By Mera Tabarruk
If you’re looking to achieve that radiant, lit-from-within glow, cream blush is your new best friend. Creamy formulas make it easy to add a natural-looking flush to your skin, and unlike powder blushes, they’re hydrating, nourishing, and super blendable.
Cream blushes come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and finishes. You can find them in stick form, with an applicator, or pot. Cream blushes are also super easy to blend, whether that may be with your fingers, a beauty blender or stippling brush for more precision.
Pro tip: Focus the blush a bit higher on the cheeks, and blend upwards to give you more of a lifted look. If you’ve applied too much, just use a foundation brush or sponge to diffuse the colour.
Another reason why I love cream blushes is that when I’m out and about, I don’t have to carry a lot of products as a cream blush can work as a lip tint or eyeshadow!
Curious to know what blush made The Beauty Book cut? Keep on reading!
Pixi’s On-the-Glow Blush comes in a unique twist-up packaging. This handy, portable stick is infused with calming ingredients like ginseng and aloe vera, and various hydrating fruit extracts to hydrate and condition your skin.
Fenty Beauty Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Blush are not only super hydrating and easy to blend, but come in the most unique range of colours to suit any skin tone. There’s shades of tangerine, tones of pink and purple, and many more. I mean just look at this colour!
Cheek Switch Crème Blush Sticks by Napoleon Perdis have the most luxuriously creamy and lightweight feel. It’s a long-wearing blush that glides across your cheeks, transforming into an ultra-silky powder finish. The range comes in three shades, a pink, rose and coral.
The Lip & Cheek Blush Mini from Milk Makeup is the cutest two-in-one cream blush and lip colour formulated with hydrating ingredients for a buildable, blendable tint. Its colour payoff builds as you swipe. Mango Butter, Avocado Oil, and Apricot Oil hydrate and help the formula blend seamlessly into skin.
Nars always has the most gorgeous powder blushes, but their cream-to-powder stick is a must-try if you haven’t already. Nars’s The Multiple multi-use stick can be used on the lips, cheeks, eyes, and even body! With a range of 10 different shades including pinks, corals and more – blends effortlessly and leaves behind a beautiful shimmery glow.
Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge for Lip & Cheeks is a popular cream blush for several reasons. It comes in a mirrored flip top for the on-the-go application. Apply the rouge to the apples of your cheeks for a just-flushed finish. Leaves a naturally sheer stain on lips and cheeks.Â
Happy cream blush shopping and enjoy beautiful glowing cheeks!