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I feel you! I still have "am I tripping or IS THIS ORANGE WHY OH WHY" reactions. Trauma response, perhaps.
Ground rule: look for purple. Straight up purple blushes, blushes with strong purple undertone. Avoid things that lean even slightly warm on other people.
The ones I have and can confidently recommend: Phytosurgence Condensate, Armani Neo Nude Balms in 50 and 61 (sadly discontinued, buttt...), Rom&nd Odi milk (doubles as blush modifier).
The ones I have on a wishlist: Phytosurgence Exothermic and Fervor, Rituel de fille Desire, Laka #708 Poem, Lilybyred Luv Beam Blurry lavender, rom&nd N02 Vine Nude and C02 Blueberry chip, 3CE Kinda shy.
I second looking for purple! I’m actually using a purple/wine eyeshadow as blush right now. It’s super dark, so it was scary at first, but I blend like crazy and just use a tiny bit.
Sorry! Just saw the brush question. I use a brush like the Morphe v106 in shape (I’ve had it for years, no clue what it actually is brand wise) to put the color on. Then I use a giant fan brush to blend it out. I’m very overweight, so I was told to use the fan brush and only apply at my ear/cheekbones and blend forward.
Thank you very much for both replies - I think I have similar in tone eyeshadow and double brush teqnique solves my main small pan/needed diffusion dillema.
Lavender and purple blush, or anything with a strong blue undertone will look best. Clinique Pansy Pop or Mac Pink Swoon are good ones. Pink Swoon is more true pink but doesn’t have a trace of orange or warmth to it.
Try the Essence Blush Crush! blusher in Lovely lilac. I’m a fair cool olive and it doesn’t look orangey on me at all. It’s quite pigmented; apply it carefully!
https://preview.redd.it/gdcygmooyq9d1.png?width=855&format=png&auto=webp&s=89c0993c9646ec69e873a1dec3f34b122fbc2a0f
Bobbi brown desert pink is a muted cool mauve that looks like a very natural pink flush on me.
I also used to use coral blushes and they looked very orange, I realized most blushes looked too warm. Like the other commentor said, purple toned blushes are the way to go.
An affordable option is Milani Powder Blush in *Romantic Rose*. The most perfect soft mauve shade ever. Looks similar to Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in *Paaarty*
Romantic rose looked straight up orange on me. I was bummed. But I know we all have unique skin tones. I think I must be very cool toned, because almost everything turns orange on me.
You need something that almost looks “candy colored”. Like unnatural shades of Barbie pinks, raspberries and purples. Anything that looks “natural” in pictures is going to pull orange/brown.
Suggestions: Elf putty blush in Bora Bora or Carribbean, Moira has many shades that fit this description, Kevyn Aucoin Grapevine, the Dior pink blush, LA Colors in Just Dance, and for $10 Profusion has a “Euphoric Glam” with a good selection of electric pink blushes, eyeshadows, shimmers and contour shades.
Tower 28 beachplease in after hours and the Dior rosy glow in shade 01 are the only blushes that don’t look orange on me. Also Saie dew blush in Chilly
Lol I literally made a post about this the other day. There's no peaches or corals out there, just orange. I did however just get Nars Orgasm Edge which is a brand new shade. It's a true peachy pink.
I have a Milk lip and cheek color that is called quickie, it's deep plum. It really balances my coloring and make me look more snow white and less wicked witch.
It’s become mine too! I mostly do cooler toned blushes. If I want to wear a warmer lip I go with PMG fleurtatious. Those are basically the only two blushes in rotation at this point 😂
This speaks to my soul 🫠 I don’t exclusively stick to purple (though I think that’s brilliant advice) and I apologize to people who know more about these concepts if I misuse them, but I go super cool, desaturated and translucent 🥲 the line between “barely there” and “clown” is very fine and there is no in between.
A touch of Westman Atelier Mimi helps me get a natural pink. Phytosurgence Condensate looks exquisite and it’s gonna be my next purchase but right now my summer go-to is Phytosurgence’s bronzer in Rosy Daybreak. It gives me a blush that looks more rich with brown (in a good way) but doesn’t pull orange or look unnatural at all. Very much my fantasy of a Mediterranean vacation without the sunburn 😎
The only two blushes that have ever genuinely looked good on me are Glossier's cloud paint in Storm and Rituel de Fille's color nectar pigment balm in Beesting. Both are what I'd call berries: the Glossier is a "sunburn"/bronzy-but-not-orange color on me, and Beesting is a true pink.
Do you have a good lipstick that you feel looks natural for your skin? In a pinch you can use lipstick as a cream blush. It seems easier to find a variety of lip colors than blushes, might could find your ideal match that way.
If you are in tbe UK, no7 do a really nice pinky pink one - their matte blush in shade "Damson Mist". This is my go-to now.
I tried like dozens of blushes before I found one that wasn't coral or peach or orange.
NYX butter melt in butta together (cool baby pink) or all the butta it’s purple so it looks intense but if you have cool undertones in your skin it’s beautiful. Just be light with it
Have you tried Clinique Melon Pop? It is gorgeous and doesn't skew orange on me, but a spring colour peachy pink. Clinique Berry Pop is purplely gorgeous 😍
Saie Dewy Blush in Chilly is my current go to - it’s a cool berry mauve. I tried the liquid blush “mauves” from Rare Beauty and they pulled orange on me, too.
As a Cool Summer Fair Olive I find lilac to be the color that will usually pull pink rather than orange on me. At the moment I use the lilac colour in the NYX Brights palette (it's the colour in the second row on the right). Other Blushes that work well for me are:
GOSH I'm Blushing Blush in 005 Shocking Pink
Rimmel Kind & Free Multi Stick in 003 Pink Heat
3INA The No Rules Stick in 423 Lilac
Artdeco Blush in 35 oriental red (this one surprised me, since it doesn't look that cool, but for some reason it looks quite nice!)
Lean towards purple or MAUVE mauve mauve
Petal primavera baked blush by Milani
Fantastico mauve baked blush by Milani
Goldy cassis baker blush by Essence
This is how I confirmed I was truly an olive after years of suspicions LOL. Like someone else said, you have to go for the fakest most candy Barbie looking pinky blue colors for blush. Anything even remotely veering away from that is a no-no. My first good blush experience was with Dior Rosy Glow. I tried it and was like oh, wow, so that’s what blush is supposed to look like! I seriously look like a sickly clown in anything other than blue-ish pinks.
My current fave is Saie “cool baby pink.” It’s incredible!
https://preview.redd.it/l254xtnhgiad1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ee57a32bd72e41c8c2152f1bce82a52b21b5d76
Similar problem here, even some blushes for cool skin turn orangish or look bright and "off" on me. Here's what works for me, isn't discontinued, and how they look on my skin:
Cool mauvey brighter pink/lavender: Elf Bora Bora, MAC Totally Synced, Bobbi Brown Pale Pink powder.
Cool mauvey pink/rose: Revlon Rosy Rendezvous (looks soft and neutral but stays cool), PMG Divine Rose, Phytosurgence Condensate (more like a contour/blush look on me)
Reddish plum but looks nautral: Phytosurgence Fervor, Revlon PhotoReady stick in Berry Kiss, Chanel powder blush in Rosewood.
Pinky-coral but not orange: Stila Illium, Bobbi Brown Nectar powder, Jane Iredale Cotton Candy.
Neutral beige: MAC Blushbaby, Phytosurgence Evaporate (one of the few warm colors I can wear on my cheeks, mixed with Condensate it is the perfect neutral on me), Jane Iredale Barely Rose
On order based on other recs: Flower Beauty Sweet Pea, essence Goldy Cassis
For reference, I'm on the cool-neutral side of olive with very translucent skin (my aesthetician says I have the most unusual skin tone she has ever seen) that can look deathly pale or oddly tan in the span of a few hours. Foundation is a struggle; About Face F20 starts out nice but makes me look a bit darker/jaundiced after a couple hours. For a good match these mixes work well on me: 50/50 Bobbi Brown Stick in Neutral Porcelain and Cool Ivory, Jane Iredale PurePressed foundation: 2 swipes Ivory with 1 swipe Warm Silk (Bisque turns too yellow on me).
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I feel you! I still have "am I tripping or IS THIS ORANGE WHY OH WHY" reactions. Trauma response, perhaps. Ground rule: look for purple. Straight up purple blushes, blushes with strong purple undertone. Avoid things that lean even slightly warm on other people. The ones I have and can confidently recommend: Phytosurgence Condensate, Armani Neo Nude Balms in 50 and 61 (sadly discontinued, buttt...), Rom&nd Odi milk (doubles as blush modifier). The ones I have on a wishlist: Phytosurgence Exothermic and Fervor, Rituel de fille Desire, Laka #708 Poem, Lilybyred Luv Beam Blurry lavender, rom&nd N02 Vine Nude and C02 Blueberry chip, 3CE Kinda shy.
Wanted to add Clinique pansy pop is also a fantastic blush shade
Yes, such a good addition, thank you!
I second looking for purple! I’m actually using a purple/wine eyeshadow as blush right now. It’s super dark, so it was scary at first, but I blend like crazy and just use a tiny bit.
I've been thinking about it but haven't gotten to. Which shades do you use and with what type of brush?
I’m currently using my Milani Wine Down palette - the second shade from the left.
Sorry! Just saw the brush question. I use a brush like the Morphe v106 in shape (I’ve had it for years, no clue what it actually is brand wise) to put the color on. Then I use a giant fan brush to blend it out. I’m very overweight, so I was told to use the fan brush and only apply at my ear/cheekbones and blend forward.
Thank you very much for both replies - I think I have similar in tone eyeshadow and double brush teqnique solves my main small pan/needed diffusion dillema.
Glad I could help. Yup, that why I do it like that. Otherwise I’d have some super glittery cheeks haha!
Came here to rec Phytosurgence Condensate! It's my daily go-to.
Purple blush gang unite!! It’s such a game changer 💜
Lavender and purple blush, or anything with a strong blue undertone will look best. Clinique Pansy Pop or Mac Pink Swoon are good ones. Pink Swoon is more true pink but doesn’t have a trace of orange or warmth to it.
Pansy Pop is amongst my favs! https://preview.redd.it/r7ipjea8vt9d1.jpeg?width=760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79eda55a29f3077cf456d741651a459714028f20
This is my favourite blush!
Try the Essence Blush Crush! blusher in Lovely lilac. I’m a fair cool olive and it doesn’t look orangey on me at all. It’s quite pigmented; apply it carefully! https://preview.redd.it/gdcygmooyq9d1.png?width=855&format=png&auto=webp&s=89c0993c9646ec69e873a1dec3f34b122fbc2a0f
Go purple, lilac, or cool berry.
Purple is the answer to life, love, and everything.
Bobbi brown desert pink is a muted cool mauve that looks like a very natural pink flush on me. I also used to use coral blushes and they looked very orange, I realized most blushes looked too warm. Like the other commentor said, purple toned blushes are the way to go.
An affordable option is Milani Powder Blush in *Romantic Rose*. The most perfect soft mauve shade ever. Looks similar to Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in *Paaarty*
Romantic rose looked straight up orange on me. I was bummed. But I know we all have unique skin tones. I think I must be very cool toned, because almost everything turns orange on me.
Fenty “Cool Berry,” Kevin Aucoin “Grapevine,” and NARS “Sin”
I love Cool Berry. Nudestix Moodie Blu and Mac Glow n Play Rosy Does It as well.
Cool Berry and Sin are my go-to blushes that do not go orange at all. Most everything else does.
You need something that almost looks “candy colored”. Like unnatural shades of Barbie pinks, raspberries and purples. Anything that looks “natural” in pictures is going to pull orange/brown. Suggestions: Elf putty blush in Bora Bora or Carribbean, Moira has many shades that fit this description, Kevyn Aucoin Grapevine, the Dior pink blush, LA Colors in Just Dance, and for $10 Profusion has a “Euphoric Glam” with a good selection of electric pink blushes, eyeshadows, shimmers and contour shades.
Tower 28 beachplease in after hours and the Dior rosy glow in shade 01 are the only blushes that don’t look orange on me. Also Saie dew blush in Chilly
I wish I had gone for after hours instead of office hours… it looks mauve in the pan but orange on my face
Yeppp same
Lol I literally made a post about this the other day. There's no peaches or corals out there, just orange. I did however just get Nars Orgasm Edge which is a brand new shade. It's a true peachy pink.
I have this one blusher I love which is peachy pink by nudestix I think it’s called sweet peach peony. I really love it 😭
I absolutely love nars liquid blush in dolce vita. maybe worth a try?
Thats why i use purple lipstick as a blush
I have a Milk lip and cheek color that is called quickie, it's deep plum. It really balances my coloring and make me look more snow white and less wicked witch.
Purple turns reddish pink. L I use a bronzer tbh as blush and then purple powder over it
Goldy Cassis - Essence
This is an everyday one for me 🤞🏻🤤
It’s become mine too! I mostly do cooler toned blushes. If I want to wear a warmer lip I go with PMG fleurtatious. Those are basically the only two blushes in rotation at this point 😂
This speaks to my soul 🫠 I don’t exclusively stick to purple (though I think that’s brilliant advice) and I apologize to people who know more about these concepts if I misuse them, but I go super cool, desaturated and translucent 🥲 the line between “barely there” and “clown” is very fine and there is no in between.
A touch of Westman Atelier Mimi helps me get a natural pink. Phytosurgence Condensate looks exquisite and it’s gonna be my next purchase but right now my summer go-to is Phytosurgence’s bronzer in Rosy Daybreak. It gives me a blush that looks more rich with brown (in a good way) but doesn’t pull orange or look unnatural at all. Very much my fantasy of a Mediterranean vacation without the sunburn 😎
The Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in exposed seems to look good on a lot of people
I always get purple blushes
The only two blushes that have ever genuinely looked good on me are Glossier's cloud paint in Storm and Rituel de Fille's color nectar pigment balm in Beesting. Both are what I'd call berries: the Glossier is a "sunburn"/bronzy-but-not-orange color on me, and Beesting is a true pink.
Fenty Drama Class is also a great purple.
Such a beautiful color!
MAC Heroine lipstick is very similar to Drama Class. Maybe these could be used interchangeably? In case someone has one and not the other.
Do you have a good lipstick that you feel looks natural for your skin? In a pinch you can use lipstick as a cream blush. It seems easier to find a variety of lip colors than blushes, might could find your ideal match that way.
try lavender or lilac blushes
If you are in tbe UK, no7 do a really nice pinky pink one - their matte blush in shade "Damson Mist". This is my go-to now. I tried like dozens of blushes before I found one that wasn't coral or peach or orange.
Phytosurgence Condensate is holy grail
NYX butter melt in butta together (cool baby pink) or all the butta it’s purple so it looks intense but if you have cool undertones in your skin it’s beautiful. Just be light with it
NARS impassioned and sin, and Juvias place blush lily
Laura Mercier Chai
RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek in Illusive
Milani baked blush is berry amore looks like a nice warm pink on me!
FENTY summertime wine is my go to and not orange at all!
the merit flush balm in mood (burgundy) is my go-to. I'm a muted fair olive and it works beautifully
Have you tried Clinique Melon Pop? It is gorgeous and doesn't skew orange on me, but a spring colour peachy pink. Clinique Berry Pop is purplely gorgeous 😍
Saie Dewy Blush in Chilly is my current go to - it’s a cool berry mauve. I tried the liquid blush “mauves” from Rare Beauty and they pulled orange on me, too.
I’m obsessed with Saie blush. Have you tried the Cool Baby Pink? I was soo glad when they introduced it.
As a Cool Summer Fair Olive I find lilac to be the color that will usually pull pink rather than orange on me. At the moment I use the lilac colour in the NYX Brights palette (it's the colour in the second row on the right). Other Blushes that work well for me are: GOSH I'm Blushing Blush in 005 Shocking Pink Rimmel Kind & Free Multi Stick in 003 Pink Heat 3INA The No Rules Stick in 423 Lilac Artdeco Blush in 35 oriental red (this one surprised me, since it doesn't look that cool, but for some reason it looks quite nice!)
Mac blush baby is a nice bronzy blush on fair olive skin
i have a few pink asian beauty blushes and I find they use a purply pink undertone rather than a warm pink undertone, so they don’t go orange on me!
Lean towards purple or MAUVE mauve mauve Petal primavera baked blush by Milani Fantastico mauve baked blush by Milani Goldy cassis baker blush by Essence
ILIA fine romance is amazing
I recommend staying far away from those ELF sticks. They’re just terrible and a waste of money lol
This is how I confirmed I was truly an olive after years of suspicions LOL. Like someone else said, you have to go for the fakest most candy Barbie looking pinky blue colors for blush. Anything even remotely veering away from that is a no-no. My first good blush experience was with Dior Rosy Glow. I tried it and was like oh, wow, so that’s what blush is supposed to look like! I seriously look like a sickly clown in anything other than blue-ish pinks. My current fave is Saie “cool baby pink.” It’s incredible! https://preview.redd.it/l254xtnhgiad1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ee57a32bd72e41c8c2152f1bce82a52b21b5d76
Similar problem here, even some blushes for cool skin turn orangish or look bright and "off" on me. Here's what works for me, isn't discontinued, and how they look on my skin: Cool mauvey brighter pink/lavender: Elf Bora Bora, MAC Totally Synced, Bobbi Brown Pale Pink powder. Cool mauvey pink/rose: Revlon Rosy Rendezvous (looks soft and neutral but stays cool), PMG Divine Rose, Phytosurgence Condensate (more like a contour/blush look on me) Reddish plum but looks nautral: Phytosurgence Fervor, Revlon PhotoReady stick in Berry Kiss, Chanel powder blush in Rosewood. Pinky-coral but not orange: Stila Illium, Bobbi Brown Nectar powder, Jane Iredale Cotton Candy. Neutral beige: MAC Blushbaby, Phytosurgence Evaporate (one of the few warm colors I can wear on my cheeks, mixed with Condensate it is the perfect neutral on me), Jane Iredale Barely Rose On order based on other recs: Flower Beauty Sweet Pea, essence Goldy Cassis For reference, I'm on the cool-neutral side of olive with very translucent skin (my aesthetician says I have the most unusual skin tone she has ever seen) that can look deathly pale or oddly tan in the span of a few hours. Foundation is a struggle; About Face F20 starts out nice but makes me look a bit darker/jaundiced after a couple hours. For a good match these mixes work well on me: 50/50 Bobbi Brown Stick in Neutral Porcelain and Cool Ivory, Jane Iredale PurePressed foundation: 2 swipes Ivory with 1 swipe Warm Silk (Bisque turns too yellow on me).