Essence: Blush Up! Powder Blush (#10 Heatwave)

From left to right: Left - True Orange/ Centre - Vibrant Pink/ Right - Coral (2 colours swirl together)

I've added another lovely blush to my collection and I knew the Essence Blush Up Powder Blush in #10 Heat Wave* would be the perfect addition to my collection, I've been using it for quite sometime for about a month or so since. I must say, I'm really impressed by it! 

Getting on the ombre bandwagon that a lot of high end cosmetic brands have embraced lately, the Essence Blush Up Powder Blush in #10 Heat Wave is a two toned blush with an ombre effect. There are two colours in this powder blush, a true orange and a vibrant pink, and they fade into each other really nicely. 

Essence: Blush Up! Powder Blush (#10 Heatwave) (SGD $5.90) has an incredibly smooth in texture. It is described as having a silky, semi translucent texture and I think that describes it perfectly. It's pigmented, but not so pigmented that it's difficult to work with. It has the perfect amount of pigment in my opinion. The blush has a matte finish but its' not flat. It has a slight healthy sheen to it without looking shimmery or glittery in the slight.

Essence you did an incredible job always! I always look forward trying their new stuffs and there will be another review on their face primer soon I promise. Happy Weekend!!

My other Essence products review below link if you are interested in checking them out!

Link to: Essence All About Nude Eyeshadow Palette (#01 Nude) 

Link to: Essence Silky Touch Blush: adorable (#10) & life's a cherry (#60)

Link to: Small Essence Haul & Mini Reviews

Essence Silky Touch Blush: adorable (#10) & life's a cherry (#60)

 Left: adorable (#10) Right: life's a cherry (#60)

  Left: adorable (#10) Right: life's a cherry (#60)

Sometimes I wonder if I could walk out of a 'drugstore' just window shopping and not buy or get anything, its been a struggle now a days doing that and I ultimately fail when it comes to beauty stuffs. Never the less I got 2 Silky Touch Blush from Essence which is quite budget friendly and very happy and glad with them.

Most 'drugstore' blushes over the years that I've tried aren't that great, usually their texture is hard, powdery and not very pigmented. Maybe there are so many brands out there now competing now that the quality has improve immensely.  And these from Essence are excellent, the texture is as exactly does what they say silky touch, the pigmentation are great and they blend perfectly without fallout.

Essence Silky Touch Blush: adorable (#10) (SGD $5.50) is a matte cool tone pale pink colour and I find that this shade gives me a bit of colour with natural flush and still manage to brighten up the face. The texture is really smooth and silky which makes it very easy to blend yet without any fallout.

Essence Silky Touch Blush: life's a cherry (#60) (SGD $5.50) is very deceiving from the looks out of the pan which may seems like a mauve beige colour, but is actually a very bright matte warm tone pink and gives a pretty sheen that makes your skin glow slightly. A little goes a long way for this particular blush as its quite pigmented, the texture is consistent and same like adorable (#10).

 Left: adorable (#10) blended & swatch  Right: life's a cherry (#60) swatch  & blended

Overall I'm pretty impressed by the blushes and its definitely worth giving it a try if you are on a tight budget. The only thing is they only have 4 shades which is not a lot to choose from.

What do you think? Have you tried any of them yet?