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The packaging is sleek and convenient to carry with a clear top for easy viewing of the product, incase you own other shades. It doesn't feel heavy on the skin and I find it best applied with fingertips. Longevity isn't long but with a powdered layered on top I'm sure you can get a longer wear. This is a product that i find works best in cooler weather and tends to stay on the skin longer during the winter as well as adding hydration. During the cooler months I can get 4-5 hours whereas in the summer barely an hour before I've sweated the product off my face. 

If you like me tend to do lighter with blushes in the cooler months this might be a good product to try. It's lovely in every sense. Outside of using it as a blusher I've experimented using it on my lips and it worked well. I made sure to exfoliate and moisturize my lips before applying and paired it with MAC Subculture Lipliner and it looked lovely on my lips for a very natural pink pout and a very smokey eye. 

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Recently Ulta had a 40% off sale on certain lines, NYX being one of them. I've never owned NYX blushers but I've heard nothing but good things about them, so I decided to pick up a couple of shades I didn't already have in my collection. 

The first blush I got was peach, it reminded me of the Glossybox Blush that Kryolan made for them called Glossy Rosewood. I was hoping to have found a dupe for the GlossyBox blush, unfortunately this was not a match but it's lovely in it's own way. I wouldn't say this is a peach blush at all, so the name is deceiving. I would describe NYX's blush in Peach to be a light barbie pink with blue undertone. It applied nicely to the skin, was blendable, and pigmented. Depending on your brush and the type of application, you can intensify or lightly dust the blush on. It is a matte blush but when applied it looks irridescent. 

Dusty Rose was my second choice, specially for the subtle looks I have to wear for work. Sometimes, I just need a pinch of color on my cheeks to look alive but not look too overdone for the work-days. This blush is perfect for the natural look. Dusty Rose is a beautiful matte muted pink. 

NYX blush in Summer Peach I would say is an exact dupe to NARS Orgasm Blush. 

 The left swatch is NARS Orgasm and the right swatch is the NYX blush in Summer Peach. Summer Peach is a shimmer peachy color that very very closely resembles NARS Orgasm. Out of the four I purchased, Summer Peach is the only shimmer shade but it has no large chunks... just a beautiful peach sheen on the skin. 

Last but not least is NYX blush in Bourgeois Pig. It is the most pigmented of all four blushers and also another matte. This is one that you have to use a very light hand when applying but looks AMAZING on the skin. If your a woman of color, this is one of the shades that would definitely stand out on darker skin and look beautiful. 

Overall, I'm pretty impressed with the lasting power of the blushers. I do prep my skin and use primer under my foundation which helps with the lasting power of these blushers. For the price, the pigment, the buttery feel, and the availability of these I am very very pleased that I snached these four little blushers from my local Ulta. 

Do you own these? Have you tried these blushers? If so, do you like them and would you recommend them to your friends or family? If you haven't tried them, which shades would you consider trying?

Cheers!

Marisa

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After much anticipation, theBalm's website is up and running with it's 24 hour 50% site-wide sale. It's today ONLY. Check it out and stock up on your favorites. I was able to purchase, so I can attest that the website is working. 

DISCLAIMER: I am not getting paid by theBalm or anyone for that matter to tell you about this sale. I just like saving money and sharing the good news. 

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Enjoy,

Marisa

FTC Disclaimer: All products where purchased by ME. This review is my honest opinion and my experience with the   product. I have not been paid to write this review. Some if any links below might be affiliate, some might not.

I've never owned a product from TheBalm until Birchbox sent me a sample of the Blush in Hot Mama! and I was immediately curious about the product line. The blush was so buttery soft and pigmented. It lasted all day, so I thought with all the rave going on about "other" palettes from theBalm why not take a shot at this bad boy and see if we got along like Hot Mama and I did. Sure enough, I get my package and the first thing I notice was the portability, the design, and the creativity they put behind this palette.

Not only did this palette have the shadows, blush, highlighter, AND two lipsticks, AND a nice chart, AND razor thin, but it has a FULL FLEDGED freaking heart shaped very very handy and usable MIRROR. Not one of those cheapy, I can barely see myself mirror, I think I'm in a clown house mirror, but an amazing crystal clear big mirror. So, this is where I start thinking there has to be something wrong right? Nice looking palette the shadows must suck and the lipsticks have to be cheap. Ummmm.. no Marisa... NO! 

Let's begin with the blush and highlighter since those where the two that I dug into first. The blush is matte light pink salmon that looks like a natural blush on the cheeks. I love how natural it looks, it looks like i'm blushing without blushing which I guess is what I wear blush because I'm pale white. Ok, the highlighter well it's soft and buttery but I like the natural look that this one gives, perhaps because of the golden undertones. I find sometimes highlighters can be too white casting and this one has more of a gold/suntanned look to it. 

The shadows are separated into three sections of 4 shadows. I won't go into detail on each shadow or you will be here all day with me but there is some fall out with the Heavy Metal section mainly because they are so pigmented you can easily grab too much on your brush and make a  mess so be sure to tap any excess off your brush before application. The Heavy Metal section seem to me metallic finish shadows, the Classical are all matte shadows of which are incredibly buttery and easy to work with, and the Alternative section are more of a satin finish. All the shadows are easy to work with but remember they are VERY pigmented so a little goes a long way and make sure to tap that brush before applying to your eye so you decrease the chance of any fall out. I'm very impressed. So far my favorite and most reached for shades in the palette have been Alice Copper, Moderato, Adagio, Blink 1982, Rem, and Third Eye Blinded. 

Last but not least, the lipsticks! I'm not calling these glosses because by no means are these glosses, they are highly pigmented full-coverage lipsticks in a pan. They are not dry which I love, for a pan lipstick they are pretty moisturizing and stay on for so long. My boyfriend was shocked at how long the red (Vanilly) shade stayed on my lips. I wore that bad boy for nearly 11 hours with minor fading. Milly is more of a light mauve pink and Vanilly is a bright red with blue undertone.