me. I stored them properly in both locations, so I wonder what happened. The brand boasts about these having, “93% naturally-derived ingredients,” so perhaps they aren’t the best preserved. The blushes lasting almost three years is acceptable, but I have so many older products that are still in amazing condition, so I can’t help but be disappointed in needing to toss these early. To be honest though, I wish I remembered how strong the “Tropical Beach,” fragrance was in these blushes. It’s pleasing, but so heavy that sometimes I change my mind about using it when I open the compact and that wave of perfume hits me.
I could recommend the Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Bronzer, but I no longer recommend the Cloud Crush Blushes, even though they are pretty. I think the Soleil Bronzers are actually appropriately priced. The quality isn’t S-tier, but I’d give it a B+
Also, kudos to whoever decided to finally make an inclusive bronzer range for Too Faced. I’m impressed.
Too Faced Sun Bunny Blushing Bronzer in Sunset Bunny
When I saw the promo photos, I was practically salivating to buy this product. I was so entranced by how shiny and pretty the colors were, that I didn’t even stop to think about the fact that these are not going to be worn as highlighters. Why would I ever want a blush, and especially a bronzer, to look that shimmery on my face? I stopped wearing the Glossier Solar Paint Bronzers for precisely that reason (which others must not have liked either since it has been discontinued). The Solar Paints still looked better on my skin than this product!
This cheek duo highlights all the bumps and uneven texture I have on my forehead and cheeks. The colors themselves are beautiful, but I cannot ignore the obvious shimmer particles. The blush shimmer is as reflective as MAC’s Extra Dimension Blushes, but aren’t as refined. That makes the biggest difference. The amount in the bronzer is even more than the reformulated and repacked Kosas Sun Show Baked Bronzers that I never use, and Physicians Formula Murumuru Butter Bronzer that I got rid of.
Putting aside my preferences, another aspect that threw me for a loop is the fact that the blush side is so firmly pressed in the pan. It felt like there was hard-pan the first day I used it. It took about four layers of swiping to get that finger swatch that’s two photos up, yet only one swipe for the bronzer. I don’t know if I have a dud or if everyone’s duos are like this.
The biggest problem of all is the “Coconut Cream” scent. I always like the smell of Too Faced products, but whether I can handle them is another story. This one is so overpowering and headache-inducing! The photos I included in this post are the best I could do because the two times I tried to wear the Sun Bunny Bronzer, I needed to remove it within 20-30 minutes. This is on par with the Too Faced Peach Perfect Instant Coverage Concealer that I couldn’t use either because the fragrance in it gave me intense headaches.
So, I unfortunately could not do any wear tests and the packing (with its clear lid) isn’t cute enough for me to keep it as a collector item. This will be exiting my makeup collection.
So, that concludes this week’s post. The Sun Bunny was a total letdown, but the Chocolate Soleil powder bronzers made up for it!
I hope this has been helpful. Thanks for stopping by!
I’ve been using the Heroline as my sole liquid eyeliner since at least October 2025, but it took so long for me to complete this review because of how infrequently I reached for the Color Fluids. Powder products have always been my preference, and I basically have the Color Fluid shades within my Beautopsy Palette. So, I tend to reach for the easier-to-use powders over the more advanced liquid form. What swayed me into buying products I may not get much use from were all the gorgeous looks Hindash created and shared on social media. The way the Color Fluids mixed together and the finish on the skin is not achievable with the powders alone. So, I gave these a try, and I don’t think I regret it.
Hindash Heroline and Hindash Color Fluid in Thorn, Heartist, and Rising
Thorn swatch via applicator and swatch blended out with a finger.
I can apply the Color Fluids directly to the face and then blend them out, but there isn’t a large amount of time to work with them before they set. Applying one to a makeup mixing plate, or the back of my hand, and picking up a smaller dab of it with my brush is the easiest way to ensure I don’t overapply. Thorn is a beautiful color as brontour, but it’s a bit deep. I would only use it when I’m darker (like in the photo above taken a year ago) or when I want a more intense bronzed look.
To make Thorn even more natural looking and easier to blend into the skin, the brand recommends mixing it with a base product (foundation, skin tint, etc.). I’m too lazy for that, and would just reach for any of my current favorite bronzers, instead. I still thought it was important to mention that there are ways to sheer out this product and lighten it by utilizing additional products and steps. The Color Fluids are fantastic for makeup artists and minimalists, but they might take more effort than the average consumer will want to make. I don’t feel that Hindash’s products are too difficult for beginners to use, but I believe the more advanced at makeup someone is, the more likely they are to appreciate the brand’s formulas. I like knowing how versatile the Color Fluids are, even though I admittedly don’t use them to their full potential. I’m often rushing through putting on my makeup, so I try to keep the amount of mixing I need to do at a minimum. However, I absolutely wish I had this product when I was getting married and looking for a good product for contour underpainting. My wedding and other major events are the only time I will really sit down and play with colors to try and get the absolute closest shade matches and most blended natural-looking base.
TL;DR: These products work for people of all skill levels, but they are best suited to makeup enthusiasts and makeup artists. People who enjoy playing with makeup are most likely to love the Color Fluids, but they might not have the time for it and prefer to reach for other products that are quicker and easier to use.
As blush, these are so quick to blend in and they last all day without fading. Even if I wear my hydrating skincare and foundation, these still set down on their own without powder. These are shimmer-less shades, but some of the glow from the products underneath are able to come through, preventing my cheeks from looking dry regardless of the matte formula. I consider them to be matte because, as far as I can tell from the ingredients, there are no shimmer or glitter particles and the mica just adds a kind of sheen and some reflectivity. Beautylish eventually added the liquid highlighter, Boy Tears, to the Color Fluid category, but they used to be considered separate items. This leads me to guess the brand will eventually launch additional shimmer options, but Boy Tears is currently the only one that isn’t matte.
There’s a certain level of pigment coverage needed for these to be suitable as eyeliners too. So, a little goes a long way when trying to wear the Color Fluids as sheer cheek products. That’s another reason Thorn requires a little more skill to use it as a bronzer or sculpting shade, but I don’t have to worry as much about precision when using them as blush. If I want to try and customize the blush color by mixing two or more shades together, then the difficulty level rises again.
None of the combinations were created with equal amounts of color. I always used a much smaller amount of Thorn because of how easily it can overpower the other two shades.
Due to my lighting conditions, Heartist is diffcult to show up in my photos, but it is very much visible in person. I like that it’s not a bold color on my cheeks. Rising looks like a neon orange mixed with red, which gives it a pop of brightness despite being a medium-dark color. It doesn’t look that unnatural on my cheeks, but I sometimes combine it with Thorn so that it leans more nude.
I believe I used the Hindash Gradiant Highlighter (Peak Heat) as the shimmer element in this look, but I took this photo over a year ago, so I can’t remember for certain.
These work as eyeshadow bases and liquid eyeshadows, but I’m not thrilled with these colors on my eyes. I think it has to do with them looking intended for softer looks, rather than intense ones. It’s that softness that makes them so pretty as cheek products, which is ironic because I have often said I prefer to use the Hindash Beautopsy Palette on my cheeks more than my eyes too. For eyeliner purposes, the formula is great because they lock on and are waterproof. With Isododecane as the first ingredient, it doesn’t surprise me how long-lasting these are.
As a lip product, particularly as lip liner, these are beautiful. The Color Fluids blend into each other and layer up nicely when I’m trying to build up the opacity when spreading them across my lips. I’ve eaten oily meals with this on and it only looks funny at the inner edges of my lips (the most inward mouth opening). I can get through two meals at most, and then only the lip liner will remain. It doesn’t last through meals without needing a touch-up if I wore a balm underneath the Color Fluids or have a different product on top. So, these essentially work like liquid lipsticks with the same kind of pros and cons.
When I use these in the main section of my lips, it looks super dry and highlights the look of that dryness. Color gathers around chapped patches. Because it dries out my lips too much, I wouldn’t use this as a lip color, though perhaps just as lip liner. The brand recommends using a balm underneath to increase the level of comfort. Applying a lip oil on top has helped in my personal experience, but I have too many lip products I like to bother using the Color Fluids this way anymore.
So, my favorite way to use these (and pretty much the only thing I’ll use them for going forward) are as cheek products. I definitely don’t need anymore items in that makeup category though, so I don’t foresee myself buying more in the future. However, all this time later, I am still glad to have bought them.
I will always be partial to the classic black liquid eyeliner pen. The one I’ve used the longest in my time wearing makeup has been the Stila Stay All Day Liquid Waterproof Eyeliner that I used to buy at 50% off via Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty sale. When I moved to Germany, I figured I would switch to my second most used liner which is the Nyx Epic Ink Liner. Before that though, I decided to give the Hindash Heroline a try during one of the brand’s sales (which ended up full price when I got hit with the Einfuhrzölle/Steuern/Bearbeitungsgebühr via DHL). I bought it in June 2025, but I remember not wanting to start using it until I ran out of my previous liner. That’s why I can only confirm I’ve been using it since October 2025 based on my phone’s camera roll, but it could have been longer.
As far as I’m concerned, this eyeliner has no flaws. I can create a super thin line (even thinner than the One/Size Liquid Eyeliner Pen) or thicker for more drama. I don’t get cracking when it dries down. I don’t have the issue of it being so liquidy that it feathers around the lash line. Usually after six months, I would be running out of the Stila Liner, but the Heroline hasn’t shown any signs yet of drying out or running out, even though I believe it has less liquid inside than Stila’s pen (0.4 grams vs 0.45 grams). The tip has remained a lot cleaner than my other eyeliners tend to be, though I haven’t been using multichromes as often.
The brand claims this is water-resistant (not waterproof), but on me it doesn’t budge, and it takes nearly as long to remove as a waterproof eyeliner does. The lines on the packaging aren’t just a pretty design choice. It helps with gripping too, so I’m able to keep my hands relatively steady.
For a demonstration of how this looks in eye demos, one can just scroll through the eyeshadow posts from the past six months, but I’ll repost some previous examples here.
Overall, this is a great product! I understand why everyone I’ve seen reviewing this brand has praised it. However, I don’t have enough of an issue using the Nyx Liner to be certain whether it’s worth it to spend double the price on the Heroline instead. I’ve gone back and forth about that issue, but it doesn’t matter anyway if Hindash doesn’t restock it. The brand’s restocks take forever, to the point that I frequently wonder if the manufacturer is super slow, crazy busy making other products, or if it’s the brand having trouble with funds. It has at least been hinted on the Hindash Cosmetics IG page that a range expansion and restocks could be coming soon. However, I’m not getting my hopes up too high because I remember hearing Hindash talk about potentially releasing a gradient palette with shimmers, but it has been four years since he has launched any palette at all.
I hope this post has been helpful to anyone wanting to see more opinions regarding Hindash Cosmetics products, especially since they don’t get talked about (at least in the US) as much as products by other makeup artist brands (Lisa Eldridge, Victoria Beckham Beauty, etc). I am a big fan of this brand and I continue to wait semi-impatiently for them to release more!
I’m still trying to catch up on reviewing some of my “older” makeup purchases, but today’s post is focused on some of the newer launches and shade extensions!
Westman Atelier Face Trace Contour Stick in Whiskey and Ganache
Since its launch, I have only ever heard good things about the Westman Atelier powder bronzers, cream contours, and cream blushes. Unfortunately, their shade options were considerably lacking in those days. I could finally try the Beauty Butter Powder Bronzer when they introduced the shade Beau Soleil in Summer 2023; and I loved it! I had also gotten a sample pack that included the cream contour in Truffle and cream blush in Petal. They seemed nice, but I couldn’t get a true sense of the products’ performance because those shades are intended for makeup lovers much lighter than me.
After learning that the brand expanded the Trace Contour range, I only had enough self-control to wait for a sale before finally giving in. Nice cream blushes are a dime a dozen, but I don’t have a cream contour that I can point to as my favorite. So, this was a wish fulfillment type of purchase. After buying Whiskey, I wondered if I might have been better off with the shade Ganache, which is not part of this most recent expansion. It’s just that all the promo images for Ganache made that shade look so rich by comparison, so I assumed it would be too deep for me. It also looked quite red, instead of cool, in some photos and videos. After seeing the brand’s swatches of the full range together, Ganache didn’t seem as dark, though perhaps still a little red. I didn’t plan on buying a second shade until I realized Cult Beauty stocks the mini sizes and they ship to Germany. So, my curiosity got the better of me and that’s how I ended up with another one.
For those curious about the differences in packaging between the full-size and the “petite” is that the full-size has a magnetic closure, gold colored ring around the twist up base, and the brand name etched into the rim of the lid. It’s also weighted (not just from there being more product inside) and it costs €50 for 6 grams of product. The mini is not magnetic and closes with a snap. It’s too small to have words around the rim of the lid, but the “WA” heart logo is inside the cap. There’s still some weightiness to the mini, but it’s not comparatively heavy, and it costs €27 for 2.5 grams.
I don’t mind the fact that Whiskey blends in so much that it is hard to see in photos. The best contours are the ones that create the sculpted effect without being able to tell it’s due to makeup. Unfortunately though, this shade doesn’t create a shadow. I knew this was a neutral color, but I didn’t think about the fact that neutral ones that worked for me in the past were a lot deeper (brontours). So, because this isn’t that much darker than my skin tone, I can just see a brownish-pink color without it having any affect other than adding the tiniest bit of dimension from being a different color than my foundation. It doesn’t create a true shadow, so it doesn’t work like a real contour on me.
I didn’t want to buy Ganache because I didn’t think this formula was that much better than the €30 Fenty Match Stix Matte Skinstick, and I still liked the €38 Uoma Double Contour Stick even more. To me, it’s not that much different from the €34 Anastasia Beverly Hills Smooth Blur Contour Stick either. However, getting a better shade did improve my overall opinion of the product. Ganache still has some red to it, so it can look a little more like a bronzer on me, but the depth level does create a sculpting effect. So, I view it as a brontour.
My holy grail cream contour brush is the one by Patrick Ta, but the Westman Atelier Contour continually looked patchy when I used it (even if I didn’t draw the stick directly on my skin). The same happened when I used the Trace Contour with my Bisyodo S-517, but I was successful in blending it with the Sonia G Mini Base. Finding the right brush for this definitely raised my opinion of the product, but for that price I would expect it to blend beautifully with all of my favorite brushes for cream and liquid products. The sleek black packaging with magnetic closure feels luxurious, but the formula is a little stiffer than I prefer. It doesn’t glide as easily as the Uoma or ABH, even when I warm it up on my skin first before applying it.
I appreciate the longevity and non-dewy nature of the Trace Contour that sets to a dry touch, plus it being fragrance-free, but formulas exist (at least in bronzer ranges) that are creamier while still drying down and setting on their own. My favorite type of cream cheek product is melty like the Rare Beauty Warm Wishes Effortless Bronzer Stick. This is my preference because of my dry skin type, and perhaps people with normal, combination, and oily skin get along well with the Westman Atelier Contour because it’s less emollient and has kaolin clay. Plus, the amount of pigment one gets with a thin layer lends to it being easier than other sticks to build up color without overdoing it.
With these aspects in mind, perhaps it is much harder for others to find contours that suit their skin type or undertone, so this product is worth it to them. As that isn’t a problem for me, I can’t help but feel a little bit of regret in buying the full-size, though I didn’t know the petite size existed until I started shopping through Cult Beauty for the first time.
I may as well mention that I don’t intend to buy the newly launched Westman Atelier Sun Tone Bronzing Crème because the duo best suited to my skin tone is Soleil Parfait 4, which is practically the same depth as Ganache. I don’t believe the slight undertone difference among them, based on swatches by Daps_Makeup, is going to look different enough on my face.
Prada Touch Cream to Powder Blush in B32 Caffee
I continually see this shade name written as “Caffe” in the marketing photos, but it says “Caffee” on the unicarton and blush packaging itself, so that’s how I’ll reference it. Coffee is “caffè” in Italian, so it sounds like that should be the correct spelling, but I believe the name written on the product determines what is correct over what is listed online. I might have thought the names were different depending on which country they are sold in, but the US-websites also say Caffe instead of coffee and the German word for coffee is Kaffee. So, that doesn’t apply either.
This blush is long-lasting, but doesn’t set down to 100% dryness on a moisturized base (for example: a dewy sunscreen, glowy primer, and hydrating foundation). So there is a little bit of transfer. This doesn’t have as much slip as I’m used to in a cream to powder formula. It leans more on the side of being a cream.
When I’ve had a drier base that was powder-set before applying this blush to the cheeks (versus the other cheek being powdered after the blush was applied), I could still feel moisture on my skin which also still had some transfer. Powdering makes the blush finish look matte, but it doesn’t do much else. What stops transfer is the Pat Mcgrath Glass Setting Spray, which also lets me keep the hydrated look.
I heard this can be used on the eyes and lips as well, so I tried those once. On one eye, I didn’t use a primer and the other eye I used the Lisa Eldridge Liquid Silk. I had creasing on both eyes, but the one without the Lisa Eldridge product was worse. I was able to fix the creasing by powder-setting the better side and that worked. However, it also muted out the color a bit. So, I don’t plan on using this blush on my eyes again.
As a lip product, it looks beautiful. I feel it looked even better than Fwee Pudding Pots, but it’s drier. The time it takes to repair my lips once it dries past a certain point isn’t worth using Caffee this way again.
Although “parfum/fragrance” is not written on the ingredient list, it still contains aroma/flavor, vanillin, and quite a few essential oils and extracts that have scents. It still smells exactly like my Prada lip balm and highlighter, but thankfully nowhere near as potent. I had to bring the blush right up to my nose to detect it.
These are some of my small cheek brushes that fit fairly well in the pan, but can still get some product around the edges.
Please forgive me if you’re tired of hearing or reading complaints about the packaging, but it’s something I cannot overlook. Packaging has always been important to me, to the point where I’ve bought items in the past that I knew were purely for collecting/display purposes. In my post about Weighty Makeup Packaging, I talked about the look and feel of a product contributing to the perception of luxury and what my expectations are if it comes with a high price tag. In the case of the Prada Blushes, I could tell from photos that the plastic would be light, and that fact alone almost stopped me from buying one. Even though the square silver and gold mirrored refillable compacts aren’t that heavy, they still have a high end look to them. Although I wouldn’t want to pay the same price for the blushes as the brand’s eyeshadow quads and highlighters cost, I would still be willing to spend an extra €20 for a more substantial container than what they chose. The Prada Blushes feel exactly like the material used for my Bluetooth earbuds case!
It was the brand offering a blush in my favorite type of color, combined with the 20% discount from Douglas, that made me give this product a chance. However, I can’t help but be disappointed whenever I hold it (which is ironic because I love my Bluetooth case) because it feels like I’m handling a knockoff instead of an authentic product from Prada. The chunky triangle in that soft color is somewhat cute, and I understand the appeal at being able to snap two or more blushes together in that packaging, but I don’t even get to utilize that feature unless I buy another one. Products should be satisfying to use on their own without the gimmick of being stackable. The discounted price I paid was supposed to make up for the disappointing packaging as long as I loved the actual makeup inside. Because it’s not the type of cream-to-powder that dries down completely, it didn’t fully make up for it.
Givenchy Prisme Libre Highlighter Powder in 004 Coral Copper
This is another wish fullfillment purchase of sorts. The coral portion of this highlighter has the same kind of vibrant vibes as the Haus Labs highlighter in the color Fire Opal, which I ended up returning because that specific shade was way too glittery. This tone of highlighter isn’t that popular compared to the typical pink, champagne, gold, and bronze. I wasn’t even sure if Coral Copper would suit me, but I wanted something different. The only highlighter that comes to mind from my collection that’s anywhere near similar to this one is Dreamsicle by Becca Cosmetics, which is eight years old.
Thanks to A A Luxury Makeup stating that this highligher isn’t as deep as marketing images show, and the discounted price of €37 at Flaconi, I felt there was less risk of dissatisfaction in making this purchase. Plus, it’s a baked product, which is a feature I tend to like in highlighters (or at least I love baked gelee and gel-powder hybrid formulas). The Prisme Libre Highlighter Powder is said to contain micro hyaluronic acid and squalane for hydration and comfort.
One of the first things I look for in a highlighter is incredible smoothness in texture. The tinier the particle size the better. I also prefer highlighters that can be subtle up to medium intensity. This highlighter is an interesting mix of having small particles and looking smooth, but some of the shimmer in the mixture is super reflective and pearly. The base colors partly blend into my skin, so it looks subtle in that way, but the reflect is strong enough to be considered a strobe type of highlight. To quote the brand, “A blend of blurring powders and light-reflecting pearls, helping to visually smooth the skin and provide multidimensional radiance and a long-lasting blurring effect.” This has indeed been my experience. I like the blur properties, but the reflect is too much for me, so I tend to blend out the highlighter quite a bit or use brushes specifically suited to pick up less product.
Sheerest application vs heavier application on top of a peach colored blush.
A different lighting situation with a normal application vs a normal amount on moisturized skin.
My experience with this highlighter has been very inconsistent because it looks different in various lighting situations. It looks exactly to the smoothness level I like at some angles, but then the shimmer looks obvious at others. If I’m using all my hydrating skincare underneath, the highlighter practically melts into my skin and looks subtle even with a heavy application. If my face is on the drier side, I can see the highlighter take on a little bit of a wet look that’s either textured or smooth depending on how the light hits it in that moment. Essentially, this isn’t a perfect highlighter for me. It’s too reflective to pass as a natural looking glow, however, pairing this with a peachy or coral blush (to match the base color) gives me results that I am the happiest with.
So, this range is best suited for someone who likes a beaming and obvious highlighter without containing actual glitter. Parfum is fairly high on the ingredient list, so that could be a potential issue for someone. It smells like the typical Prada powders mixed with the typical Dior powder scent. I can detect it the entire time the compact is open, and I can also smell it on my face for at least ten minutes before it goes away. It’s not the strongest I’ve ever smelled and it’s not overwhelming, but I never fail to notice it.
In terms of longevity, I’ve had no issues. It’s just the perfume and radiance level that I’m not thrilled about, but I’m so pleased with how it looks paired with certain blushes that I’m still glad I bought this. I must admit though that I’d be unhappy if I paid full price for it. It costs the same as a Prada highlighter refill, which I think is a worthier purchase, minus the Prada one being overly perfumed. I still hate that.
The packaging can seem a bit bulky, since it’s the same size as the Prisme Libre pressed powders and bronzers without including the brush. However, I don’t mind because of the potential to be refillable (the bottom pops out), and the fact that I dropped it on a hard floor and the compact sprung open without the highlighter breaking.
One more thing I wanted to mention is that for some reason, the Douglas website lists the shade I own (H004 Coral Copper) as “H005 VELOURS BRONZÉ.” This makes me wonder if there is a 5th shade coming and they accidentally listed it. However, it could also be purely an error. Shade H002 Rosy Gold is currently listed as Coral Copper instead. At the time that I finished typing this post, the shade names for the new/reformulated Tom Ford Bronzers are still incorrect and I’ve seen incorrect names as well as two products with switched names listed before. So, it could mean nothing, or maybe it was even a planned shade that got scrapped, but how fun if I learned a secret!
Whenever I discovered errors on the Sephora-US website, I used to email customer service and they corrected it within a few days. I’ve attempted to contact Douglas twice in the past and once I never got a response. The other time was regarding the swapped names of the holiday Gucci blushes and they didn’t respond back until three or four weeks later and it took another week for them to attempt to correct it (which still had another error). So, I don’t bother.
Anyway, that concludes this series of reviews! I hope this has been helpful. Thank you for reading!
I know I’m late to the game on these. Although I don’t have a TikTok account, these pudding pots have become so successful that I’ve been seeing them talked about everywhere in 2025 in particular. For the past few years, I’ve done my best to stop buying cream and liquid cheek products due to their quicker expiry time than powders. This was my reason for not buying the Pudding Pots, but when I saw Fwee’s products become available through German retailers like Douglas and Flaconi, the FOMO grew too strong for me to take! I started with one, then ordered three more, and now I have forced myself to stop at 7 out of the 35 total!
I’ve included photos of what the colors look like in their frosted glass pots, but it doesn’t help. So many of them look identical to each other or look much deeper than how they appear on my skin. I watched so many swatch videos and scrolled through so many photos, yet I still ended up with shades that were unexpected. So, if anyone reading this has access to these in person to be able to try them out, I highly recommend doing that.
These colorful Pudding Pots don’t just look like desserts. They have a fruity/candy-like smell too. But don’t eat them! Haha.
BLUSHES
Shade Name: My ND04 Undertone: Warm Description: Natural Nude Coral Category: Just Me Moment
This has been touted as a “universal” shade. It can be built up enough to show on my skin, but I will probably use this exclusively on the apples of my cheeks going forward. It’s a little lighter of a color than I’m used to wearing on its own, but I still like it. It’s also much lighter on my lips than I would normally wear.
Dear is a little more pigmented and even warmer of a color than My, so I think it suits my skintone quite well for a relatively light shade, but I still wouldn’t wear this on my lips.
Shade Name: Feel’n RS01 Undertone: Warm Description: Rose Coral Category: Faded Moment
This is supposed to have a warm undertone, but it looks cool toned on me in person. It’s at least the most cool of the seven I own. It’s pretty, but I like it a bit less than the others.
Shade Name: Chill’n MV01 Undertone: Warm Description: Cooled Down Greyish Brown Category: Cold-Hearted Moment
I thought this would look way more cool-toned on me based on the description, although it is technically listed as being suited for those with a warm undertone. I can clearly see purple tones in the pot, but for some reason it’s bright pink on my skin. This is probably the biggest twist in expectations vs reality out of the seven I own. I like it more than Feel’n, but it still ranks lower on the list.
To me, this is like a darker version of Dear. I prefer this shade, but I try to apply a thin layer (less than pictured) so that it’s a bare flush of brightness since it’s a more poppy color than I expected.
Shade Name: Lyrics RS02 Undertone: Warm Description: Brown Coral Rose Category: Faded Moment
This is the warmest shade of the bunch, and most easy to see on my skin, so I thought I would like this the most. However, it’s a bit too warm. I prefer Memories.
Shade Name: Memories RS04 Undertone: Warm Description: Marsala Rose Category: Faded Moment
This is the one shade I end up using most often. It’s a little less warm-red and more of a pink-red.
EXPERIENCE
The consistency of this product is like a bouncy mousse. It has a dimethicone-heavy formula, but that is what gives it its slip-like texture with a matte look. The blurred blush and lip trend that has long been popular across Asia is reaching similar heights in the west due to so many US and European brands now coming out with their own versions. There are so many options to choose from worldwide!
Wet n Wild isn’t fooling anyone with their Mother Fluffer Pudding Blush. It’s a dupe too!
I only really have two blushes that are comparable to Fwee’s Pudding Pots. The first is the Catrice Velvet Pudding Blurring Blush which indeed feels like a creamy pudding and does not have much bounce. The second is the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush which has the slip feeling and bounce without the mousse texture that is so easy to be picked up. Rare Beauty’s is more compact in the pan.
I mentioned in my review that I like the Rare Beauty blush only after applying a hydrating spray on top, which gives it some glow. I thought I wouldn’t mind how matte Fwee’s blushes look if I could use the same technique, but it doesn’t transform it, and I have to be careful not to touch my face too soon afterwards because the sprays (e.g. from Pat Mcgrath and Charlotte Tilbury) make the blush susceptible to lifting off before it dries again. For my skin type and preference for nude blush tones, I actually like Catrice’s product the most! As long as my skin is adequately prepped, the blush doesn’t look flat on me. There are currently only five shades in the line, but the one I own in 040 Maple Mousse is dark-skin friendly. Just like Fwee’s Pudding Pots, the Catrice Pudding Blushes are scented (though they smell like white chocolate rather than fruity/candy). They are less expensive too, but I believe Fwee’s formula consists of slightly more expensive ingredients. Since my main concern is how it looks and performs, that isn’t enough to change my mind about Catrice’s blush being my favorite of the three.
The Fwee Pudding Pot spreads easily enough, it’s non-drying, and a minimal amount doesn’t look cakey. I don’t have issues with longevity when I apply this on top of foundation, but if I’m going for a minimal makeup look, my skin just eats this blush up. I have to apply a heavier amount than I want in order to counteract the fading so that I end up still having visible blush at the end of the day.
For the best blended results, I make a single tap into the pot with my Rephr LC02 brush and blend the product onto the back of my hand, warming it up, before applying it to my cheeks. I might have to build up additional layers if it’s one of the lighter shades, but this way ensures I don’t overapply.
I bought the Fwee Fingerlike Silicone Lip Brush when I realized my brush and fingers won’t be able to get product out of the small opening that easily as it gets used up over time. I can apply a few dots onto my cheeks with the lip brush as well, but I still run the risk of applying too much, and this kind of formula doesn’t diffuse as easily as a powder product. So, I use this tool mostly to apply product onto my lips (which is great thanks to the slanted curve of the soft silicone tip) or onto the back of my hand.
At YesStyle, there are mini sizes of the silicone tip lip brush as well as a full size brush with a bristle type of tip.
Back to the discussion of the Pudding Pots, I haven’t liked any of these as standalone lip products. The colors are too saturated for my taste, yet they look strange if I use a minimal amount because the two spots of darker pigment on my lower lip are obvious to see underneath. The way the color grips around dry patches on my lips is also unflattering. So, I don’t enjoy how they look unless my lips are already in a good state. They are not transfer-proof, but they last fairly well before I need to touch up my lips. Another fortunate thing is that even though I expected this formula to dry out my lips, it doesn’t seem to. It’s comfortable to wear for the mostpart, but it still doesn’t look flattering enough to me even if it’s not drawing out my lip’s moisture. It’s possible that I could like this paired with other lip products for an ombré effect or after I’ve filled in my lips with lip liner, but I haven’t been inspired to try either technique. I prefer to just consider this strictly a blush.
Overall, I think the Pudding Pots are a fun and youthful product. I resisted buying them for so long, and I wish I had the willpower to have been able to keep resisting them simply because I’m not interested in the matte look. I couldn’t turn them into a glowier looking product, the way I did with the Rare Beauty Bouncy Blushes, so that’s unfortunate for me. I think I look better when my skin has some shine to it. For everyone else that loves the blurred matte trend, I can understand why Fwee’s product is so popular. They are reasonably priced and come in so many shades (perhaps even too many). The formula isn’t difficult to work with as long as the product is either warmed up or built up in small layers.
So, I understand why people like these, but I still think they’re a little overhyped. The best aspects about these Pudding Pots are the shade options, fun texture, and packaging which technically other brands could have as well. When it comes to the performance, it isn’t as unique.
I hope that these photos have been helpful. Thanks for reading! Other reviews I recommend are from Tina Tanaka Harris (for video quality showing every shade), Itskrystle (for in-depth information and testing), and Corizus (someone else similar to my skintone).
This is Part 1 of my deep dive into some of the latest Chanel makeup releases from their permanent lines. Part 2 will be dedicated to Chanel’s foundations.
For the holidays, but starting in October 2025, Chanel gave customers the option of choosing special holiday gift packaging instead of their classic white with black-trim bags and boxes. The options were a smaller white bag, a larger deep blue bag, and then I’m not sure how many box varieties there were. The ribbons were dark blue with some glitter specks and the pattern design had a mix of gold, silver, and blue coloring. They were absolutely stunning!
When opting for the holiday packaging, customers could only choose whether they would get the large gold camellia flower charm with a smaller silver comet/star or the large gold comet with the smaller silver camellia. Over the course of the winter season, I ended up getting both.
If you’re already familiar with me (and this blog), you know I love scoring a great deal. I’ve discussed how in Germany, there are several legitimate online retailers that sell newly launched Chanel makeup at a discount from 15-30%. So, for those wondering why I ended up ordering directly from Chanel’s website, it is because I wanted my better shade match in their foundations and unfortunately here my shade is exclusive to Chanel.
As for the concealers, although the website doesn’t have the “exclusive” marker posted next to any of the shades, I could not find any retailer in Germany that sold darker than B40. All of the retail websites had six shades available at most. Chanel has two actual color correctors that were released with these concealers called Peach and Amber. If a retailer had one, it was only Peach. So, I didn’t have the option of buying any of these anywhere else, except directly through Chanel.
Chanel Ultra Le Teint Le Correcteur Concealer (Ultrawear All-Day Comfort Flawless Finish Concealer) in BD91 and B110
This concealer launched in Europe in September 2025, but I didn’t realize (until I saw the flood of videos in January 2026) that it hadn’t come to the US until this year. I bought mine in October last year, so I’ve had plenty of time to test this product.
There is currently no BD101, which I assume would have been my closest shade. BD121 has always been a little dark for me and too warm. I figured having some orange color correcting effects from BD121 wouldn’t be so bad, but having a concealer that’s too dark is a problem. So, I chose BD91 as the next best option with a golden undertone. I also wanted to see just how neutral B110 would be, and to figure out how deep it is (compared to my estimate of BD121), so I made the decision to get that shade as well.
This concealer became the instant holy grails and number 1 concealers of Charlotte Holdcroft, Han Beauty 101, and French For a Day, so I thought surely I would like it too!
Chanel BD91 Concealer and 40 Medium PlusPowder
Every time I put on this perfume-free concealer, I have high hopes. My undereyes look so much smoother than any other concealer thus far has been able to achieve, and the coverage is great! When I pair it with the brand’s Universal Libre Powder, it looks like a match made in heaven! Unfortunately for me, it just doesn’t have the longevity I need.
Six hours is the longest it can go before I see my dark circles underneath what remains of the concealer. In the worst circumstances, my natural oils fill the creases and breaks it down within fifteen minutes if I haven’t powdered it enough. In other circumstances with powders heavier than Chanel’s (such as my go-to Charlotte Tilbury or even the Huda Easy Bake Powder), the concealer gradually fades to the point that I can see my under eye darkness again within three or so hours.
Technically, if I continually touch up my under eyes (for example smoothing out the creases with the remnants of what is left on my concealer brush and then powdering it with the remnants of what is on my setting brush), it can look “passably” faded between 8-10 hours before it’s not salvageable anymore. However, I consider that very unrealistic. I don’t like to babysit my makeup.
I’ve tried pairing it with the Milk Hydro Grip Eye Primer (which I also use with my KVD Good Apple Concealer), tried using less concealer and less powder, using more concealer and more powder (better outcome), waiting a minute for it to settle before setting it with powder, setting the concealer with powder immediately after applying it (better outcome also), doing alternate layers of concealer > powder > more concealer > and more powder, and mixing it with a few other concealers. I’ve tried using setting spray, drying my undereyes, keeping my undereyes moisturized. Nothing I do can get me more than six hours of nice wear time.
I don’t usually show all day wear tests because I cannot figure out how to get consistent lighting. The last photo though is especially off because I forgot to turn on my usual lights.
If I had to guess what’s affecting how the concealer wears, I would say it’s probably the combination of my natural oils breaking the concealer down (it’s supposed to be waterproof not oil-proof) and the hydrating skincare ingredients, such as glycerin and sodium hyaluronate, that my skin soaks up. Maybe there’s an ingredient that causes an increase in my oil production, since my undereye skin is usually not oily on a consecutive basis, yet it tends to be oily each time I wear this concealer. Maybe the consistency is too creamy and the concealer cannot stay put in the lines of my eyes. The Ultra Le Teint Le Correcteur has film formers that are meant to flex with movement and increase the concealer’s adhesion to the skin, which I am prone to believe considering how easily the concealer smooths back into place with a brush instead of coming off even more after being disturbed on the skin. Perhaps it’s too creamy, since those kind of concealers have never worked for me (e.g. Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer and the Creamy version of Tarte Shape Tape).
Recently, I decided to try using the Les Beiges Water-Fresh Complexion Touch as an undereye primer for this concealer (since it’s supposed to be usable as a concealer too). This combination gave me six hours of wear before needing to be seriously touched up. However, if I use too much of the Complexion Touch or not enough Ultra Le Teint Le Correcteur and powder on top, it gives worse results. Essentially, finding the right balance time and again is difficult.
I love how this concealer looks in its best state, to the point that I am still using it. However, I just wear it on days I know I will not be leaving the house and when I’m less likely to have visitors.
BD91 is a tad more yellow with not enough warmth to be a perfect shade match for me, but I never wear B110. It turns out that shade is still too dark and the neutral undertone looks even more unnatural on me. So, I at least confirmed for myself that B110 is not a shade option for me. I need to stick with the golden tones. Photos of this are in the powder section.
Based on my experience, I can’t really recommend this product. I don’t mind having to use a second product to prime my eye area, but to still need to do touch ups throughout the day is bothersome. I’m willing to buy expensive makeup if it’s going to make my life easier; this one did not. I acknowledge that other people have not had the same problems with it that I do. If it was able to last at least 8 hours without needing a touch up, I’d have been over the moon about this concealer. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out and I’ve gone above and beyond already in testing various methods.
Since this released and until February, the only reviewer I found who had a similar experience to me has been Sofia Sees Beauty. Ironically, she likes the Prada concealer more (though she doesn’t recommend that either) and in the majority of the Chanel vs Prada videos I watched, everyone preferred Chanel’s concealer. So, there seems to be certain skin types that this product just doesn’t work for.
Chanel Universal Libre Powder (On-the-Go Format) in 40 Medium Plus and 50 Medium Intense
Based on the ingredient lists I can see on Chanel’s website, the main differences between the original format of this powder and the refillable “to-go version” is that the standard contains silica instead of cellulose, plus the additional ingredients towards the bottom which are sodium lauroyl glutamate, lysine, and magnesium chloride.
Since I consider the powders to be pretty much the same, and the two products are similarly priced at the discount websites, I opted for the newer packaging. There is a huge difference in the amount of product though, considering the non-refillable jar contains 1 oz (30 grams) of product, but the refillable packaging contains 0.21 oz (6 grams). I’ve only ever used up one powder, so it’s not a concern to me, but that could be a factor for others. I also heard that the jar packaging is super messy to handle. I have always kept the stickers over the holes of my loose powders and punctured just a few so that I have way more control over how much comes out. I’m not sure if even that tactic would be enough. I find that the refill packaging is still messy if I don’t use my typical methods.
I hate having powder float everywhere, so I only punctured the 8 innermost holes in the sticker. I knock the base to tip the powder contents out onto the lid of the refill. I use what’s needed. I pick up the excess powder back up with my brush to clean off the lid. If there’s still too much powder left, then I use the powder puff that’s included (in both the full to-go packaging and the solo refills) to wipe off the rest. Then I place the puff back over the sticker and holes, and close everything up! The reason I clear the lid each time is so that the top of the puff will remain looking clean.
I have both the full packaging and a separate refill. The first shade I bought (50 Medium Intense) looks light in the swatches below, but it deepens up a little on my skin. I can wear it on my face, but not under my eyes. Also, the closure part of the refill lid is so easy to open that I worried if I stored it anywhere other than flat on a shelf that I’d have a massive mess to clean up. So, I put it back in the unicarton on my shelf and I waited for a good sale to get the complete packaging in the shade 40 Medium Plus. That one is perfect for my undereyes!
As far as I’m aware, this powder is meant to lightly mattify and be translucent, rather than offering coverage like a powder foundation. So, I was surprised to discover that the shades 70, 91, 121, and 152 exist. I haven’t found a single retailer in Germany that sells anything darker than 50. The darker shades are only on the Chanel website.
I’m glad that all the hype about this powder being dry-skin friendly is true. It is a super finely milled and thin powder. It doesn’t work as well with my concealers that require stronger powders to lock them in, but I bought this specifically to pair with Chanel’s concealer. Although I still have problems with the wear time of the concealer, the Chanel powder has given me the best results with it. I find it to be slightly blurring and this is the most lightweight loose powder I own that can successfully give me a soft matte finish without making my face look drier. That’s why I don’t think this will work well for people with oily skin. If I use the bare minimum of skincare with most of my foundations, this powder will keep me matte for most of the day, but when my products give me dewy skin and I use the Chanel Powder, I become shiny again within four hours. I imagine that length of time would be increased for someone who doesn’t have dry skin like mine.
I like Chanel’s powder more than the uber expensive Guerlain Parure Gold Powder because I can’t smell any fragrance (even though this does have parfum listed in the ingredients).
Chanel Hydra Beauty Micro Sérum
I didn’t know about this product’s existence until Kackie Reviews Beauty talked about it in one of her videos. The way she described it was so fascinating that I bought it the very next day! The retail price is €56 ($60) but I got mine from Parfümerie Pieper for €39.
I usually take product descriptions with a grain of salt, but Chanel’s is pretty on point with what I have experienced. According to them: “The Micro Sérum Lèvres is a dual-phase formula consisting of an aqueous base with hyaluronic acid and White Camellia Extract, which have a moisturizing, plumping, and soothing effect, and an oily phase with White Camellia OFA (Oleofractioned Active) micro-droplets which melt into skin and lock in hydration.” Furthermore, “this lightweight and water-fresh serum immediately absorbs and forms a thin protective layer on lips, keeping them hydrated for up to 24 hours** and leaving them perfectly prepped for makeup.”
This serum “plumps” in the sense that it fills in lip lines, and its shine gives an appearance of fullness, but this is not a lip plumper that would cause the lips to be enlarged. Chanel doesn’t call this a lip plumper, but many customers would assume it could double as one by stating that this has “plumping effects.” This is the only aspect of the website description that is questionable.
After applying the Hydra Beauty Micro Serum, I’m left with a somewhat shiny finish on my lips, which have the tiniest bit of grip. I can wear this alone as a gloss or balm, but the occlusive gel layer is so lightweight that I need to reapply it at least once or twice throughout the day, especially since it’s easily removed while eating. When I rub my lips together, it feels truly unlike any other lip product I’ve used. Also, this is not fragrance-free, since it has a slight fruit-candy type of scent.
What makes this a useful product to me is how quickly it seeps in to smooth and hydrate my lips, combined with its priming abilities. I have spent a long time seeking products that nourish and condition my lips. All of my favorites are thick and/or sticky, oily, and basically don’t have the kind of consistency that I can use to continue improving the condition of my lips (or prevent my lips from drying further) while wearing other products on top. Products like the Ami Colé Lip Treatment Oil, Clarins Lip Comfort Oil, and Eadem Le Chouchou Peptide Lip Balm are better at improving the condition of my lips over the course of a full day, but this Chanel product is what I’ve been using when I want my lips to look better fast, and wiping those other products off my lips would leave too much residue behind. That occlusive layer is what makes my favorites and so long-lasting, while also preventing me from using them as lip prep products. This is where the Chanel serum fills a void in my collection.
The reason I wear lip glosses and balms so much isn’t just out of enjoyment of low maintenance products. It’s also out of necessity. Although this lip serum can make matte lipsticks look satin, I’ll take that over not being able to wear my lipsticks that often due to my chronic dry lips issue.
So, this isn’t deeply nourishing to me. It’s a quick fix. According to the statistics Chanel provided, “After 4 weeks of use, lips look 49%* more plump and 70%* smoother. Natural lip colour appears 62%*** more vibrant.”
I have not used this product daily for 4 weeks straight, so I cannot comment on how true that sounds or not. Based on at least one week of consistent use, I don’t think the ingredients are enough for my lips to be nourished long-term. This serum has come in handy so many times as a lip primer since I bought it in September. I have only ever used a couple of actual lip primers, so I can’t say for sure how much better this is from other lip preps out there. Since I’m not interested in spending even more money trying to test other products like this, I will stick with what I know. Should I ever use up this product, I hope that I’ll be able to get another on sale again!
This lip serum is useful to be able to wear less comfortable lipstick formulas. However, if I stick to only buying balms that condition and deposit a nice amount of color, I wouldn’t need the Chanel Hydra Micro Serum as much. If I downsize my lip collection each year, there may reach a point that it will no longer be necessary to have a product like this around. That day isn’t today though, and I am happy I’ve got it!
Chanel Les Beiges Water-Fresh Blush in Intense Coral
I’ve been avoiding buying liquid and cream blushes for over three years, so I had no plans to buy the Chanel Blush until I watched Alicia Archer’s video.
Admittedly, my first choice for the color would have been Deep Bronze, but it’s a Chanel exclusive shade. So, I went with my second favorite option and ordered Intense Coral from Flaconi at a discount. Intense Coral shows up on me and can be built up in more obvious layers, but it might not look that great on someone with a skintone several shades darker than mine.
Intense Coral reminded me of the Joues Contraste Intense Cream-to-Powder Blush in the shade Radiant Rose, but Radiant Rose is the tiniest bit darker with a little more warmth.
The watery gel-like consistency and the fragrance are the same as the Water-Fresh Tint. The blush has half the amount of product, but it isn’t half the price of the tint ($72 vs $56). The price per ounce or milliliters for the blush is even more expensive here, considering it’s €67 for the tint and €55 for the blush.
I like the hydrated feel of the blush on my skin and that it dries down. One pump is enough to give a beautiful flush to both cheeks. Although I can blend it well with fingers, I prefer the control I get with a brush application by pumping the blush into the back of my hand and coating the brush bristles evenly before alternating pouncing the product onto both cheeks.
When I wear this on my bare skin, even on top of skincare, this has terrible longevity. The blush is significantly faded within a few hours. At a minimum, if I wear my typical skin prep products and the Chanel Water Fresh Tint underneath the blush, it can last most of the day with an acceptable amount of fading. However, it is still susceptible to being easily removed by liquids. On one of the testing days, my watery eyes caused the skin tint and blush tint to disappear where the droplets rolled down my cheek. Adding a primer to the prep steps is enough to combat the water-soluble issue and prevent the blush from fading.
When I wear the Water Fresh Blush on top of my Chanel N1 Foundation, I have no longevity issues at all. I figure that’s because it provides an even stronger barrier between my skin and the blush. So, although this product is appealing to makeup minimalists and those that want the most lightweight layers of product with the most skin-like finishes, this blush has to be used in specific ways to get it to last. I’d also like to note that due to lighting, the blush is easier to see in person than in my photos.
I like the blush color, the dewy looking finish, the seamless blend, and how easy it is to use despite being a liquid form. Usually liquid blushes are the most troublesome for me to work with. The €36 I paid for this was a fair price for Chanel makeup. I like this product a lot, but I don’t think it will become a favorite purely because I am a powder blush fan. I wanted to be able to wear this all day on bare skin and have it still be long-lasting. I haven’t tested this idea yet, but if adding a face primer to my cheeks is enough to fix the longevity problem without needing to wear a tint/foundation too, this could make me use this blush more often. I’d be able to wear it on low-makeup days as planned.
That ends this post! I hope it has been helpful. Please keep an eye out for Part 2 if you enjoyed this!
By now, many brands have been moving towards being talc-free due to upcoming changes in EU Regulations, but Nars was among the first by reformulating their bronzers in 2023 and the blushes in 2024. What baffles me is that the formulas of their products are not consistent across the board.
As I mentioned in my review of the Hot Escapes Palette, the highlighters in there share the same names as the highlighters in the Light Reflecting Luminizing Powders range, but the ingredients don’t match up, nor even all of the colors. This has been a growing annoyance for a lot of customers hoping to repurchase their favorite shades, only to discover that they are not identical. For example, my reformulated bronzer in 06 is darker than the even newer 06 bronzer from the Hot Escapes Palette. My older Dolce Vita blush is similar, but not identical to the newer one either. It’s also confusing to buy a product expecting a certain finish and texture, only to end up with something different. The highlighters are a prime example of that.
In an effort to finally put my curiosity to rest, I bought a Light Reflecting Luminizing Powder to compare with what is in the Hot Escapes Palette. I also purchased three blushes in the new formula to compare to the older one.
Nars Powder Blushes in Dolce Vita, Infatuated, and Orgasm Rush
A change that Nars made, that I can definitely support, is that these blushes are refillable. Less packaging being produced is better for the environment, but of course I like the ability to just purchase a pan of blush for a cheaper price and be able to stick it in an empty magnetic palette. Unfortunately, Nars hasn’t improved that option since the launch. At the time that I’m writing this in 2026, there are still only 5 shades available as refills. None of those are dark-skin friendly.
The cost of refills from the Nars are €29 each, but I have been able to get the full products from Flaconi for €19 each. So, I don’t have much incentive to buy refills or purchase directly from Nars anyway.
My history with Nars blushes has been long and unstable. To sum up the gist of my Rediscovering Nars Blushes post: I tend to like them, but I rarely love them. They almost always play second fiddle to my MAC blushes.
The matte blush from Hot Escape shares the same ingredients as the current matte single blushes, but the order is shuffled around. The shimmer blush from Hot Escape contains no kaolin, but the current shimmery singles have some (and definitely less than the mattes).
One of the biggest reasons I didn’t like some of Nars’ past blushes is because they looked a little dry on me. So, I thought if the current line of powder blushes use less kaolin, that could have explained why I prefer the blush singles over the older ones, but it’s still the second ingredient in the matte formula. Now, I’m unsure what is responsible for the reformulated blushes looking better on me.
Dolce Vita is described as a “matte dusty rose” and Infatuated as a “matte deep plumberry” but I can see faint shimmer within the surface of the blush pan of Dolce Vita. I cannot see that shimmer in swatches, but there’s a slight glow on my cheeks in the photo below. Both of these blush shades look much softer on my cheeks than the previous Nars blushes. They’re pigmented, but they build color slower than their predecessors. I’ve always given credit to Nars when they’ve launched dark-skin friendly shades. However, they tended to be very intense in pigment and/or bold in color. For someone like me who prefers subtle natural flushes of color and the occasional pop, the lack of nude options is why I often turned to MAC instead.
Although I love the shades Taos and Liberte in the old formula, I didn’t wear them that often because of the issues of being easy to overapply and looking drier on my cheeks than I like. The reformulated blushes don’t have these issues.
I like my new version of Orgasm Rush better than Night Swim because it’s slightly more buildable and blendable. They don’t seem hugely different in terms of texture (perhaps Orgasm Rush is the slightest bit silkier), yet the small changes made all the difference to me.
The only time Nars used to put this much shimmer in a blush was in their baked gelee formula, so I was surprised to see the shimmer level of Night Swim, and see shades like Orgasm Rush in the permanent blush line. I never ended up reviewing the Nars Orgasm Four Play Blush Quad, but I had the shade Orgasm Rush already from there in the baked gelee formula. Unfortunately, I cannot compare that one with the current talc-free version I own because I left it in the US.
I really like how these single blushes look on me, and I am more likely to reach for these over any others from Nars. That being said, there are still plenty of blushes I like even more from other brands. So, I will only buy additional shades in the future if they are truly breathtaking colors that I can’t resist.
Of course, in true Nars fashion, these relatively new and reformulated blushes aren’t enough. According to @VoceMagazine on Instagram, Nars will be releasing Light Reflecting Luminizing Blushes in seven shades in April or May. I’m guessing these will also be refillable since they share the same compact design as the Light Reflecting Luminizing Powders range.
The link to Voce’s swatch video can be found HERE.
If anyone is wondering, I don’t intend to buy these upcoming blushes.
HIGHLIGHTER
In October 2025, I purchased the refill of the Light Reflecting Luminizing Powder in the shade Ophelia for €19 from Flaconi. I already figured this would not become a favorite of mine based on the review from NikkifromHR, as we have similar highlighter preferences. However, I couldn’t rid myself of the need to buy it in order to personally see how it differed from the Hot Escape highlighter. These kind of decisions based on intense curiosity is something I’m trying to get better about in 2026!
As expected, this did not become a favorite. If I use enough highlighter to get easily visible shine, it’s more metallic looking than I typically go for and the individual shimmer particles are easy to spot when you click the photo to see the enlarged version. It’s smoother than I expected and it’s pretty when looking at it from afar, but it’s still not really to my taste. It’s more important to me to have products that look great in person over ones that look better in photos.
The smallest amount of Ophelia is comparable in luminosity to a light(ish) application of Skinny Dip from the Hot Escape III Palette. Skinny Dip blends into my skin more because it’s darker, but I also find the shimmer particles to be less reflective in a good way. It’s all a matter of preference though and someone else could still love the Light Reflecting formula.
The photos above and below are some examples in different lighting, plus unblended vs blended swatches.
I prefer Skinny Dip, but even that isn’t my favorite. I’ve created many posts featuring highlighters that I prefer even more. Additional ones not included on that list are the Prada Light Glowing Highlighter Powder as my current number one and the Hindash Gradient Highlighter. I love the effect of the Prada one so much that I could be swayed into never buying another highlighter again if not for it being so heavily scented! In any case, I’ll be reaching for Skinny Dip instead of Ophelia if I ever want to create a “Full Face of Nars Products” type of look.
One final thing to note about the Light Reflecting Luminizers is that the refills have plastic mesh backing, so the product is not housed in a pan. I could try to attach a metal sticker to the bottom, but I just store mine within the original refill packaging and not an empty magnetic palette.
That’s all for today. I hope you enjoyed reading and visiting this blog!
I’ve had these products for several months, so I decided I may as well combine them into one review!
Yves Saint Laurent Make Me Blush Bold Blurring Powder Blush in 12 Honey Moon
YSL started off the year releasing three additional shades to their powder blush line. I first reviewed Peachy Nude, Restless Rosé, and Nocturnal Nude HERE. Then, I discussed Rose Haze and Spicy Berry HERE. My versions of Nude Lavalliere and Berry Bang came from the brand’s first face palette in Golden Oasis HERE.
Although I have plenty of the brand’s blushes already, I have an especially hard time resisting the ones in their shimmer finish. So, I purchased this while at a slight discount via Flaconi. There are technically only shimmer/satin and matte finishes listed in the Make Me Blush Bold Blurring Blush line, but among the shimmers there are a few as sheer as highlighters such as 69 Lavender Lust and another of the three new ones called 10 Stardust Love.
Before we move onto the review, I feel it’s necessary to point out that YSL has already released a number 12 blush, but it’s called Nocturnal Nude. I assumed the duplicate number was a typo or simply an oversight, seeing as how there are at least 18 shades in the range, plus a few in the liquid formula as well. It’s not unbelievable that there could be a mixup. However, Nocturnal Nude was one of the blushes that did not get released at every retailer. In fact, I’m not even sure if it ever launched in the US. I had heard people living in the US had to get theirs from Selfridges in the UK. As for Germany, the only two places I can confirm had Nocturnal Nude was Flaconi and the YSL-Deutschland website. Nocturnal Nude was removed from Flaconi’s website and it has been listed as out of stock at YSL for at least six months. So, it seems as if that blush has been discontinued. It’s still a strange choice to reuse the number, even though Honey Moon is basically an amped up version of the shade in terms of depth, shimmer, and pigmentation levels.
I’m pleased with this new addition, but I hope YSL will consider making a deep brown-pink nude shade someday, since we already have three that lean orange.
In the second photo, I changed my eyeshadow crease shade and added the YSL Loveshine on my lips.
The majority of the blushes in this line are pigmented, but the lighter shades are unsurprisingly easier to control. Honey Moon isn’t as intensely pigmented as Spicy Berry (which could appear patchy in specific circumstances), but I still need to apply it lightly. Unlike many blushes that just need an wispy brush to build up the product slowly, the consistency of the blush powder is on the thicker side. To ensure the best application, I use brushes that have both an airy and medium dense section of the brush (for instance 3D styles or angled brushes). This way, it can pick up and apply a small amount of product from the looser side, but the other part of the brush has decent buffing power. My rephr Kōyō brush has always been perfect for that, but I can even use the Hakuhodo G6440 if I only do a single tap into the blush surface before buffing the color all over. Using a loose brush to apply with and switching to a buffing brush to blend it in works too.
Of the blushes I own, Spicy Berry and Nocturnal Nude are definitely satins because they have a sheen, but the shimmer particles aren’t as easy to see after being blended in. Restless Rosé has more obvious shimmer, as does Honey Moon. As long as I keep my blush layer of Honey Moon sheer, and especially if I use a blurring and/or finishing powder on top, texture isn’t as emphasized. So, I don’t mind this shade being so shimmery.
Other than being mindful about which brush is used, I don’t have any other issues with Honey Moon. It has good longevity and no added parfum. It just comes down to preferences whether someone will like this or not.
Yves Saint Laurent All Hours Hyper Bronze in #5
After getting the Golden Oasis palette with its blushes and highlighters, I couldn’t let go of the feeling that if I bought the bronzer, that would be the last face powder product from YSL that I cared to test out. Curiosity finally got the better of me and I caved.
Based on the countless reviews I saw, I knew the current darkest shade was my only option. #5 in the pan looks like it will be quite dark, but packing on the product still results in a fairly sheer application. It having a very thin consistency aids in its buildable nature. I was relieved to see the hype surrounding this bronzer wasn’t exaggerated. The matte airbrush finish is akin to the Victoria Beckham Beauty and Charlotte Tilbury bronzers, though YSL’s is slightly drier looking than them on my face. It also leans red, but thankfully isn’t overly red to the point that I wouldn’t want to use it. Still, I’d prefer if the brand had a shade extension with a deep golden option. I heard someone say that YSL’s pressed powder range goes even deeper than the bronzers, so I once considered using that as a bronzer, but I decided not to try that out of fear that the color could be even more sheer.
Bronzer vs Completed Look
I’ve had no longevity issues with the product. It’s blendable and doesn’t require any special brushes. If I want to maintain that sheer quality, I use my airy brushes. If I want maximum color payoff, like in the photo above on the left, I use a denser brush. It being sheer makes it prone to being easily covered up by a bold blush or toned down too much by my finishing powders, so I have to keep that in mind.
I don’t believe I’ve posted a new bronzer ranking for 2025, but based on my list from 2024, I would possibly rank this above Vieve as a new #13.
Yves Saint Laurent Loveshine Candy Glaze Holiday Collection in 22 Shimmer Rose (Medium Pearlescent Pink).
I like the YSL Candy Glazes, but I made a mistake in assuming the 2025 limited edition shimmer lippie would be the same formula as the shimmer one from 2024, which is actually a Loveshine Lipstick. That 2024 Holiday Loveshine has a wonderful emollient yet balmy consistency, but the shade of pink is quite bold and bright on me. I was too overly excited about this more natural looking color to check which line it was actually from.
The way Shimmer Rose looks in the tube in the leftmost photo is a bit too warm, but my reason for posting it was just to show how much smaller the shimmer particles look compared to Pink Desire.
I found it interesting that Shimmer Rose is even stickier than the permanent Candy Glazes and it still isn’t as natural looking on me because the shade looks even more cool toned compared to my warm undertone. Although it turns more bubble-gum pink than I wanted, I consider Shimmer Rose to be more wearable on me than Pink Desire. Besides the photo below, I’m also wearing it in the photo on the right side in the blush section.
As seen in the arm and lip swatches, there are chunkier pieces that come onto the lips when first applied, but they can be smoothed out nicely and evenly. My other Candy Glazes don’t swatch like this, but rubbing my lips together a few times makes it a non-issue.
I don’t feel any graininess from the shimmer, this has a light fruity scent, and the stickiness extends the time that I have a moisture barrier gripping my lips. Even if I wipe my lips with a wet paper towel, the sticky residue persists, so oil is the easiest way to remove it completely.
I can, and have, used this a few times in the center of my lips to boost the gloss level of other lip products. However, I still don’t use this enough to be able to say this was a good purchase for me. It honestly wasn’t, but at least the packaging is beautiful!
I will do my best to be better informed when this year’s limited edition lip products launch towards the end of the year. Then again, I’m supposed to be on a lip product no-buy, so maybe I should avoid it altogether!
I heard great things about all of the products I purchased from Sweed Beauty, but it’s hard to know what is truly a “bestseller” considering the brand put nearly every product they make on their bestsellers page! It’s pretty much just their full range of false lashes and their makeup brushes that are excluded.
Everyday Sunshine, Allfeisty, and Kackie Reviews Beauty are the only influencers I follow that talk about the brand, but none of them are anywhere close to my skin tone. Since it was extremely difficult for me to find anyone darker than tan using Sweed products, I figured sharing my photos and thoughts on the products could be helpful. And for those living in Germany, I’ve found Sweed products on Niche-Beauty, Douglas, and Flaconi retail sites.
Side Note: I linked videos for each creator, but Kackie’s is just a lip product. I could have sworn she has talked about the mascara, foundation, and blush before. She’s the one I attribute to making me the most interested in the Glass Skin Foundation in particular, and she’s the reason I kept being curious about Sweed, but I can’t find the videos on her page. Now, I feel like I’m gaslighting myself and could be confusing Sweed with Thrive, whose products have a similar color scheme.
Working my way from the makeup I like the least to the ones I like most, let’s begin with the foundation.
Glass Skin Foundation in 11 Deep W
This shade is described as having a warm red undertone, but it looks quite yellow. Even though I always try to grab a yellow or golden foundation, the strength of that yellow is too much for me. It doesn’t help that it’s too light for me as well.
In the straight-on face photo, the half of my face without foundation looks a little redder because I had just scrubbed off makeup that I was previously wearing.
I feared shade 12 Deep N/W would be too neutral despite being described as having neutral to warm yellow undertones. Frankly, I’m not convinced that any of the shades would work for me. Between the model photos (in which 11 is too light and 12 is too dark and red), the computer generated-looking arm swatches that all appear ashy on the darker arm, the liquid swatches that even 12 looks too light, and the real swatches on the hand that is ironically missing shades 11 and 12, I had no way of knowing which one to go by. Shade 11 had the greater discounted price between 11 and 12, so I let that be my guide.
The shade match being wrong isn’t the only reason it looks mask-like. Despite the thin and watery consistency of the foundation, it doesn’t spread as wide and easily as I expected. I had to put more on to cover my whole face. Perhaps I could get it to apply thinner and more evenly if I used a beautyblender, but I couldn’t bring myself to try additional steps since I think having the wrong shade would leave me dissatisfied no matter what. This is called the “Glass Skin” foundation, but the finish appears satin-like to me instead of wet, shiny, or truly glassy. It’s supposed to be suited for every skin type, but I disagree.
One positive aspect is that this dries down on my dry skin without requiring powder and there is very little transfer. Overall though, I don’t plan to use this foundation ever again and I wouldn’t purchase another shade if there was an expansion. I didn’t know it at the time, but apparently customers can send photos of themselves in daylight to the brand’s email address info@sweedbeauty.com or Instagram DMs for advice with shade matching. Hopefully this will help.
The Bronzing Powder in Tan
Fans of baked gelee products will probably enjoy the texture and performance of this bronzer as much as I do. It instantly reminded me of the contour shade from Dior’s Contour & Glow Duo in 200 Diorama, Nabla’s Skin Bronzing, the Hatice Schmidt Bronzer, and from Kess. All of these products were made in Italy as well.
This is a skin-like bronzer with subtle luminosity. It’s buildable, to the point that I can at least see it on myself in person, but I cannot get it to show easily in photos. I’ve tried on three different occasions to photograph myself wearing it, and the best one is below.
Tan is the darkest of the two colors that Sweed offers and I have used so much product trying to build up that shade, that I can faintly see a dip in the pan after only a few months of sporadic use. It looks more used than the other bronzers in the photo above despite it actually containing the most amount of product at 10 grams.
The Tan shade has a little bit of a red undertone, but it looks neutral on me most of the time until I build it up as intensely as it can get.
I have no issues with blending or fading. It’s a great product. I love bronzers that have this kind of formula, but an airbrushed and blurred type of finish can outrank them. With the exception of the Nabla Skin Bronzing product (which is significantly less expensive but also harder pressed), €35 is about the standard price for a baked gelee or gel-powder hybrid type of bronzer. However, €50 is usually the starting price for the type of powder bronzer that actually blurs and is finely milled enough for me to call it the best of the best in my collection (Hermes, Charlotte Tilbury, Victoria Beckham, and so on). Even the most bronzer-obsessed person might be unwilling to spend that kind of money, so the hybrid formulas present an alternative option that still tends to be fantastic quality.
Sweed’s bronzer is $45 in the US and €45 at full price in Germany. I find that to be a little high, but I guess it can still be justified. I must admit that due to the preferred undertone and depth of the Hatice Schmidt bronzer, I prefer it over the Sweed one, and it’s conveniently €10 lower in price for 8.5 grams. Although I can recommend this as a good product, I have to acknowledge that better prices and more shade options for similar formulas of bronzer exist.
Air Blush Cream in Fancy Face
This blush has faint gold shimmer throughout, which gives the barest hint of luminosity to the cheeks. The surface of the blush feels a little creamy to the touch, but it feels completely dry on my face, as if I applied a pure powder product. It fully sets on my skin, and how long-lasting it is depends on whether or not I used specific skincare or foundation that left my skin feeling dewy. If so, then the blush starts to fade as quickly as 5-6 hours. Otherwise, on a drier base, the blush lasts a minimum of 8 hours.
Fancy Face is the darkest shade they have at the time that I’m writing this. I like to apply this blush subtly, so it doesn’t look very intense on me in the photos I take. However, it still isn’t that dark in my arm swatch. This shade is buildable, and might still work on someone within the deep skin category, but it could be ashy on someone with a rich skin tone.
Although the Sweed Blush is firmer in the pan than the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush, both leave a similar finish on the skin. It’s that blurry dimethicone-matte type of look that’s become increasingly popular over the years, especially in the K-Beauty realm.
The edge that Sweed has over Rare Beauty is that tiniest bit more glow. However, it’s not radiant enough for me to be satisfied. It still looks more matte than I like, so I have to use a hydrating spray with both. Rare Beauty’s blushes are more pigmented, but apply just as smoothly. They are longer lasting and their range has more dark-skin friendly options at the price of €28 for 6.4 grams of product as opposed to Sweed’s €34 for 5 grams. The US prices are $27 vs $35. So, even if Sweed expands the range, I don’t think I’ll buy anymore. It’s not due to a lack of quality and is purely about my preferences.
Cloud Mascara in Black
This is a bit difficult to review because I know that mascara formulas can change over time. Within a few weeks or months it can become drier and harder to use. In some cases it can start off too wet, but drying over time makes it work better. They can clump more or flake more. Essentially, how I feel about a mascara in the beginning can differ within a month or two, but I only used the Cloud Mascara for about two to three weeks prior to beginning to use the brand’s eyelash serum. The photos above were taken prior to using any lash serum and it was probably my third time wearing the mascara.
In the beginning, I thought this mascara worked fine, but I didn’t love it. It took me a while to realize that I couldn’t get as far trying to build up a very heavy first coat like I do with the majority of my favorite mascaras. Waiting for it to fully dry before adding a second coat sometimes led to it being unevenly built up, spidery, and sometimes I’d get a few clumps.
What works best for me is to build up the first layer of one set of eyelashes, repeat the process on the other eye, and by the time I’m finished I can add a second layer to my first eye before it has time to fully dry down. The end result is much more to my satisfaction and can be viewed in my Isamaya Core 1.0 Palette post, which I used the Cloud Mascara exclusively in all of the eyeshadow looks. I had been using the lash serum between 3-4 weeks when I took the pictures, but I didn’t observe any improvement from the lash serum that early. So, I feel like it’s still a good representation of the mascara’s best results on me without additional help.
This is the type of mascara that’s on the wet side, but not too wet. Since mascaras are recommended to be tossed out every 3-6 months (whether I do so or not), I only judge one by its performance up to that 3 month mark because additional changes could just be the start of it going bad. I can say that I have noticed zero differences in formula consistency within those three months.
I don’t get clumping (when I use my specific technique) and I haven’t spotted any flaking. One of the things I especially like is that my lashes don’t feel stiff after I apply the mascara. If I get an itch, I can rub my lashes with the side of my finger or nail and my lashes are still fairly soft. Many other mascaras give me a tugging sensation at the root of my lashes when I do the same thing.
The brand advertises this to be both a volumizing and lengthening mascara that keeps lashes separated and fan-like. I agree that it’s very good at separation and it adds decent volume, but my current favorites give me more length.
After completing the full round of lash serum, I definitely like how the mascara looks even more.
However, I feel like I shouldn’t factor that into my review of the mascara. Based on how it looked prior to the lash serum’s effects being visible, I can’t say that this mascara was worth €28 for me, even though it contains Panthenol (Vitamin B5) which, “improves elasticity and helps reduce breakage.” I got this mascara on sale for €21 (a little over $24), but I’m still uncertain if I will repurchase it or not. I don’t know how much of an effect the panthenol may or may not have had an impact on my lashes not breaking off. My gut tells me this mascara is overhyped. I like it, but I feel much stronger about my other mascara favorites.
If I end up changing my mind on this, I’ll update this post.
Eyelash Growth Serum – 3ml size
I owned the other Sweed products since September 2025, but I bought this serum at the end of October. Since it’s supposed to take at least 4-6 weeks for results, I decided to push back the release date for this review until I had tested it thoroughly.
I have been afraid of lash serums since the GrandeLash lawsuit when I learned about prostaglandin analogs, ingredients that are in the majority of eyelish serums and are listed under a ton of different names. I was too scared of the potential iris and eye skin darkening, eye irritation, and other side effects, to ever use one. The fact that Sweed’s serum does not contain any prostaglandin analogs is the only reason I was willing to give it a try.
Before we get into the review, I wanted to point out that the directions on the box just say, “Apply directly with a single stroke to the base of the upper eyelash.” I felt like there had to be more to it, so I watched videos of people applying it, and some put it so close to the lash line that some of it got onto their actual eyelashes. The instructions on the website stated, “Apply with the product’s applicator, using one stroke on your eyelid just above your upper lash line. Apply by starting from the outer to inner corner of the upper lash line.”
I believe the guidelines I should be most inclined to follow is on the official Sweed website. So, that is what I did after the third week, because it took me that long to look it up. I had just been following the information on the box.
At the 4 week mark, it appeared as if my eyelashes that fell were a little longer than usual, but I couldn’t see much difference on my eyes overall. By 6 weeks, I definitely noticed fullness of my lash line. My eyelashes didn’t look longer, but they weren’t as sparse, even in my problem section of my inner lashes. By 8 weeks, I realized my lashes were a lot more curled up, which is why I hadn’t noticed they were longer than before. After 10 weeks, it became clear to me that the outer half of my lashes were fuller than ever and looked slightly longer than the years when my natural eyelash growth was at its peak. However, from 8 weeks and on, I accepted the fact that my natural lashes aren’t dark enough and are too curled to look long while bare. When I close one eye and look sideways, I can see how long my eyelashes are, but looking straightforward, the effects of the lash serum can’t be seen until I put on mascara.
I still wish to have more fullness in the inner lash region, but I am pleased with the improvement. Part of the difficulty for my inner lash region is the fact that I frequently rub my eyes, especially before bedtime which is when I apply the serum. I’m not sure where I heard or read the information to apply it at night. The directions on the website merely state to use this once a day without a specific time. Anyway, when I rub my eyes, I basically remove whatever lingering bit of serum hadn’t yet absorbed in my inner corners.
These are the results, with and without mascara, at the 8 week mark.
Although my eyelashes didn’t get crazy long, I can see how many more lashes stand above my crease line with mascara on compared to before. I don’t lose my eyelashes as frequently either.
The directions state to use the serum daily for 4-6 weeks, and then switch to using it 2-3 times a week for maintenance. After the initial six weeks, I continued to use it more or less on a daily basis until after the 8th week. Then, I lowered the usage to every other day or two. As for my bottom eyelashes, I have not noticed a difference, but I didn’t expect any considering I did not apply the lash serum there and the serum is not recommended for that.
The photos above are not the best representation of my mascara favorites since I had them for far too long and the last bits of mascara left in the tubes are partly dried up. However, I think my lashes still looked great!
I managed my expectations and got enough results to be happy with this product. My issue trying to regain the fullness I used to have was resolved. This product is supposed to last 3 months* and my eyelashes will return to normal if I halt using it for one month.
*I’ve been using this at a rate of around 2 months daily and 1 month every few days, yet my tube hasn’t run out. So perhaps the estimate of 3 months is if someone used it daily during that whole time or perhaps the 3 months is a minimum of how long it’ll take before the serum runs out.
This is not a cheap product. It’s sold for $55 in the US or €49 in Germany for 3ml. The 5ml tube is frequently out of stock and costs €70. I bought my 3ml at a discounted price via Flaconi for €33. At that price, I do like it enough to repurchase it considering it’s as much as a high end mascara and it makes all my mascaras look even better. A regular eyelash primer might give me even longer lashes, but it wouldn’t solve my fullness/sparse lash issues. So, I will most likely continue to make repurchases at the lower price.
I highly recommend watching Abbey Yung’s video for those curious about the serum’s ingredients, understanding how it works differently to traditional lash serums, and seeing her own results.
Overall, I have a positive impression of Sweed’s products. Their makeup is very high quality, but some of the products don’t match my specific preferences, and the shade range is a bit lacking. So, I will continue to keep an eye on this brand’s new launches and I’ll potentially purchase from them again in the future.
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