Undereye concealer could also be dead, however blush continues to be having its finest summer season ever. Particularly, cream and liquid formulation appear to be reigning supreme. The most recent launch to affix that royal court docket is Hourglass Unreal Liquid Blush, and, of us? I’m pledging my loyalty to its crown.
If I’m being trustworthy, this wasn’t a tough promote. Liquid is my most well-liked blush format and Hourglass stays considered one of my favourite luxury makeup brands. However the product far exceeded my already-high expectations.
There are, in my view, two intertwined “finest components” of this blush: the sheer formulation and the distinctive packaging. It is available in seven shades—Scene (heat pink), Whim (vibrant pink), Imaginative and prescient (rose), Second (a peachy beige), Future (coral), Think about (terracotta), and Craft (a deep berry)— and, as promised by the press launch, these items is actually buildable. The primary swipe of shade (I’m a fan of Whim) goes on so sheer that it actually seems to be like I simply stepped out into the solar for a minute and obtained a bit flushed. By swipe two, the colour is rather more concentrated. There’s no query that I’m sporting blush, nevertheless it nonetheless blends seamlessly into the remainder of my make-up.
“This formulation is unbelievable,” says New York Metropolis-based make-up artist Karol Rodriguez. “The end is just like the feel of a blurred lip; it’s gentle and velvety.” They had been additionally impressed with how evenly the formulation goes on, regardless of being “such a pigmented and liquidy blush.”
The packaging performs an enormous function in why this blush is very easy to layer. The small glass bottle—nearly the form of a diner salt shaker—it is available in has a gentle backside that you simply press to dispense the blush a single drop at a time. Rodriguez concurs that the element makes this further particular. “Uncommon Magnificence’s blushes have been criticized for being too exhausting to make use of as a result of they’re ‘too pigmented,’ when in truth it’s the quantity of product that the doe-foot dispenses,” they inform me. “Shoppers are likely to over-apply so it’s tremendous sensible to have a liquid blush that dispenses such a small quantity to start with. You’d must deliberately press and maintain down on that gentle backside to launch greater than a face value of blush, which is ideal for individuals who are usually heavy-handed.”
