Show me your Marbles...

A week ago I received my 1st Sephora haul...Ofcourse, L.O.V.E...Some highly unaccessible brands like Tarte are finally within my reach.

I also added the Becca Beachtint in Raspberry, which got me into looking at my other marbles (=marbled blushes).

Somehow, like primary school, it feels like showing your marbles before playing a game.

1. Clio ArtBlusher in Light Brown 3: I purchased some of these minerals in 2009 and forgot about these.

2. New Cid Cosmetic Glow Mini in Sirocco

I received 2 of these Mini's as a GWP. In fact, they're both gorgeous colours, longlasting and travel friendly

3. Terra Del Sol No 4:

Once hunted these down at the German Douglas based on rave reviews. Sometimes the chase is better than the catch because I cannot remember using this one

4. Banila Co de la Couture Face blusher:

Korean know how to do BB balms but they also had a good selection of marbled blushers going on.

5. My other New Cid Cosmetic Glow mini: in Coral Crush

6. Prorance Finish Water glow in M16:

Korean & from Gmarket

7. Stila Cheek Duo in Pink Glow

8. YES, my newbie Becca Beachtint Souffle in Watermelon that spurred on the marble-post.

9. My other Clio Artblush in 2 Pink

10. Lioelle Marbling Blusher: Guess from which country? Yes??

11. SkinFood All over Muffin Cake Finish: The Koreans probably think that girls wanna smear cakemix over their face...but it makes a sweet glow for sure.

And, unlike the glassy marbtles of our youth, we can swatch these:

 

1. Clio ArtBlusher in Light Brown 3: Sometimes Marbles are Matte! And this colour looks like the perfect matte bronzer/shader.

 2. New Cid Cosmetic Glow Mini in Sirocco: A glowy highlighter with peach undertones

 3. Terra Del Sol No 4: Sweet, I

 4. Banila Co de la Couture Face blusher: A golden peach

 5. New Cid Cosmetic Glow mini: Sort of NARS Deep Throat dupe without the glitter

 6. Prorance Finish Water glow in M16: This colour has a slightly frosty finish in a warmer pink (peachy) glow

 7. Stila Cheek Duo in Pink Glow: Both shades are more traditional blush than mineralized finish. In both cases, they hint towards coolness with the top shade slightly bubblegum & the bottom Raspberry

 8. Becca Beachtint Souffle in Raspberry is both longlasting, well-blending and in that perfect shade of fruity pink that hints towards berry-ness.

 9.  Clio Artblush in 2 Pink: WOWZA, how did I forget about this one. A deeper pink-berry.

10. Lioelle Marbling Blusher: The funny thing about Marbled blush is that you cannot always forsee the outcome being swached. This one is highlighter whitish pink with a slight frost.

 11. SkinFood All over Muffin Cake Finish: Slightly warmer/peachier highlighter hue than Lioelle and probably a lovely blush on N 15-20 skin.

It's good to know that I had no dupe for my new Becca Beachtint Souffle (no 8). I'm also happy to rediscovered some old new vintage marbles around.

More detailed review of:Clio ARTblusher in 03 Brown

So what have you been rediscovering lately?

Shading favourite: Clio Art Blusher 3 in light brown

Sometimes I like my cheeks to be cute and glowy.

Other times, I feel more like a powerwoman, and have the urge to sculpt my cheeks into a 80s style kind of supermodel-form (which, of course, can only be achieved by 80s supermodel-style models, LOL...but a girl can try, can't she?)

For this, and other softer shading I like to use a soft brown colour that looks like my skin, but browner...

Bronzers can be lovely, but they rarely hit the spot for shading techniques. Some are muddy (Benefit Hoola), others are too dark, lots are orangy, and several too shimmery.

But the expertise of Korean cosmetics designers are blessed with a gift. That is, to make flattering and natural looking makeup. One of those items is the Clio Art Blusher in no 3 brown.

This blusher differs from its siblings (Clio art blusher 2 and 1) that it lacks shimmer. Shimmer can be lovely, as I said before, but for adding shadows...not so handy.

First off all, the exterior...It has an art-inspired picture on the lid, which will be handy for making a art-savvy impression. (in my case, not so much, because I have no idea who the artist is of that design)

Most of Clio's Art blushers have the marbled design that has become quite common for baked powders. I think the only exception is the 05 Rose colour. But correct me if I am wrong, for I do not have all the blushers (yet).

So I want to show you some pictures of the product itself. The pictures were made in natural light, however, the winter time makes it difficult to make superaccurate pictures. The next picture shows how the powder on a mac travel blusher brush. I swirled about 4 times intensly to get this result. It is not crumbly at all, and one swipe will give a little bit of product. I layered lots of product for the picture :)

A close up: The powder itself looks more like a neutral to cooler soft brown. Something that is wonderful for shading light/medium.




On my arm you can see more of a red tone. This is not accurate because this picture has been made with flash, plus the powder has not been blended in yet. It just shows the contrast with my (pale) arm.




Similar picture made without flash, also unblended.

The last picture is the blended version of the powder. It still shows up on my pale arm. The skin on my face is a tiny bit darker. Therefore, The color is quite suitable for sculpting cheekbones without looking too much like a dragqueen in daylight.

I find this to be a wonderful product. It stays on all day without changing colour, and is truely neutral on my face. It is nothing like the plethora of bronzer types I used before (on light medium skin with neutral undertones).

You can find Clio Art Blushers on Sasa.com for $ 20.80 or at gmarket around $11 a $12 by several seller such as beauty555 (item no. 151531096), sun6407, MDmall and several others.