Last week, I showed you this bright yellow and pink blush and had you suggest ways to use it. Isn’t it such an unusual colour for a blush? I mean yellow. Really.
You do know that that pretty white intricate lace overlay is just spray on? It brushes off with use and really serves no purpose at all. You can see a smudge also where my finger got onto it the day I got it. Made it easier to defile this one 😛
In the meantime, I also got in touch with an Anna Sui makeup artist to find out just how one could use this very interestingly coloured blush. I was told there were a couple of ways you could use it all of which involved mixing the colours.
Yes dears. We do not walk around with splotches of yellow on our cheeks… unless we have contracted malaria 😛
Once you brush off the white overlay, this is what you get.
Hmm… is it any wonder that Anna Sui needed that pretty pattern? 😛
I must say that this blush really took a lot of work. I first tried swirling a brush over the colours. But the strange thing is that the blush is quite hard to the touch. I could barely get the colours to show up when using my fingers to swatch this which is unusual. However, if you use a brush, the brush picks up colour quite easily. To paraphrase M&Ms it picks up on your brush, not on your hands 😛
Swirling a brush over the surface didn’t do it for me. The yellow is quite strong and it tends to dominate the pink. So I ended up a few times with yellowish cheeks. However, the Anna Sui makeup artist then taught me a different technique, that you can use with all 3 of the blush duos in this range.
You first apply the pink on the apples of your cheeks, and then brush a thin layer of the yellow over the pink. What then happens is that the pink turns peach. But you have to be very careful because its easy to overdo it.
You can see what I mean from the arm swatches above. Those swatches were a right pain in the butt to get – the colour just wouldn’t come off onto my fingers! The very cool pink turns into quite a nice peach… provided you do it correctly. Its certainly interesting although I can’t say this colour combination will be for everyone. I can only see me using this on days when I have the time in the mornings to ensure that I can get it right… or risk people wondering if I’ve come down with jaundice 😛
Pros: Light sheer colours are easy to build up if necessary, 2 colours in one palette – pink and peach
Cons: Pinkish Yellow is very challenging
The Anna Sui Spring 2011 Blush Duos actually come in 3 shades – 01 Blooming Pink, 02 Healthy Orange and 03 Pinkish Yellow. Of the 3, I think Blooming Pink would be the easiest to handle. You can apply it the same way as shown here i.e. layer the lighter shade over the darker shade to create a new colour.
Its just that it being two shades of pink, the margin of error is practically nil. Healthy Orange (orange/brown) too sounds perfect for those with a warm skintone for a healthy blush/bronzer look. The most challenging therefore is Pinkish Yellow. But as you can see here, its not impossible to manage! 🙂
Have you seen these at the Anna Sui counter? They are limited edition so colours like #01 would probably sell out quickly. Are you adventurous enough to give a colour like Pinkish Yellow a go? 🙂
Paris B
The Anna Sui Blush Duos for Spring 2011 are limited edition and retail at RM91 each at all Anna Sui counters.
way too much work >_< won't get pinkish yellow LOL
Definitely a lot of work. I can’t see myself using this one very often. Now if it was the Blooming Pink one, I might actually use it quite a lot! 😀
hmmm… what is the purpose of the white lace pattern on the surface then??
but it’s gorgeous and make ppl dun wanna defile it.. lol
i agree that the pinkish yellow is kinda difficult, I will choose the blooming pink if I have any plan to get one of these.
Its a pretty pattern but that’s about it 🙂 Blooming Pink is definitely the way to go with this duo. Or even the Healthy Orange one 🙂
The yellow got me intrigued! I like the nice peach color when yellow is layered over pink. Looks pretty!
It certainly is but you need a very very light hand with the yellow. Perhaps its just my skin because I have more pink tones and my skin tone’s lighter. For someone with a slightly darker skintone they would likely have less “problems” 😉 But its a pretty colour… once you get it right 😉
Pretty, but I can see myself mucking this one up on a day I’m running late!
Psst! You and me both!
I have a blush duo similar to the Healthy Orange one, but one shade is a deep orange-peach, while the bronzer shade is so dark that even I can’t use it… Haih.
But how is the learning curve for you to use the blush correctly??
Perhaps what you can do is use the orange over a pink so that way you get to use it anyway 🙂 As for the learning curve, it was super steep but I get to get the hang of it in a hurry 😛
Eh, why use this if I can buy a peach colored blush? too much hassle for me.
*giggles* Erm… novelty factor? 😉 So you can whip it out and test your friends “Look! I have a yellow blush… you know how to use a yellow blush?” 😉 On light cool skintones like mine, its a heck lot of work but on warmer darker skintones I would think it might actually be easier and could even look better. I’d do as you suggest and just buy a peach blush too hehe…
it sounds a bit of work to mix the two! and the last thing i want (as an asian) is yellow, haha! but the overspray is pretty though
You and me both! Haha… Guess this wasn’t the best introduction to Anna Sui blushes for me. The Blossoming Pink one does look pretty right?
What a shame the lace pattern is just overspray! I think it looks very pretty when the yellow is applied on top of the pink but I agree with Reese. I’d rather get myself a peachy blush..
Yeah I think I prefer my blushes premixed, especially when I might botch it up in a hurry!
Hey you made it work! It looks pretty good actually 🙂
Thanks! 😀
I used to have a orange color blusher from Ettusais. It came out nicely peachy on skin. Not sure if they still have it thou.
Orange blushes are actually very pretty 🙂 I used to have one too from Shu Uemura. In fact, I wonder if I still might have it … 😉
This is pretty funny! I guess it would come in handy when you want to do a Simpsons Halloween look? Hehe! Though it does look very pretty in your pic when you got it right 🙂
you should try out Benefit’s new blusher Bella Bamba or Mamba!…its beautiful and adds an instant glow to my pale face. !
I have it! 😀 And despite my earlier misgivings, you’re right, its very very pretty. I haven’t found the time to write about it though… or to take pictures. Sigh…
Nice.. except for the yellow one. It’s scary! 😉
interesting but too much trouble to actually use.
Just got this yesterday. It was the most interesting one of the lot and looks pretty flattering when the SA applied it on me. Hopefully I can produce the same effect on my own. Haha…
OMG they are so pretty!!! Gosh… Anna Sui’s packaging is seriously killing me… With the new Loose Powder packaging in White… I just got stabbed… 😛