For years I searched for a blush that didn’t make me look like one of those sweet little dolls with pink circles on their cheeks.
I tried drug store brands and department store brands. I did my own shopping in the drug stores and I had make-up artists suggest in the department stores. The products were different in their texture and the way they lay on the skin, but in the end, I still felt it looked like make-up.
I was not a big make-up fan back in the day, as I just didn’t understand why it had to look like you had stuff on your face. My idea of make-up was a little eye shadow, some mascara and lip gloss.
I still feel this way, eyes and/or lips should pop, but your skin should look like it is naturally perfect and the healthy glow should look just like that, not two pink circles. No one wants to be complimented on their make-up, we want to be complimented on our healthy looking skin. (Foundation talk at another time.)
I started buying brands like Lancome, Chanel and Dior in pink, peach and rose, then I would mix the three colors together to get a more natural look for my medium olive tone skin. Not bad, but very expensive and takes up a lot of room in a make-up bag.
My son’s friend, Rob Harmon, who is a very experienced make-up artist – travels around the world with his clients and does television and Broadway as well – sometimes does my make-up. At one of these amazing sessions I was telling him my solution to not looking like a clown. He thought it was a great idea, but unless I intended to wheel around a suitcase of product as he did, it was too complicated -that’s me complicated – and proceeded to hand me Nars blush in Orgasm.
It was the perfect peachy pink with a bit of shimmer and it lives up to its name with the glow it gives to the skin. It has been the only blush I have worn for the last ten years. Since 1999 when it was introduced, it has become a cult classic. It has also given birth to Super Orgasm, with gold glitter, and Deep Throat, peach with shimmer. These colors work with any skin tone.
It is a little pricey, but well worth it and I actually ended up saving money since I was only buying one compact instead of multiples. It is soft and natural looking, gives a little contouring (my opinion) and it illuminates the skin. This is effortless, natural looking beauty.
Give it a try and enjoy.
Peace
Sephora – $28.00
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