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Home » Face » Blush » The Smashbox Masquerade Creamy Cheek Color and Brush is Intrigue-ing

The Smashbox Masquerade Creamy Cheek Color and Brush is Intrigue-ing

October 4, 2010 Paris B 17 Comments

Last week, I showed you the photos of the blush in the Smashbox Masquerade collection – the Creamy Cheek Color and Brush in Intrigue.

smashbox masquerade creamy cheek color and brush blush
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It is a cream stick blush – something I’m not usually a fan of because sometimes, cream blushes can settle into pores or the texture may be too oily. I’m always very wary of cream blushes.

Happily, this Creamy Cheek Color, despite its name is not oily at all. There is enough slip for you to get the colour on your cheeks, but it does not slip and slide all over the place. In fact, I like to apply this by dabbing it directly on my skin as it dries into an almost powder texture. Lovely! And so’s the colour.

Intrigue is its name and it is described as a “Warm Pink”. I must say that the description is pretty accurate. It is a pink, but not so bright as to be bubblegum, yet not so light as to be invisible. It is a warmed pink with slight peachy tones. Here’s the swatch.

smashbox creamy cheek color intrigue swatch
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You can see that when first dabbed on the skin, even with just 1 swipe, the colour is quite strong. Its not unmanagable nor scary, just strong. But once you blend it out with light tapping motions, it becomes a peachier shade on my skin. I don’t blend it out too much because I like the pinkiness of it.

Here are 2 separate pictures of me wearing this blush to show how it looks on the cheeks instead of on the back of my hand.

smashbox masquerade intrigue cream blush stick swatch photo
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In the picture on the left, I had layered Illusion Softlights over it and the blush looks slightly peachy. In the picture on the right, I did not and the blush looks more pink. Lighting is a little yellower than what it should be, but you get the general idea. Its quite Intrigue-ing 😛 I didn’t use very much. Just a few dabs on the apples on my cheeks, light tap to blend and I’m good to go!

I love just how portable this blush is, how friendly it is for hot humid weather like ours (its not too creamy) and how pretty the colour is. If you are very tanned, I don’t think it’ll show up more than as a slight flush though so do take note.

Now, Intrigue is a “Creamy Cheek Color with Brush” and here is the brush which many of you said looked rough and was likened to coconut husks, or maybe even a broom 😀

smashbox masquerade creamy cheek brush
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Its not that bad really. It just looks bad. On the skin, its not too stiff or too hard but I personally found that it did nothing but brush away too much colour. I prefer to just use my fingers to lightly tap at the cream blush to blend. It works much better.

On my skin, the blush lasted for most of the day. On a couple of days when I was out in the sun or heat a lot, it lasted till the early evening at least. As I’ve noted, its not too creamy nor oily so it does not slip and slide around nor does it make me look oily after a few hours. I like that.

A tube retails at RM109 and comes in only 1 colour – Intrigue.

Pros: Lovely colour, Not too creamy nor oily, Blends easily, Travel friendly

Cons: Brush served no purpose, Limited Edition

I’d love for Smashbox to come up with more of the Creamy Cheek Colors. For me, they have done a great job with this one. I’d do away with the brush though, I don’t think it serves any purpose at all since fingers do a much better job.

Might this product or colour be one to win you over? The texture is really nice too – dryish yet does not drag on the skin and dries to an almost powder finish. Oh there are no sparkles in this too 😀

Paris B

Smashbox Cosmetics Masquerade Creamy Cheek Color and Brush is Limited Edition and retails for RM109

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  1. Hanny says

    October 4, 2010 at 9:05 am

    Hmmm… really intriguing, but luckily the lemming passed… hehehe ^.^ Anyone tried the Lancome Teint Miracle?

    It looks lovely on you, Paris! 😛

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    • ParisB says

      October 4, 2010 at 10:01 am

      Yep! Tried the Teint Miracle – it offers a nice glow BUT… will update on the but soon 😉

      Reply
  2. Indulgent Diva says

    October 4, 2010 at 9:24 am

    Looks pretty!

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    • ParisB says

      October 4, 2010 at 10:01 am

      It surprised me, that I gotta say! 🙂

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  3. Isabel says

    October 4, 2010 at 9:40 am

    That’s it. I’m getting it. I already loved the colour but now that I’ve seen it on you, it’s a foregone conclusion since my skin colouring is similar to yours.

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    • ParisB says

      October 4, 2010 at 10:12 am

      Hope you like it Isabel! I really like the colour and how easy it is to use plus it travels very well!

      Reply
  4. milktea says

    October 4, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    It looks like a natural healthy flush on the cheeks 🙂
    Still hate the brush though 🙁 Maybe it’s a defect??

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    • ParisB says

      October 4, 2010 at 4:20 pm

      Karen of Makeup and Beauty Blog mentioned the brush too so I think its a universal thing 🙂

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  5. Tine says

    October 4, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    Yeaaahh, the brush certainly does not look good in the picture. But the blush sure looks pretty though. Especially with summer on the way, cream blushes would do just the trick 😉

    I’ll go kaypoh this the next time I’m at Kit Cosmetics 😛

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    • ParisB says

      October 4, 2010 at 4:20 pm

      The blush is pretty and importantly, it was not oily or too creamy 😀

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  6. Jessica says

    October 4, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    I gotta say, you look rosy 🙂

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    • ParisB says

      October 4, 2010 at 4:21 pm

      Hehe… yeah had to layer it on to show up for photos 😛

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  7. gio says

    October 4, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    The color looks very pretty on you. But I still don’t like the brush that much though.

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    • ParisB says

      October 4, 2010 at 10:14 pm

      Teehee neither do I! I don’t use it – once its covered, I can pretend its never there 😉 Thanks Gio!

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  8. honeyandkisses says

    November 18, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    Hello again, PB!

    I’d just like to know whether Smashbox is cheaper in Malaysia or should I buy it online? Cause Im looking for a present for my cousin’s wedding, so I thought of getting some Nars online and maybe some Smashbox. What do you reckon?

    Thanks 🙂

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    • ParisB says

      November 18, 2010 at 3:38 pm

      I’m not sure where you are. You’d best check the prices here and compare with US prices and see 🙂 from what I know prices in Malaysia are marked up a little but not dramatically so

      Reply

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