Todays post is about a little blusher I recently picked up from a brand i’m beginning to really like.
MUA (Make Up Academy) is a low budget brand that is available online and also at Superdrugs in store. (Let me know if you find it anywhere else on the high street please).
It has a really great range of products for really cheap prices. Whenever I buy one of their products I always expect to be let down in some way, just because I can’t quite believe it could be such a great bargain – but I always remain impressed.
So on a whim I picked up their latest blusher offering, the Blush Perfection Cream Blusher. The cute little container spoke to me as I walked past. I wasn’t even in the market for a new cream blusher, but the £2.00, yes people, just £2, price tag screamed at me and I had to pick one up.
The cream blusher is quite small at only 3.8g, but, it’s so well pigmented that I can see this lasting for quite some time.
This is what MUA say about this new range:
These cream blushers are very versatile and multi-purpose. They can be directly applied to bare skin, layered over foundation or set with the matching matte blushers in the £1 MUA range. You can use blush perfection to highlight your cheekbones, shape your face, build and blend with fingers or a brush to create the colour intensity. The colour effects range from a light pink to warm shade, depending on method of application.
The range comes in six shades (Top L-R) “Yummy”, “Blossom” & “Dolly” (Bottom L-R) “Bittersweet”, “Lush” & “Scrummy”.
Personally, i’d like a bit more of a colour selection as at least half of them are too “nude’ to do much but provide a cream contour to the face.
I chose the colour “Scrummy”, which is what i’d all a pinky/peach. The swatches on my hand look much more pink than peach, but I promise, on the face a decent flush of peach does come through making this a ‘warm’ toned blush over a cooler shade like “Bittersweet”. For this reason, I think “Scrummy” could work well as we progress into Autumn, adding a little bit of warmth to my face.
The formula requires a little warming up before you can apply it with a brush, but as with many cream blushers, I find applying with fingers gives it a more natural finish anyway.
This time I did a bit of both as I was also blending in a highlighter. So I applied the cream to my cheeks with fingers, dotted my liquid highlighter above and used the brush to blend the two together.
I love how the blush contains no shimmer but still gives you that sheen, which is so typical of cream blushers.
So far, i’ve had it on for just over 4 hours and it is wearing well. It dries to a non-sticky finish, but doesn’t turn to powder like some cream blushers, so this is one for you if you are after a flush of colour with a dewy rather than satin finish.
What do you think?
lisamenina 
Great post! I have tried these blushers, but I find them so difficult to blend in! They seem to stain my cheeks and not look natural. Maybe it’s just my skin type! x
I’ve only applied them on top of my foundation/bb cream. I find with any cream/liquid blush I need my face to be well moisturised to get an even blend without a base on! Have you tried other brands?
I do apply over my foundation, but for me the colours just don’t blend to a natural finish! I have tried KIKO cream blushers and they’re amazing to blend, but they don’t last quite as long. I also like the Maybelline Dream cream blushers. Finding the right consistency that blends and lasts is so difficult! Have you tried any others that you’d recommend?
I also like Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge for Lips & Cheeks. I’ve got the Pale Pink shade but really want another- can’t decide between Powder Pink & Rose. Bit pricey though, think I’ll check out Maybelline now!
That’s another cream blusher I love, in that exact shade! They are expensive but they’re worth it. X