Milani Blushes: Soft Rose, Luminous, Sunset Beach

I got these blushes on clearance for about $2 at CVS.  I don't know if that means they are discontinuing the blushes or if they were just clearing out the Milani displays for new products.  Either way, you might want to check out your CVS to see if you can get some of these, because they're quite nice!

First up:  Sweet Rose

 ingredients

 It's a matte color, very pretty and creates a nice soft flush on the cheeks.

 Swatch on my finger

 hand swatch

left: heavy swatch, right: blended swatch

As you can see, it's very soft once blended out.  At least on me, it looks brighter on my cheeks than it does blended on my hand.  

 As I mentioned in my haul video, I think this blush is a pretty good dupe for the Too Faced blush Cocoa Rose.

 L-R: Cocoa Rose, Soft Rose

As you can see, the Milani blush is a little darker, and the Too Faced blush is a little less pink.  However, I still think they are pretty great dupes for eachother!

Next up: Luminous

Luminous, in my opinion, can be used as a blush and a highlighter (if you apply it lightly).  The golden sheen this blush provides is beautiful!

 Very lightly applied, as a highlighter

 finger swatch

 heavier swatch, blended swatch

 light peachy pink!

I haven't used this blush on my cheeks yet, but from what I can tell, this will be a perfect glowy blush.  It leans a little peachy because of the gold sheen.

Sunset Beach

 I'd say this blush leans a tad more reddish than the pictures show.  It's also matte, with no sparkle whatsoever.

 Heavy swatch, blended swatch

This is a very very pigmented blush.  I'm almost scared to put it on my cheeks!  I think with a light hand, it will make a pretty tan summer flush.  I think it can also be used for contouring...

Overall, I think these are some pretty nice blushes!  They aren't powdery, they apply smoothly, and they are quite pigmented.  Of course 'luminous' isn't the most pigmented, but what blush called 'lumnious' would be?

E.L.F Studio Blush in Pink Passion

This blush retails for $3 at Target.  (or online here)  It's quite a bright pink!
I haven't used it on my cheeks yet, so I can't do a review on it.  But for now, here are some pictures!

 teeny tiny label on the back 

This picture doesn't quite show how bright the blush is.

 This picture shows the brightness a little better, but the blush isn't this peachy.

 Swatches!

 Heavy swatch, blended

Texture: It's a matte blush with the tiniest bit of sparkle.  If you look closely at the pictures of the blush in the pan, you might be able to see a few flecks of glitter.  It's really sparse, so it doesn't show up on your cheeks.  It's also a little bit powdery, but it's so pigmented that you can pretty much disregard that.