I am huge fan of cream based products. I am curious to know your favorite cream blushes so please share some of your favorites or ones you’ve tried and your thoughts!

Some of mine are:

Glossier Cloud Paint in Beam: a creamy peachy pink blush with a glossy dewy finish. I like to apply it with a brush over using my fingers as most people do. Only downside is the staying power is rather inconsistent but it is very suitable to a natural/dewy look. It’s so subtle to the point it doesn’t shows in pictures

Honest Beauty Cream Blush in Coral Peach: this is an extremely pigmented blush. Very little goes a long way and I’m not exactly sure how to describe the finish but it’s more matte than dewy I guess. Probably my favorite so far

CoverGirl Clean Fresh Cream Blush in Flushed: Similar color to honest beauty cream blush but has more of a dewy finish and a slightly metallic coloring to it. Is also extremely pigmented so a little goes a long way. It’s also vegan!

Milk Makeup lip/cheek stick in Werk: beautiful rosy color with a dewy finish but has terrible lasting power. Most of the time it fades within the next hour but on the rare occasion it stays.

I have light skin and typically use the Benefit Dandelion blush which I love, but I have skin on the dry side so I thought switching to a cream blush might be a good way to maintain some dewy looking skin. Anyone have a brand of cream blushes/bronzers they love ?

Thanks!

I have and love the look and wear of the glossier cloud paints. However, having used them for years, I'm starting to get a bit annoyed by having to squeeze out the tiniest amount and dab it on. I also am welcoming my second child soon (my oldest is two) and I literally have ten minutes to do my makeup in the morning so I need to switch to something that can be applied really quickly.

I'm looking for something that's fairly pigmented and can be sheered out that comes in a flat container (apply with fingers or brush) or a stick! What are your favorites? Thanks in advance!!

Im new to cream blushes. I did my research online and I’ve watch a lot of vlogs. Tower28 BeachPlease cream blush is highly rated and a lot of make up vloggers loves it. So I ordered 2 shades from Sephora. The colors were stunning! But I find it very very sticky and the color fades away almost immediately after applying. I’ve tried it multiple time. I tried with/without primer, w and w/o setting spray, w/ and w/o setting powder. I even tried two different foundation as base but I still get the same result. I tried everything to like it. The formula is just not for me.

What brand would you recommend? I have combo skin. My T-zone slightly oily then the rest of my face is normal to dry.

What are the best cool toned powder blushes? I’m looking for powder blushes in red, mauve, and a berry color.

I just got into cream blushes with the Canmake cream cheek, I love them, but I'm already starting to hit pan in one because they're so tiny. I may just repurchase when I'm out, but it would be nice to find something similar that will last a bit longer. What are your cream blush recommendations?

I never use blush and want to start. What’s your favorite? And are you most inclined to use powder, liquid or cream?

What would you recommend is the easiest for a beginner to use?

Hello! I have been scraping skincare and beauty subreddits for a personal project. These are my results so far, ranking the different blushes brand recommendations by upvotes. Thought it might be helpful for users of this subreddit!

• Rank 1 (268.87 upvotes): Saie Blush
• Rank 2 (243.55 upvotes): NARS Orgasm Blush
• Rank 3 (154 upvotes): Hourglass Blush
• Rank 4 (138.5 upvotes): Glossier Cloud Paint
• Rank 5 (95 upvotes): Bobbi Brown Blush
• Rank 6 (90 upvotes): House of Hur
• Rank 7 (83 upvotes): Patrick Ta
• Rank 8 (82 upvotes): Fwee Pudding pot
• Rank 9 (78 upvotes): Holike Holika Jelly Dough
• Rank 10 (76 upvotes): etude cooke blush
• Rank 11 (72.5 upvotes): rom&nd Better Than Cheek (Blueberry Chip)
• Rank 12 (69.6 upvotes): Rare Beauty
• Rank 13 (69 upvotes): Clinique

Note: Sometimes, one comment might recommend 2 or 3 brands - the upvotes on that comment are then split between the recommended products (that's how you can have .5 upvotes)

Note: I deliberately avoided recommending specific shades here. Although many of the reddit comments do suggest specific shades, I think it makes more sense for p to test and figure out which shade makes works better for you (even if you pick a brand you like!). Do also note that for specific skin tones, I recommend going to the dedicated subreddits (e.g. OliveMUA, PaleMUA)

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For transparency!

This is most of the raw data that I used to compile the rankings:

Thread: Blush recommendation please

• Tower 28 lip and cheek (42 upvotes)

Thread: Favorite liquid blush

• Apieu Juicy Pang Water Blusher (14 upvotes)

Thread: Fool proof fail proof blush recommendations

• Hourglass blushes (14 upvotes)

Thread: Holy grail blush

• Hourglass ambient blushes and Pat Mc Grath (50 upvotes)

Thread: If you could only wear one blush for the rest of

• Black honey (28 upvotes)
• Bobbi brown had an Illuminating Bronzer (60 upvotes)

Thread: The best blush in your opinion considering price

• Saie liquid blush (158 upvotes)

Thread: What has been your most used blush product this

• Fwee pudding pot in Without (48 upvotes)

Thread: Whats your favorite blush for that natural blush

• holika holika jelly dough blushers (53 upvotes)

Thread: Your favorite blush

• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush (Luminous Flush) (138 upvotes)
• Hourglass - Luminous Flush, Westman - Petal, Rare Beauty - Hope (72 upvotes)
• Nars orgasm. (52 upvotes)
• Merit Flush Balm Cream Blush (Beverly Hills), NARS Talc-free Powder Blush (Orgasm), Benefit (Dandelion) (35 upvotes)
• Patrick ta 'not too much' (27 upvotes)
• westman atelier (22 upvotes)
• Rhode - Sleepy Girl, Piggy and Toasted Teddy; Tower 28 - After Hours; Saie Dew - Rosy and Baby (39 upvotes)
• Clinique fig pop (34 upvotes)
• Nars Sin (RIP 😭) (58 upvotes)
• Phytosurgence condensate (32 upvotes)
• Hourglass Mood Exposure (30 upvotes)
• Mac Blush Please (28 upvotes)
• milani luminoso (26 upvotes)
• Pat McGrath Divine Rose (23 upvotes)
• Patrick Ta Major Headlines (20 upvotes)
• Glossier cloud paint in Dusk (23 upvotes)
• Clinique (18 upvotes)

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. I tried to organize them in groups and kept missing some or thinking some went into 1 group to realize they probably belonged in another, so then redoing them. I think I got them grouped as well as possible 🤣

SKIN TONE I’m fair with very cool toned, muted skin. Finding a pink blush was always a challenge for me until I found out I was really cool toned and figured out that's why anything that looked pink would turn peach or orange on me, depending how much warmth it had, and if I wanted it to be a true pink on me it had to be a true cool toned pink or be more of a lavender/purple shade. So began my search! These are some of my favorite powders right now. I have to do liquid/cream blush swatches next!

FORMULA, APPLICATION, WEAR All of these are really good formulas! They pick up easily, blend out easily onto my dry skin, and don't look dry or powdery at all. I usually favor liquid/cream blush, but, if the powder formula is good and doesn't look dry and powdery on me and it's a color I like, then I have no problem. And these are ones I have no problems with! Obviously, some are more pigmented than others - the really light shades aren't going to be intense color since they're so light, but they actually have really good pigment for being so light where I don't need to build them up a ton to get them to show up. I also like to use them along with more intense colors or to cool down any colors that aren’t as cool toned as I’d like. The ones that aren’t as pale/light have more pigment to them, but even the more pigmented ones aren’t so pigmented where it’s easy to go overboard with them. I can apply all of these without being too cautious, worrying about clown cheeks! They all last well throughout the day (on my dry skin with setting spray and fixing spray used). If there’s anything different about any of the blushes, I’ll give details on that with each one.

SWATCHES Finger swatches on my bare forearm (no primer/lotion). All 1 swipe except for some of the paler ones, which are 2 swipes each. I swiped them on my arm and then ran my finger back and forth to kind of blend them into the skin some so they weren’t just straight pigment swiped on (hopefully that makes sense lol). Photos are in natural lighting. I took the photos with my window to the right of me. With the blinds closed. I did my best to make sure the lighting allowed the colors in the photos to show true to what I see in person (at least when I have my brightness turned up all the way).

If you want any info on any individual one, let me know! If the blushes came in a palette with other shades, I tried to remember to do a separate photo swatching all the shades so you could see those as well!

SWATCH PHOTOS

PHOTO 1: MUTED - PALE/LIGHT LAVENDER/PINK (COOL TONES)

• Jung Saem Mool Colorpiece Blush: Blending Lavender (this has the pan split in half where one half is a pale light pink and the other half is a pale lavender. I did a swatch of each one and then a swatch of them mixed)
• Glint Baked Blush: 07 Pale Lilac
• Oulac Blush Mono: Believe
• Hince True Dimension Layering Cheek #L003 Dreamlike (this includes a cream and a powder. The cream is a lavender and the powder is a light pink. Only powder shown here, but I did do a photo showing swatches of both the cream and powder)
• LA Colors Blush: Pink Blush
• Carter Beauty Blusher Palette - Aphrodite: Praise
• ABH Blush Trio - Pink Passion: Sugar
• Docolor Tropical Palette: Breezy

PHOTO 2: BRIGHTER COOL TONED PINKS

• Docolor Tropical Palette: Taffy
• By Terry Brightening CC Palette - 2. Beach Bomb: N3 Pink Sunset
• Give Me Glow Dream Blush: Legally Pink
• Give Me Glow Dream Blush: Party Favor
• Docolor Tropical Palette: Flamingo
• LA Colors Blush: Sweet Cheeks
• Carter Beauty Blusher Palette - Aphrodite: Honour

PHOTO 3: MEDIUM PINKS/KIND OF BERRY (Wasn’t sure what to call these - Medium toned pinks with some kind of leaning into berry?)

• ABH Blush Trio - Pink Passion: Basically
• Ulta Beauty Mad for Mauve 6 Piece Blush Palette: Raspberry
• Give Me Glow Dream Blush: Dear Diary
• Ulta Beauty Mad for Mauve 6 Piece Blush Palette: Pink Punch
• LA Colors Blush: Berry Plum
• Beauty Bakerie Neapolitan Bar Face Palette: Blush Shade (no name for it)

PHOTO 4: BERRY/PURPLES

• Give Me Glow Dream Blush: Lilac Euphoria
• Essence Pure Nude Baked Blush: Goldy Cassis
• Carter Beauty Blusher Palette - Aphrodite: Glory
• Give Me Glow Dream Blush: Mauvelous
• Cover FX Monochromatic Blush Duo: Sweet Mulberry (matte & shimmer)
• Le Metier De Beaute Blush Highlighter Duet - Velvet Underground: Blush Shade (no name for it)

PHOTO 5: PINKS THAT AREN’T AS COOL TONED

• VDL Cheekstain Blusher: 02 Favorite Lavender (This one looks like a pale muted dusty lavender in the pan. When swatched on its own, it looks like a pale muted pink that leans kind of peachy. But once applied, it’s not as peachy. Though next to cooler tones (like the ones from Photo 1, it looks even peachier, so that’s why I put it with these swatches).
• Studio Makeup Soft Blend Blush: Petal
• Hince True Dimension Layering Cheek: #L001 Allure in the Air** (this includes a cream and a powder. The cream is a muted beige and the powder is a rose beige. Only powder shown here but I do show a separate photo of swatches of both the cream and powder together)
• LA Colors Show It Off Blush + Highlight Palette: Top right shade (no name)
• The Balm Blush: Down Boy
• Ulta Beauty Mad for Mauve 6 Piece Blush Palette: Blossom
• LA Colors Blush: Berry Pretty
• Lune+Aster Bronzer & Blush Palette - Dusk: Blush Shade (no name)

PHOTO 6: HINCE TRUE DIMENSION LAYERING CHEEK: #L003 DREAMLIKE - This shows swatch of cream, swatch of powder, and then a swatch of the cream with the powder on top. The cream was disappointing. It barely shows up. It's basically clear with a hint of lavender to it. It's crazy because the creams in all the other shades I got of this are much more pigmented. So not sure why the cream in this one wasn't. With swatches, I can do 3-5 swipes and it’ll show. It’s still really light, but it shows. But, on the cheeks, I have to pack a ton of it on and it still doesn’t really look like anything. I love the powder side, but wouldn’t repurchase for that. However, you can layer them together. You can apply the cream and then the powder on top. It works well that way. I show a photo where I swatched the cream, powder, and then did the cream with powder on top.

PHOTO 7 and PHOTO 8: HINCE TRUE DIMENSION LAYERING CHEEK: #L001 ALLURE IN THE AIR - PHOTO 7 shows swatch of cream, swatch of powder, and then a swatch of the cream with the powder on top. The cream is called a “Muted Beige” and the powder is called a “Rose Beige.” The cream is a lot more pigmented than the cream in the L003 palette. It actually has a beautiful rosy tone to it. It works well as a bronzer shade on me. I tried my best to get it to show in the swatch photo, but I just couldn’t. No matter what, it always looked warmer. I tried taking the photos at different times of the day, different areas with natural light, with artificial light, with different backgrounds, etc. And I couldn’t get it to show as accurate as I want. So in the photos, the shades do look warmer than they do in person. With this one, I don’t like the cream with the powder on top. It looks orange. So I never wear it that way. But I can wear the cream as bronzer and the powder as blush. PHOTO 8 shows the actual palette. I feel like the colors shown in that photo are more accurate than I was able to get with the swatches.

PHOTO 9: CARTER BEAUTY BLUSHER PALETTE - APHRODITE - This shows swatches of all 4 shades in the palette.

PHOTO 10: BY TERRY BRIGHTENING CC PALETTE - 2. BEACH BOMB - This shows swatches of all 4 shades in the palette.

PHOTO 11: DOCOLOR TROPICAL PALETTE - 2. BEACH BOMB - This shows swatches of all 9 shades in the palette. (I should’ve included the shade “Coral” from this palette in with the “Photo 5 Swatches” that aren’t as cool toned, but I forgot 🤦‍♀️. It’s called “coral” but in the pan it looks like a pale peachy shade. But when applied, it is more neutral than peachy. It works great as a muted blush even on my very cool toned skin.)

PHOTO 12: ABH BLUSH TRIO - PINK PASSION - This shows swatches of all 3 shades in the palette.

PHOTO 13: ULTA BEAUTY MAD FOR MAUVE 6 PIECE BLUSH PALETTE - This shows swatches of all 6 shades in the palette.

PHOTO 14 and PHOTO 15: ESSENCE PURE NUDE BAKED BLUSH: GOLDY CASSIS VS CARTER BEAUTY BLUSHER PALETTE - APHRODITE: GLORY - PHOTO 14 shows then swatched next to each other and PHOTO 15 shows them blended out slightly next to each other.

**PHOTOS 16-19: Photos of all the different products grouped (except for what I thought to add in after so some might be missing if I did a new set of swatches after this 😅)