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.