After nail polish and bronzer, the beauty product I have the least interest in is blush. I have naturally red cheeks and spend a lot of time and effort concealing them, so to then pile on a ton of colour on top of that seems silly to me. I like a smidgeon of a sheer, low pigmentation blush just to make myself look alive and that's pretty much it. For quite a few years I had two blushes - a peachy-pink matte one and a brownish one with a tiny bit of shimmer. And despite those being my only ones I never got through them - I ended up throwing them out when they looked scuzzy. That's how little blush I would generally use.
So what went wrong...
The interesting thing about doing this inventory is how deluded I am about what I own. In Liz's
blush inventory post, I commented that I thought I had about 15-20 blushes, and even when I was writing that comment I distinctly remember thinking it was probably closer to 15, and possibly not even that many. So how many do I have?
31. Yes you read that correctly.
In my defence, with the exception of one MAC blush and one Joey New York blush, they are all drugstore brands. Given my general disinterest in these things, I would never consider paying for a luxury brand blush. I know lots of people do and adore them, and more power to them. I've seen many that look absolutely gorgeous, but I know that I would never give them the appreciation they deserve.
Also, I have only acquired the Beauty UK and the NYX Stick Blushes in the last week, so at the time I commented to Liz, I wasn't as far off on my estimate as I am now. Okay, I'm reaching. DON'T JUDGE ME.
Beauty UK Peaches and Cream and Wild Berry, MAC Honour, Milani Luminoso, Rose D'Oro, Luminous
iNuovi blushes Aura, Chiffon, Whisper, Entice
NYX Angel, Natural, Peach, Taupe
ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder Duo, ELF Glow, Innocence, Shy
Face of Australia Pressed Powder Bronze (technically a bronzer but mega shimmery so I use it as blush), Revlon Matte Rose Rapture, Wet'n'Wild Color Icon Pearlescent Pink, Sleek Rose Gold, Joey New York Faith, some random from unknown brand that came in one of those monthly boxes
NYX Cream Blush Boho Chic, Rose Petal, Maybelline Dream Mousse Peach Satin, Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush Fresh Pink, NYX Stick Blush in Hibiscus, Orchid, Tulip
Let me know if you want swatches, and tell me how many you have (unless you only have 5, in which case I hate you). I'll be in my shame closet thinking about what I've done.
Lovely collection! I love peachy blushes :) I don't think I have 31 but definitely not 5 (about 15 - 20 maybe?!) I just have 2 cream blushes in my collection. I like the look of the NYX stick ones. Thinking if I need them...
ReplyDeleteI only just got the NYX ones on Friday so I haven't tried them out yet - hoping to do that next week, so I'll let you know what I think of them. :-)
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I am TOTALLY judging you!!!!!!!!
And where can I get those NYX cream blushes??? You know, since the inventory, I think my blush count has climbed closer to 40. I did give away 2 to a friend today, though. ;(
I bought mine on eBay from Joy's Cosmetics.
DeleteI knew you'd judge me. I can feel your disapproving stare from here. ;-)
Tee hee - its the beauty junkies' version of the movie "What's your number" ; )
ReplyDeleteHaha, you're so right! Eek!
DeleteHaha, wow! That's considerable ;) I just did an inventory photo shoot a la Liz, as well, but I forgot to count. LOL.
ReplyDeleteOoh, have you posted it yet? I want to see!
DeleteYou have an awesome blush collection! I'm with you, I don't have a lot of expensive blushes. Mostly drugstore and indie. And I'm only recently becoming a blush addict, can't imagine how many I have in my collection!
ReplyDeleteIndie blushes have the best colours, but the messiness drives me insane so I tend to avoid them. If only I weren't too lazy and inept to press. :-(
DeleteChuckled my way through this! Fantastic post.
ReplyDeleteThank you, ma'am. Since your vlogs crack me up most of the time, I take that as high praise indeed! :-)
DeleteThis made me smile..shame closet :) I am there with you, I don't often wear lipstick and lip gloss yet I've got a truckload somehow. Wow those Beauty UK blushes are gorgeous..who could blame you!
ReplyDeleteI did that with lip gloss at one point - I managed to accumulate a ton of them and I don't like lip gloss at all - I rarely wear it. I want to say I've whittled it down to about 5, but when I get around to doing the inventory that may be a different story...
DeleteWow... just wow....I will now send a link to the other half when he starts giving me grief about my cluttered bathroom collection of makeup ha ha!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll be the poster girl for "See? I'm not that bad!" for a while now.
DeleteI just started following your blog, and after seeing your mascara inventory, I had to check out the blush post. :-) I don't know how many blushes I have, but it's A LOT.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that I've collected that I don't use as much as I should is lip glosses. I tend to forget to reapply, so even if I think to use one in the morning, I haven't used much product by the end of the day. In my defense, I haven't gotten into buying lipsticks, which I NEVER wear. That something, right?
I had 2 lipglosses, then somehow that ballooned to about 40, and I hardly ever wear gloss! I've whittled that down again though, and it's one of the things I've managed to pretty much stop buying entirely. :-)
DeleteLOL! I have about 10-15, too. We'll see when I get around to my blush inventory. And like beautybabbler, I always forget to reapply lip gloss or lipstick and when my lips feel dry in the afternoon I always just apply clear lip balm.
ReplyDeleteSame - that's why I never seem to get through a lipstick, I think. I put it on in the morning and then maybe remember to reapply at morning tea and that's pretty much it. Then it's out with the lip balm that lives in my desk.
DeleteI reckon I've got between 20-30 - I'm going to count them now. Oh man I love blush. You should be proud of this Dee :)
ReplyDeleteSo did you count? How many?
DeleteI've got 30. And I'm only counting my Nars Danmari palette as one...
ReplyDeletei seem to have acquired 51 blushes. i say acquired cos there's no way i bought that many. only some sort of escaped mental patient would do that. esp considering i have a fairly round face and dont particularly like blushes as they do a good job emphasising my distinct lack of cheekbones. I was much cheerier when i thought you were the mad blush buying shopaholic :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, 51 makes me feel better! I think we all like these kinds of posts because sometimes we can look at them and think smugly, "Well, I'm not as bad as she is!".
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