I was in the market for a new blush when I stumbled upon this one at the drugstore.  After reading a few positive reviews online, I decided to toss it into my cart.  Read below to discover why it has become one of my favourite new products!

Item: Milani Baked Blush in 01 “Dolce Pink”.

 

 

Price: $9.99 CAN at Lawton’s Drugs (can also purchase from Amazon).

Description: From Milani website – This silky blush with benefits can be used so many ways. It shapes, it contours, it highlights. Sunbaked on Italian terracotta tiles, it’s buildable from sheer to vibrant. Yes, it adds a cheeky pop of colour to your complexion. Radiance and warmth, too.

 

Review: The blush is packaged in a small plastic gold compact.  The bottom of the compact lifts to reveal a mirror and brush beneath.  I cannot comment on the quality of the brush as I use my own, full-size blush brush to apply, but I would imagine it is as useless as most brushes that are included in similar products.  It would be convenient to have in a pinch if you are traveling, I suppose.

The blush looks a bit scary in the packaging, given all the gold shimmer that runs throughout it.  I certainly didn’t want to end up looking like a disco ball!  I will admit, the shimmer does transfer to your cheeks, but when blended it appears more as a highlight within the blush than a chunky glitter.  The trick here is to blend it well, which you will be able to see on the swatch below.

 

Left: Left side is unblended, right side is blended    Right: When applied to my face

As you can see in the photo on the left, the shimmer is still very obvious, but disappears to a slight sheen when blended.  I find wear time to be decent, a good 6-8 hours for sure.  Overall, I really like this product and would not only recommend it but I would also consider picking up a few other shades, especially for the price!

Have you ever tried this product? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

 

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Milani "Dolce Pink" Baked Blush Review

I was in the market for a new blush when I stumbled upon this one at the drugstore.  After reading a few positive reviews online, I decided to toss it into my cart.  Read below to discover why it has become one of my favourite new products!

Item: Milani Baked Blush in 01 "Dolce Pink".

 

Price: $9.99 CAN at Lawton's Drugs (can also purchase from Amazon).

Description: From Milani website - This silky blush with benefits can be used so many ways. It shapes, it contours, it highlights. Sunbaked on Italian terracotta tiles, it’s buildable from sheer to vibrant. Yes, it adds a cheeky pop of colour to your complexion. Radiance and warmth, too.

Review: The blush is packaged in a small plastic gold compact.  The bottom of the compact lifts to reveal a mirror and brush beneath.  I cannot comment on the quality of the brush as I use my own, full-size blush brush to apply, but I would imagine it is as useless as most brushes that are included in similar products.  It would be convenient to have in a pinch if you are traveling, I suppose.

The blush looks a bit scary in the packaging, given all the gold shimmer that runs throughout it.  I certainly didn't want to end up looking like a disco ball!  I will admit, the shimmer does transfer to your cheeks, but when blended it appears more as a highlight within the blush than a chunky glitter.  The trick here is to blend it well, which you will be able to see on the swatch below.

 

Left: Left side is unblended, right side is blended    Right: When applied to my face

As you can see in the photo on the left, the shimmer is still very obvious, but disappears to a slight sheen when blended.  I find wear time to be decent, a good 6-8 hours for sure.  Overall, I really like this product and would not only recommend it but I would also consider picking up a few other shades, especially for the price!

Have you ever tried this product? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Sunday Lately: January 19 - 31

Sunday lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe – Katy, Angelica, Meghan and Nicole. Each week they present five new prompts to describe what is happening in your life this week.  This weeks prompts are Doing, Appreciating, Designing, Humming and Expecting.

Doing: Debating placing a Colour Pop order.  I really don’t need to, and it royally sucks because even though the products are cheap, the exchange rate to Canadian dollars kills us!  I have a few products placed in my cart, but we will see.  I just wish the exchange rate was better because then I wouldn’t hesitate!

Appreciating: Lazy weekends.  Our plans to throw a birthday party for our friend on Friday night got thrown out the window, thanks to a combination of mother nature, sickness, and a few other things.  We ended up having a few drinks and playing games with our friends who live downstairs – very convenient when you only have to walk a few feet in the snowstorm!  After sleeping in on Saturday then snowblowing the driveway (or playing with Macy, in my case), we went to Walmart and stocked up on snowstorm goodies (oops!).  Needless to say, our diets are gone out the window.. and out of sight!  We watched The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire while shovelling our mouths full of junk food and it was pretty much the perfect night.

 

Today was my mom’s birthday so we went to my parents’ house for supper and watched a couple NHL All-Stars 3-on-3 hockey games (John Scott for MVP!).  Now we are back home, settled in on the couch and watching Grease: Live on Fox.  Normally I am either working on the weekends or we are constantly busy – it felt so nice to have a lazy weekend in for a change!

Designing: I have to say.. nothing!  Editing graphics for the blog is the extent of my design work.

Humming: Grease songs, obviously!

Expecting: Gastro to hit our house any minute, though I really hope not!  It seems to be making its rounds and tonight Jordan is saying that he isn’t feeling well.  Fingers crossed that it stays away because I really don’t want to have to deal with that.

I hope you guys had a great weekend!

 

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