Review: Etude House Cheek Stamp Blush #5

Some people say they hate gimmicky things like this, but I love it. It actually stamps onto your face- there's a spring.

At first when you stamp it on, it does look powdery, but once you blend it in with your fingers/ blush, you'll see that it's not. It's perfect. Things that have too much pigment are problematic too because it's easy to mess up. The pigmentation on this is perfect, it's pigmented, but just enough. It's basically a no fail blush, and I plan on asking my friend to pick me up a backup.

Finally! Review of Banila Co Blushes

I know I said that I would do mascaras before, but I already have pictures of the blushes on my computer so I figured this would be easier.

I got the Love Letter blush and the one called Delight from Banila Co's Tokyo Scandal line.

Love letter is on the left and Delight is on the right with their respective swatches. The two on the bottom are the Clio Blushes that I reviewed earlier. I wanted to put them all together so you can get an idea of their color and pigmentation.

In case you're wondering why my Love Letter blush looks like that, it's because it came broken! all except for that center piece was completely powdered. I had to email Gmarket about it. They said they gave me a full refund, but I forgot to check.

The Delight has the super cute artwork from the line and it also has the plastic protector that the Clio blushes have (I forget if the Love Letter had one, but I'm thinking no). The underside of the lid for Delight is also a mirror.

Both blushes come with brushes. I've compared the Banila Co brushes with the Clio ones.The banila co ones are thinner and therefore feel a bit softer when applying the blushes. 

I must come right out and say it, I don't like these very much. They're ok, and I'll still use them, but really these come out more as highlighters. Your face will be shiny. This is extremely disappointing to me because I've been looking forward to these ever since I saw a few other people blogging about it and I really wanted to like these. I guess their faces must be really white or something because you can see the color fine for them.

Love letter, as I've said previously, looks good with the Annie Lipstick from Banila's Tokyo Scandal line. I pair them up often. Delight is a cooler pink with cream mixed in.

The texture of both is smooth and not bad, but I really was hoping for a little more in the pigmentation dept. Delight I will still love for the packaging, the top screws on! and Love Letter I don't mind using since it is a bit more pigmented, but just as a heads up for you people looking to buy.

Pics: again I had to smother my face with blush for it to show up with the flash. I thought flash might help to show the color more accurately so that it's not all tinged yellow or changing colors from lighting. Normally you would only want maybe half on your face- or else it'll look like you rubbed oil on yourself.

They look really similar, but I can assure you that Love Letter is a more warmer color and Delight is a cooler one. It's noticeable in real life.

Bare Face

 having both 

AND IT'S BACK!! Review: Clio Blushes

Hi Hi! So after a long long wait, here I have it! My review of two Clio Blushes that I got in my GMarket Haul. Last night I decided to retake pictures after viewing the old ones because I just thought they didn't do them justice at all.

There's just something about blushes in cute packaging that gives you a sense of joy when applying them. Well, it makes me feel like a pretty princess anyways.

The blushes come with the plastic protector and brushes as pictured above. The Clio brushes imo are a little bit softer than the Banila Co ones (review to come later also).

The blushes themselves both have glitter sparkles so if that's not your thing then you'll want to give these a pass. #2 is a super pigmented cool shade, you seriously won't need more than a little dab for each cheek. The #4 is a dusty rose color with the sparkles being the gold part. #4 is much less pigmented and the more you try to apply the more you'll just cover your cheeks with golden glitter. All in all, I'd have to say that #2 is my favorite of the two (like many other buyers have found), but I also still really love #4 at the same time. Even though it's not as pigmented, it gives a naturaler look and is good for the summer glow look (perfect because it's summer here right now).

Something that really surprised me was that one day I accidentally flipped them over in my hand and the whole block of blush just fell right out! I was like O.O and quite stunned. Still, it didn't bother me much because I just popped it back in and the blush was still as usable as always. ;)

These are one of my happy buys and I highly recommend them for your collection. 

Pics: I took them with flash and it's sooo hard to get the color to show, it all got washed out. I even covered my whole cheek in a thick layer of blush in an effort to get it to show the color somewhat.

#2 I glomped on. In real life I look like the sunburnt baby of a clown.

#4, has a much more natural look- hard to mess up. If you look closely you can see the sheen from the glitter. I just want to note that it is visible in real life- the color. The Banila Co. blushers on the other hand would look like this picture in real life, just a sheen and not much color.I'd say the colors of both are a lot closer to real life if you look from the bottom of your screen upwards (makes the color darker)