As often occurs when I go out to run errands at Target, Walmart and the like, I have an overwhelming urge to stop in the local beauty supply stores nearby. You know, just to see what's new in lashes, hair creams and budget-conscious makeup not available at the nearest CVS/Walgreens/etc. On a recent trip to a "Beauty & Wig," I found a new baked blush/bronzer/highlighter trio by Kiss New York for only
$5.99 (MAC Mineralize Skinfinishes sell for $30 USD). It gave me results that can stand up some of the top brands, based on swatches and early performance.
There is a palette that features a matte/satin blush but the other two have a sheen similar to some of MAC's Mineralized blushes. The bronzers are all sunkissed/shimmery but not ridiculously glittery (I'm looking at you Physician's Formula) and the highlighters give a beautiful glow to the high points of the face. As you will see in the pics below, the bronzer is the largest dome, followed by the blush and then the highlighter. I find the size of each dome to be easy to work with and they are in proportion to how the products are to be used anyway (i.e. bronzer on perimeter of the face, blush on cheeks only and highlighter on small areas like the browbone, bridge of nose, top of cheekbones).
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| L-R: Terracotta Glow, Peach Glow, Big O Glow |
If you don't like to glow, don't get these. However, if you don't mind having a little sheen on your skin, grab
at least one. I could do without the superfluous plastic dome packaging because it makes storing these a pain in the neck but I like the product so much, I'm overlooking that. I don't know if these are available on any beauty supply store's websites but if you have access "around the way" to a "Beauty & Hair," "Hair & Wig," "Cosmo" or something similar, you can try these out for between $5-7 each.
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| L-R: Terracotta Glow, Peach Glow, Big O Glow |
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| Terracotta Glow (Satin peach blush, medium bronzer, golden highlight) |
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| "Teracotta" Glow: Note the little diagram on the label. |
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| The Terracotta trio is the softest -toned of the three shades. |
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| Look at that sheen.....so pretty. |
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| Close-up to show the shimmer, which buffs in nicely. |
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| Peach Glow |
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Peach Glow: This blush reminds me a bit of NARS Orgasm blush
and the highlighter 's giving me Albatross tease. |
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| The Big O Glow: Look at that bronzer! |
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| I love the way this blush so vibrant yet melts into my skin. |
As you can see, you'll get quite the bang for your buck
if you can locate these in your 'hood. I think they are worth the hunt and a true treasure. Hope you enjoyed the swatches!
1 comment:
Trying to find these online! Anyplace that DOES have them, they're out of stock! Grrrr! If anyone knows where these are (any of the 3 palettes - Peach Glow, Terracotta Glow and Big O Glow)....can you please notify me at stephfayard39@gmail.com ? THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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