Blush for Dark Skin

Greetings, 

I recently came across an article that dicussed how darker shades of skin should not wear certain shades of blush. Long story short the article limited Women of Color to only wearing blushes in the color categories of orange and brown.  

I beg to differ (I do not agree with this). Women of color can wear any shade of blush they want. I definitely do. 

I think its just all in how you blend it, and the number one rule with blush is that a little goes a long way.  

The blushes I experimented with are in the color families of orange, pink, and raspberry (reddish purple).  I used: 

(1) NYX Cosmetics Powder Blush in Cinnamon  

(2) Jordana Powder Blush Pot Touch of Pink  

(3) Black Radiance Artisan Color Baked Blush in Raspberry

Here are the swatches of each:

And here are how they look on me, where I believe that I am considered medium dark. I am currently wearing Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation in Sandalwood.

I do agree that there are some highlighters that darker shades need to stay away from in order not to appear ashy.  However, I believe that with blush the sky is the limit.  That's just me. Let me know what you think.

Thanks for Reading!

March Beauty Favorites

Greetings!

Before we get into the double digits of April, I would like to share my March beauty favorites with you all.

They are the:

(1) Too Faced Natural Eyes Palette

(2) Estee Lauder blush in Poppy Passion

(3) Real Techniques Buffing Brush 

(4) Nuetrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash, Pink Grapefruit Foaming Scrub 

(5) CVS Oil Free Make Up Remover

(6) CVS Premium Cotton Rounds

(7) derma e Anti-Wrinkle Vitamin A & E Treatment Oil

Let us begin reviewing the beauty products first. 

The Natural Eyes Palette is awesome for creating everyday looks along with night time looks. 

Recently when I went to the Jazmine Sullivan concert I went straight from work because it was held on a week night. Therefore, I used the daytime shades during work hours and then easily updated the look with the other shades in the palette (and added some falsies) before I left for the concert for more of a night time look. 

My next March favorite is the Estee Lauder Blush in the shade Poppy. 

Thus is such a beautiful shade. When this blush is paired with the Estee Lauder double wear foundation it glides on and blends well with a really nice finish. 

Next, let me tell you about this Real Techniques Buffing Brush. 

I have found that it is awesome for applying foundation. I haven't used my (off brand) beauty blender in a long time because of this brush.  I have a couple of dark spots from some recent acne breakouts that I have been dealing with and this brush is on point with applying my foundation evenly while also yielding great coverage. The bristles are soft as well for the price. 

Moving along with the skin care. After I started breaking out during the month of February I noticed that I was no exfoliating my skin enough. Therefore, I went out to pick the Nuetrogena's Oil Free Acne Wash Foaming Scrub. 

I believe this has really done the trick, because I have not recently received any breakouts within the past couple weeks. I am extremely happy with this foaming scrub because it leaves my face feeling really clean no matter how much make-up I put on that day. 

Next product is the CVS Oil Free Makeup Remover. 

This is such an awesome formula that takes every inch of eye make up off in one swipe. On the bottle it states that it removes water proof mascara and that it is comparable to the Nuetrogena oil free eye make up remover. Moving on to the CVS Cotton Rounds, because there two go hand and in my current beauty regimen. 

These cotton rounds are dual sided, where one side is soft and the other side is strong. I love using the strong side along with my eye make up remover because I don't have to rub my eye as much as I do if I were using a soft cotton square (which is what I was using before).

My last favorite is the derma e Anti-Wrinkle Treatment with Vitamin A and E.  

I have been using this at night after my moisturizer and I believe it has been helping clear up my dark spots while also making my skin appear a little brighter.  I don't have many wrinkles, so hopefully this product is helping to prevent that as well.  

So that is it. Let me know if you have tried any of these beauty and/or skin care products?  Also, let me know if you love them, like them, or even hate them. 

Thanks for reading!!!

Estee Lauder Blush: No Makeup - Makeup

Good Afternoon Beauties!

Since I didn't have much time today for makeup play, I decided to do a no makeup - makeup look featuring +Estee Lauder Pure Color Blush in Poppy Passion. This blush had me at hello when the sales associated tried it on on top of the +Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation at +Macy's. I fell in love. Isn't the packaging just gorgeous? 

Since I didn't have much time this morning I just applied this blush on top of my foundation and received a great look. I also added some +e.l.f. Cosmetics pink lip gloss.  

I probably should have added more under eye concealer but did not have time :( 

Let me know what you use when you are trying to create a more natural looks in the comments section below. 

Thanks for reading!!!!