There is something you may know about me. Or you may not. But I’m a blush fiend. Blushes were my first love, even before lipstick and I have a … well… pretty large collection 😛 I don’t discriminate with brands, if you are wondering. You may notice that I have a fondness for the luxury brands, but when it comes to blush (and lipstick), I am quite prepared to look in the budget sections provided there is something good and worth looking at 😀
Which is how I stumbled on the Silkygirl Blushing Trio blush one day at the pharmacy. Silkygirl is a local (Malaysian) brand of inexpensive cosmetics that is very easy on the pocket. I spotted the new Blushing Trio blushes one day and later went back to pick one up. A preliminary swatch of the tester made me think it a decent enough buy. The low low promotional price of RM19.88 (RRP RM25.90) helped of course!
But does the cheap price mean cheap and crappy product?
Happily no! I’m quite impressed by this little blush compact.
Ok, so the packaging sucks. Its thick and bulky and the plastic is brittle. I can forsee myself putting a crack in one of these soon. I would prefer if Silkygirl had gone for more streamlined thinner packaging. The brush included is not even worth trying. I tossed mine the minute I opened the blush because it kept migrating into the blush area and messing it up. It is also sparse, scratchy and an all round pain.
I’d much prefer if they didn’t bother including a brush. Granted, some people may appreciate a brush if they don’t have one, but this brush will apply the powder streakily and patchy and these same people will then bin this blush because “Its crap”. But it isn’t. Use your own proper blush brush to apply and the blush is a nice inexpensive treat!
Silkygirl Blushing Trio Rosy Peach swatches : Bottom: swatched top to bottom, Top: blended
Each stripe is quite pigmented as you can see from the swatches. The 2 deeper rosy shades are matte and the lightest shade at the bottom of the trio is slightly shimmery. Depending on which part of the trio you apply your blush brush to, you will see the colour apply lighter or deeper.
You can also see that the blended swatch isn’t too bright nor too pale. My blush brush picks up colour well, and it applies as a soft pink with a hint of peach on the cheeks.
See? Its quite delicate on cheeks and for me, lasts me almost all day. Do bear in mind that I do not have oily skin. I apply 2-3 layers depending on how intense I want it to look and it isn’t shiny or too shimmery. The pink is muted and not too bright and to my surprise, it shows up well. If you want a touch of highlight, just pick up the shimmer shade and dust on your cheekbones.
For an inexpensive pick me up, this one’s a winner!
In a nutshell
The Silkygirl Blushing Trio blushes come in 3 shades. This is 01 Rosy Peach and it is as the name implies, a rosy pink peach on my skin. It is lightly pigmented and is not too matte nor too shimmery. The brush included is really poorly designed and so is the packaging. But for the price, I’m not complaining.
Pros: Affordable, Nice colour and texture, Longlasting on my skin
Cons: Packaging is too bulky and brittle, Brush included is crap
Who will like this: Anyone on a budget, Anyone – period!
I saw 3 shades available at the counter. I went for the one that was most wearable for most, which is Rosy Peach. One is more brown which will suit those who prefer something warmer and more golden, while another was a pale pink that did not appeal.
Have you by any chance tried any of the Silkygirl Blushing Trio blushes? I love it when I come across something this cheap and yet performs well. I have actually been using this quite often because the colour is quite pretty, and I can forsee that this will be my travel blush. If it shatters, I won’t be upset. Or maybe I will but at least replacement won’t hurt my wallet 🙂
Paris B
Silkygirl Blushing Trio blushes come in 3 shades Price: RRP RM25.90 (bought at RM19.88 at Guardian on promo) Availability: Silkygirl counters at most pharmacies
Cynthia says
May 21, 2012 at 8:47 amThis blusher is pretty!! I never really try silky girl because their packaging just doesn’t attracts me. The only stuff I bought from
Them was their colorful eyeliner and lipgloss.
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 11:08 amOh their funky eyelights eyeliner was da bomb! I loved them. Not so much a fan of their lip products, but this blush is quite impressive 🙂
Jan s says
May 21, 2012 at 9:06 amThanks for the review! I picked one up a few weeks ago on sale but haven’t used it yet :p it looks super pretty on you!
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 11:08 amBreak it out Jan! Let’s see if its as pretty on you (which I’m 100% sure it is!) 😀
Madam M says
May 21, 2012 at 9:11 amYay don’t you just love it when a cheap & cheerful brand really surprises you. The colors look really lovely. A nice sweep of pink deliciousness. What a great find.
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 11:09 amThank you Madam M! 😀 Yes, indeed its a great cheap find and I can’t believe how surprising that was! 😀
Germs says
May 21, 2012 at 9:14 amNow you’re really tempting me to drop by Watsons later to grab it! I swatched it a couple of times but never really felt like buying it to add to my collection. They’ve really improved on their formula I think, because I had the older versions and they were chalky and unpigmented! They do have a pretty decent gel pen eyeliner that I still use for travel too because it’s great value!
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 11:10 amThe old single colours weren’t bad when they first launched them. The duos and shimmer stuff were just meh. This one was quite surprising. I didn’t quite expect it. Do share if you picked it up in the end (although I’d recommend waiting till it goes on sale 😉 )
Nikki says
May 21, 2012 at 9:34 amPB! If you say it’s good, I believe you! You’re my blush queen!!! 🙂 This color looks wonderful on you! I think even without eye makeup, it gives afresh vibe!
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 11:10 amhaha indeed! I’m a blush queen *adjusts tiara* 😀 Thanks babe!
Vonvon says
May 21, 2012 at 9:36 amSeems like Silkygirl is upping their game. I remember those times when I was in Malaysia, I wouldn’t even look twice at their display in Watsons or Guardian.
Gotta say the blush looks very pretty.
Have a good morning, Paris!
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 11:11 amHiya Vonvon! Silkygirl is most certainly coming out with lots of new products although i’m not sure if every one is as good. Still, its always nice to see a local brand make good, even if just regionally 😀 Hope you’re having a great day!
Kiley says
May 21, 2012 at 9:39 amYou’re right about the packaging. I once had a SilkyGirl blusher I loved to bits that fell to the floor and cracked into a thousand pieces (among with the plastic and my heart). And it was only from knee-height!
Still, this looks pretty and affordable – but I think it’s still too expensive compared to my cheap-o deal, the Daiso blush. There’s two colours: shimmery peach and shimmery candy floss pink. I bought the pink on a whim whilst aimlessly Daiso shopping (a bad habit I have when I have too much cash on hand). I know, Daiso. BUT while the packaging looks slightly pasar malam dodgy, I haven’t broken it yet despite numerous knocks and falls. The shimmer may put you off at first, but when you actually swatch it, it’s a pretty soft pink. Against the cheekbones it highlights and makes my round face look like I’m no longer Alvin the chipmunk’s cousin. It doesn’t last long, but I don’t mind: putting on blusher always cheers me up. The cost for a happy spring in my step? RM5.
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 2:37 pmI was a little amused to see the word “expensive” used in conjunction with Silkygirl, but I guess by comparison to Daiso, it would be 🙂 I have tried a blush from Daiso. It had a quilted surface. It was pretty decent overall but I eventually found the lasting power lacking even on non oily skin and it smelt funky after being kept a while. I love shopping at Daiso for storage items and bits and bobs but I don’t usually do their cosmetics 🙂
AnT says
May 21, 2012 at 10:29 amAnyeong Haseyo PB dearie!! 😀
Gosh. This blush is amazing at a very affordable cost 🙂 Don’t really mind the crappy brush though 😀
This photo of yours gave me an impression that you are with Korean Air now 😀
Glad I am back from hectic schedules 😀 Yay yay! Yay yay!
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 2:38 pmHAHAHA! You made my day, my dear! 😀 Not with Korean Air although that is a fascinating thought heehee… glad to have you back AnT! 😀
Aza_A says
May 21, 2012 at 10:32 amThat looks pretty in you! I’ve seen this blusher every time i pay a visit to the drugstores, and keep wanting to buy it but i’ll usually put it back (bought an eyeshadow from this line before and not too happy about it) so i thought the same goes with other stuff like this blusher. Anyways, i’m so gonna try this! The color is adorable. 🙂
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 2:39 pmI think their eyeshadows are hit and miss too. They had a 4 pan palette once that was quite good. But otherwise, I don’t think very much of their shadows anymore even if I used to think they were alright. The colour combinations are just too weird sometimes 😛 I haven’t looked at Silkygirl very much but this blush was quite impressive. I should look at what else they have to offer 😉
Jennifer says
May 21, 2012 at 1:05 pmParis B, you read minds (mine at least), I am doubly and triply convinced now, hehe. I was looking around for an economical blusher to try out for my little weekend make up experiment. I came across this Silkygirl one at Guardian. But then I wasn’t sure and I thought who would blog or do a review on this right? Yes, right, Paris B would and she did! Lol. Looks good on you and thanks for the great review 🙂
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 2:53 pmeeee Reading minds is sort of awesome 😀 I hope the promo is still on at Guardian and if it is, its worth picking it up to play with. At under RM20, its a nice find! 😀
Jennifer says
May 22, 2012 at 10:59 pmLol, I am in Singapore now and just now I was lurking in Watson’s and Guardian. Am surprised that they have Ecotools and all sorts of fancy drugstore brands! Nice stuffs they have here. Thanks to your blog on checking out overseas drugstores for some nice goodies, previously I don’t really look around much in the pharmacies.
Yeah thanks Paris, I will grab the Silkygirl one, just hope that they’re still around when I get back this week. I’ve checked out the KLIA Guardian and didn’t see any…Limited Edition I suppose 😉
Paris B says
May 24, 2012 at 11:26 amYes! I love browsing the pharmacies wherever I travel to. The stuff you find in there are so much more interesting than in departmental stores where it is pretty much generic 😀 Hope you are having a good time in Singapore, despite having to work! 😉
Alyssa Jaren says
May 21, 2012 at 4:01 pmi was tempted to get this a while ago, but i didnt. hahahaha. Silkygirl has hike up its prices recently, its not as inexpensive as it was before 🙁 but i stumbled across Essence quite a while ago, and i think it beat off silkygirl of its budget throne 😀 its sooo cheappp and yet the quality is on par. i love their stay with me lipglosses! 😀
Jyoan says
May 21, 2012 at 5:09 pmHi Alyssa.
Ah yes! You’re right. I notice how awfully expensive Silkygirl’s products are right now, when the quality is still not yet there (for all their items). But this blush trio is great! It’s so good that I bought one, and went back to buy it in another shade 3 days later.
Essence is pretty good for the dirt cheap prices. =)
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 2:59 pmI guess expensive or not will be quite relative. I still find Silkygirl affordable for the most part, although I don’t pay much attention to the brand unless some special catches my eye like this one. I have a couple of items from Essence and from what I remember, their prices are pretty decent and so is the quality. I have one of the lipglosses too! Find it smells too sweet for my liking so I haven’t picked up more, but the quality is pretty good.
milktea says
May 21, 2012 at 4:16 pmIf u hadn’t told us it was by SilkyGirl… I would not have known. 🙂 Hard to tell from the packaging (no SG logo) and swatches. The swatches, especially, look nice huh? 😉
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 3:00 pmYup! The name is only on the cover. Its quite pretty to look at isn’t it?
Jyoan says
May 21, 2012 at 5:11 pmHehe, your post on this is out. I kept wondering if you eventually picked it up after the Twitter tweets back then.
I definitely agree with this. They should keep the blush formula this way from now on, and scrap the formula for the Duos.
Their singles are good too. Very creamy and pigmented.
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 3:03 pmYeah I did eventually pick it up. Tweeted a picture too but it was quite a long time ago 🙂 Its a pretty decent formula and I think the light shimmer works with the matte colours. I wasn’t impressed with how the duos looked so I never bothered with them. I used their singles a long long time back. Not sure about their current quality, but it was pretty good back then 🙂
MissAyoDélé says
May 21, 2012 at 5:36 pmiT LOOKS NICE;
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 3:04 pmSure does, and performs well too.
SYT says
May 21, 2012 at 6:01 pmyour blog is vicious! i have bot the Guerlain eyeliner pencil, REN rose body oil, Guerlain metorites! and now this looks gooooood !
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 3:04 pmEeps! Now for the million dollar question – did you like everything you got? 😉
Shija says
May 21, 2012 at 7:01 pmOkie dokie… Now buying…
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 3:05 pmLOL!! Well at least its sort of cheap 😀
Mira says
May 21, 2012 at 7:07 pmI only have one blush, the Diorblush. I still have a long way to go to finish my current blush, so I didn’t buy any even if I like it. The only budget friendly blush that I’ve used before was the Maybelline Pure Mineral Blush. It was like 2years ago I think. Then it got stolen by I don’t know which housemates of mine when I left it on my bed in a rushy morning. Unlike the Silkygirl, Maybelline’s blusher brush that was included in it was good. Pretty decent for someone if they don’t have any good blusher brush. There are actually some gems in the pharmacy right? We just have to look for it! ^^
Paris B says
May 22, 2012 at 3:06 pmOh girl, I don’t think anyone here actually finishes a blush! 😛 I have only seen pan on one and that was ages ago hehe… Never finished it though there was a wide area of pan showing through. Thank goodness your housemate only stole your Maybelline blush and not your Dior one!
vivavoomz says
May 24, 2012 at 10:47 pmWas tempted to pick it up. Now I want it now after reading your review. 😀
Paris B says
May 25, 2012 at 10:11 amIts a nice cheap treat and I hope you do like it if you do pick it up 🙂
razfira says
May 25, 2012 at 9:36 pmyeah u look lovely.. never underestimate silkygirl again 🙂
Paris B says
May 27, 2012 at 9:56 pmThank you 🙂 and yes, never underestimate the budget buys!
nn says
June 7, 2012 at 5:04 pmI’ve used the single colour blusher few years back. I loved it but now I’ve switched to another brand.