Beauty Care: Coloured Raine Smooches Cream Blush Review & Swatches

Smooches

Coloured Raine Smooches Cream Blush ($16.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a rich, raspberry pink with strong, cool undertones and a semi-matte finish. The blush was incredibly pigmented where the barest amount produced medium or higher coverage from the get-go, so you’ll want to use a very light-hand with this product and it would be more suitable for someone who prefers higher coverage.

It had a smooth, blendable texture when I worked with it on my skin, but it was a task to get the right level of product onto a brush for application due to the texture being overly creamy, emollient, and melted to the point where a fingertip resulted in the product moving around. It was like softened butter left on the counter before baking. This product lasted for eight and a half hours before fading noticeably.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

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Formula Overview

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The formula didn't have a lot of claims, only that it is supposed to be a "silky cream" texture that "helps moisturize the skin" with "the right amount of color." The texture was incredibly creamy; it felt like it was half-melted from the sun, because any pressure caused the product to displace quite a bit.

I'd highly recommend using a fluffy, synthetic brush and a feathery hand to pick up product, which was enough pressure to pick up more than enough product as they were intensely pigmented.

Worth noting: after the initial release of four shades, the brand released two additional shades in a smaller format, and they were significantly less creamy, thick, and had a thinner, lightly emollient texture that took longer to dry down and were not quite as pigmented (but still quite pigmented overall--I just didn't have to use the gentlest touch to grab product like the original shades).

Despite being one of the creamiest formulas I've come across in the cream blush realm, it had a full dry down to a more "natural" matte finish--not totally flat but not dewy at all. The blushes applied fairly well to bare skin and on top of foundation, but I found fingertips were more prone to lifting up base products with this formula.

They wore around eight hours on me before fading visibly.

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Ingredients

CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, DIMETHICONE、ISOHEXADECANE, COPERNICIA CERIFERA WAX, SILICA, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAETHYLHEXANOATE, DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX, SYNTHETIC WAX, CETYL PEG/PPG-10/1 DIMETHICONE, PHENOXYETHANOL, SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS SEED OIL, BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER, TOCOPHEROL, LIMNANTHES ALBA SEED OIL, GLYCERYL BEHENATE, SODIUM HYALURONATE, MAY CONTAIN:CI 77891, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 16035, CI 15985, CI 15850.

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