Remember when I first showed you the pretty pretty La Rose Deco blush from Lancome’s French Coquette collection for Fall 2010?
I figured I better start telling you about it before it flies off the shelves and disappears for good because darlings, this one’s Limited Edition! Those two dratted words again.
As I told you before, the picture above is a little washed out but since I’ve dug into this one already, let me show you how it looks without that shimmer overlay.
Its just a very fine thin layer of shimmer on top, for decoration more than to use. Like art, a bit of highlight goes a long way towards making a good picture great!
There, a quick once over with a fluffy brush and all the shimmer’s gone. This photo shows it pretty much true to pan. Perfect! 😀 I much prefer it without the shimmer. It looks pretty on, but it would be hell to use if it was shimmery. Instead the blush is matte and a combination of 2 colours – peach and pink.
Aside: I don’t know why this blush has gotten no online love. Its gorgeous both to look at and to use and it absolutely deserves to be loved.
I find the blush a little pigmented so be careful. Just a light tap or swipe over the surface is all you need for perfectly blushing cheeks. Scary close up picture below.
Its very pretty on. Lancome says this is a multi-purpose powder. I say this is a blush and nothing but a blush. Well, unless you want to walk around red-faced for most of the day.
I like how the design is laid out. You can actually go more pink or more peach depending on which side of the blush you swipe. This way, you get something like 3 different blushes in one. Ooh la la! Mais oui!
Its a very pretty blush to look at, and a pretty blush to use. I’m loving it for that fresh faced look! 😀
Pros: Fine-milled powder, Matte texture, Lovely colour and pigment
Cons: Limited edition, Too pigmented to be used for all over powder as touted
Have you checked this one out already? To be perfectly honest, if you already have lots of peachy pink blushes, you don’t need this one. But if you like owning something limited edition (that actually works well), or want to get a nice high end blush that looks nice and applies well without making you look like a discoball, give this one a look. Its not that pricey! 😉
Paris B
Lancome La Rose Deco powder/blush retails at RM115 at Lancome counters and is limited edition for Fall 2010
ys says
September 27, 2010 at 2:24 pmSince we’re at the “Limited Edited” topic (why is it so common nowadays?seems like everything is Ltd Edi) Please go try out the Chanel SOHO Highlighting Palette. The colours once swirled together looks fabulous. Very natural glow. I bought it about 2 weeks ago at Isetan’s counter. It wasn’t on display but I asked and they brought out the tester….and end of story, 1 pc came home with me. 🙂
ParisB says
September 27, 2010 at 2:37 pmWell most seasonal collections are limited edition 🙂 Its probably a way to make you “want” it while its available hehe 😉 I saw pics of the Chanel Soho online – it looks fabulous! Glad you manage to snag it 😀 I did think it might be a tad dark for me (I don’t pull of plum tones well) but we’ll see. I am still thinking of getting Pink Explosion Joues Contrast though 🙂
ys says
September 27, 2010 at 10:42 pmmakeup.addict : Talk abt ‘psychotic makeup buyer’, I’ll hv to admit to being that too 🙂
Paris : The Chanel SOHO Highlighter/Blush is surprisingly not plummish at all, well, it gives a very nice glow/colour to the complexion. I can’t really say if it’s pink or plum, maybe because it is neither. You’ll have to try to ‘experience’ the colour. I have a feeling it will go OOS very very soon, if it hasn’t already. 🙂 I already have Pink Explosion (very pretty btw) and I am searching every Chanel counter for Rose Temptation, which happens to be the ONLY Ltd Edition in M’sia. Arghh…should have bought when it was still available.
ParisB says
September 28, 2010 at 1:38 pmSigh… I now have to go and check out Chanel Soho! Hope to catch sight of it before it flies off the shelves!
plue says
September 27, 2010 at 2:29 pmi think it’s OOS already?
it looks lovely, but I am not sure if I really want it that much. Haha. And yeah, it does seem like a blush ONLY and nothing else. LOL
ParisB says
September 27, 2010 at 2:38 pmReally? Gone already? Oh well, who knows where it’ll turn up then 🙂 Its super pretty actually I really like this one 🙂
plue says
September 27, 2010 at 3:50 pmhm, maybe i’ll go see again, my eyes maybe playing tricks on me 😛
but i reckon it’s OOS, i thought it was launched quite a while already.
ParisB says
September 27, 2010 at 5:40 pmHmm… got it just before I went away so I think its been about a month? Still who knows how fast stock runs these days.
lemon says
September 27, 2010 at 2:41 pmmm.. reminds me of that benefit coralista, slightly more pinkish…
i hv too many blushers already….dun temp me….>,<
ParisB says
September 27, 2010 at 3:04 pmIts actually more pink, but has no coral tones like Coralista so it doesn’t risk turning orange 🙂 I too have too much blushes. Doesnt stop me tempting myself haha! 😉
plue says
September 27, 2010 at 3:50 pmoooh! paris! we share the same fate of too many blushes! 😛
rinnah says
September 27, 2010 at 2:48 pmPretty pretty pretty… but I don’t use that much blush, so… lemming begone! 😛
ParisB says
September 27, 2010 at 3:03 pmHaha if I don’t use blush, I’d look like the walking dead 😛
Nikki says
September 27, 2010 at 3:30 pmSUPER OOOOHHLALA Alright!!!!! Soooo gorgeous!
ParisB says
September 27, 2010 at 5:38 pmHeehee… pretty eh? 😀
Hanny says
September 27, 2010 at 3:44 pmI only have one blush: MAC in Peaches, but I’m still scared as hell to try to venture to other blushes. I’m too dark for pink blushes, perhaps? IDK…
ParisB says
September 27, 2010 at 5:39 pmYou’ll never know till you try! If you are more tanned, try a darker pink or a deeper shade. There’s a blush shade for everyone 😀
Synaesthesia says
September 27, 2010 at 6:06 pmit looks gorgeous ! I’m not sure whether the color will be matching my skintone as I’m quite yellowish…
ParisB says
September 28, 2010 at 1:36 pmHmm its a bit cool so it might not look as good on warm tones
eliza says
September 27, 2010 at 8:20 pmtoo pretty for me to use @@;;;
ParisB says
September 28, 2010 at 1:36 pmhaha… I guess I have no sentiments for pretty products!
makeup.addict says
September 27, 2010 at 8:26 pmThe blush looks absolutely gorgeous in the pan! But I have a feeling that it won’t show up on my tanned NC43 skin. Even if I do buy it, it will probably go down the same road as my MAC Marine Life Highlight Powder & MAC Golden Nectar Highlight Powder which is to be kept in my makeup drawer and be ogled every once in a while. I just love the gold over spray on them till I’m too scared to use ’em. Yes, I am that type of psychotic makeup buyer. 😀
ParisB says
September 28, 2010 at 1:37 pmLOL at “psychotic makeup buyer”! You know what you can do? Buy 2 – One to keep and one to use 😉 Best of both worlds 😀 And it might not show much on darker skintones.
Rooibos says
September 28, 2010 at 12:10 amThe colours actually remind me of the limited edition blush from Dior this spring that was part of the dentelle collection – the one with the pretty lace overlay. One half of that was pink and the other peachy/pink.
ParisB says
September 28, 2010 at 1:39 pmhmm… I have the Pink Dentelle blush but its pink with white overlay, and wasn’t two toned 🙂 Or perhaps you meant the duo blush which I missed out on 🙂
Jessica says
September 28, 2010 at 6:14 pmWhy LE again? This is too gorgeous to be LE *oh noes*
I thought it’d be shimmery but it looks gorgeous. On you. Oh no, wallet’s screaming again. Hahhaa.