{"id":12590,"date":"2013-06-26T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=12590"},"modified":"2013-06-25T16:49:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T08:49:01","slug":"estee-lauder-cello-shots-cheek-rush-blush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2013\/06\/estee-lauder-cello-shots-cheek-rush-blush\/","title":{"rendered":"For a transparent Cheek Rush flush, these Estee Lauder gel blushes call the (Cello) Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first time I came across Estee Lauder’s Cello Shots capsule collection, the only thing I could think of was “Jello (vodka) shots” Ooh…er… \ud83d\ude09 I couldn’t help it! The bright colours and lovely light textures, like the wobbly jelly texture and shine of the Sheer Rush Lip Gloss<\/a> further enhances this imagery.<\/p>\n

But the “Cello” actually refers to “cellophane” and when I read that, it all made sense! Cellophane is sheer, translucent plastic sheet and you sometimes get them in different colours, like glass paper – anyone remember making lanterns and stained glass images with those in art class? Erm… anyone remember art classes? \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

So, it should come as no surprise that the products in this range are light, sheer, transparent washes of colour. With that background, let me show you the Cello Shots Cheek Rush gel blush<\/strong>. Yes, gel! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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I’m really into blushes as regulars will be well aware by now, but I mostly stick with powder blush. Its just easier for me to handle and I find them much easier to work with. I used to shy away from liquid or cream blushes because for the most part, they usually call for application with fingers and I absolutely dislike that. I’ve since come up with a workaround that I’ll share with you soon \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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The Cheek Rush gel blush actually comes in 4 shades. Pictured here are Hot Fuse, Pink Patent and X-Pose Rose<\/strong>. Not pictured is Techno Jam, a deeper berry. You may remember that I’d showed you the lipglosses of the same names<\/a> that I really love from this collection. Now, I had nothing bad to say about the packaging of the lipglosses because they come in the same packaging as all the Pure Color lipglosses.<\/p>\n

But I was not taken with the packaging of the Cheek Rush blushes. The bottle is small, just about the height of the Estee Lauder lipsticks and contain about 8g of product. That’s alright because a little goes a long way as I’ll show you below. But what I didn’t like was how plastic it all looked and felt.<\/p>\n

The colours of the packaging reflect that of the blush colour, which is helpful, but I just felt that it wasn’t quite up to standard. I do think they could have done something a little more elegant. Something a little more befitting the RM120 pricetag.<\/p>\n

Packaging aside, performance is touch and go. When I was doing a little research on the Cheek Rush blushes, I realised that almost everyone commented on how sheer they were, going on skin almost transparent. I experienced that myself the first couple of times that I tried it.<\/p>\n

However, no one mentioned just how much it stains, so it isn’t so much of a blush, but is almost a cheek stain. Let me show you some examples of what I mean.<\/p>\n

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Estee Lauder Cello Shots Cheek Rush Swatches (1) X-Pose Rose (2) Pink Patent (3) Hot Fuse<\/em><\/p>\n

When you first pump the gel out on the back of your hand, the colour looks very intense and matches the colour of the packaging almost exactly. Yes, its that bright! The first picture at the top right shows you the product which I pumped on my arm and then swatched them to show you the colour.<\/p>\n