Remember back when you’d ask your friend if she liked a boy, or if she liked the boy? LOL!
Don’t laugh! There was a big difference. 🙂
I get that same idea from Lancôme’s two new $49 Blush in Love Powders. Why didn’t they call ’em Blush in Lust, or Blush in Like? Would the products have been different?
Semantics aside, with these, I get the feeling Lancôme had hot cheeks in mind — the heat that surges to the surface of your skin when he leans in close, exhaling loudly, and peers into your eyes, flashing that cocky half-smile. Suddenly, you realize that your seemingly innocent drink after work isn’t just brews with a bud.
Lancôme created two versions of Blush in Love, a light coral for paler pretties and a bright rose for darker damsels. A floral design and Blush in Love logo blooms on them both, and each one contains two shades designed to caress cheeks with spring color.
I’ve been wearing the bright rose, which is called 20 Pommettes D’Amour. In it, a sheer hot pink with a matte finish encircles a square of matte peach in the center, and while it radiates like a neon sign in its pan, 20 Pommettes D’Amour applies more like a misty morning drizzle…
For a peachy pink cheek flush like I sprinted to my car through a warm spring rain, I swirl my blush brush in the pan, mixing both colors in the pan, and blend 2-3 layers on my cheeks.
Then, in a step I wish I could skip considering the price (almost $50!), to dispense with the larger grains of powder the product leaves behind, I buff them down with a kabuki brush.
Even with that little annoyance, I have to say — I think this stuff looks pretty phenomenal in pics, all luminous and sunny, like an unexpected warm spell in the middle of winter.
If you happened to wonder what I was wearing on my cheeks in this week’s Laura Mercier Creme Liner review, yup, it was Pommette D’Amour. 🙂
I do wish the limited edition packaging felt sturdier… I mean, I dig the design, and I think the paper gives it a certain Paul & Joe-ish charm, but again, for almost $50? I want champagne in a fancy fluted glass, ya know (versus boxed wine in a clear plastic cup)?
Oh, do you remember that sheer neon pink tinted lip balm we looked at, $26 Baume in Love in Urban Ballet? It hails from the very same collection.
I wore it (Urban Ballet) a couple times last weekend, and eh — it seems a little overpriced, all things considered.
I wanted to love it — really wanted to love it — because I stockpile moisturizing, sheer balms that I can apply without a mirror (see: MAC Mineralize Tinted Lip Balm in Slightly Nude). I like the pink shade and how natural it looks on my lips, but it didn’t turn out to be as moisturizing as I’d hoped.
That, and it straight up left me hangin’ in less than an hour!
Hrmpf!
PRICE: $49 for the In Love Blush, $26 for Baume in Love Lipbalm
AVAILABILITY: Available now at Lancome counters and lancome-usa.com
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: B+ for the blush and C for the lip balm
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Sarah says
OMG! Love both peach & pink! So gorgeous.
Sarah
Minsooky says
The blush is quite, quite lovely…but that balm is way overpriced. For that amount of money it better be made out of gold lol
Kim says
Oh, Lancome. I guess not everything can be Hypnose. 🙂
Your “like” comment made me laugh. We used to say, “You mean like? Or LIKE like?”. Oh, who am I kidding? If we were single, we’d probably still be saying it like that. 🙂
Karen says
See, here’s even MORE evidence that we would have probably been in the same clique back in the day. I would have totally let you borrow my Aqua Net hairspray!!
P.S. I’m wearing an orange scrunchie in my hair as I type this. (No sarcasm in the last sentence, really!)
Kim says
HAHA! Very true! You know I’d never judge your scrunchies. I’m wearing Nike velour track pants right now, so I know my place in the fashion-critique food chain. 🙂
Ankita@corallista says
The balm is much sheerer than I expected but the blush is gorgeous! Perfect for spring!
Trisha says
I love all of these shades! So pretty and classic. Especially the Baume in Love. I’d wear that any day. Though I wouldn’t PAY for that any day. A little too steep for me.
Becca @ The Beauty Sample says
LOVE the Baume in Love in Urban Ballet. I’m used to having to reapply my lip color often since I almost exclusively wear balmy lipsticks and tinted balms. The shade is too gorgeous to pass up! 😛
gio says
The blush looks gorgeous on you! But I’m not digging the packaging. That bright pink looks so garish. So not what I’d expect from Lancome.
Jasmine@Themakeupfile says
False alarm! I thought the lippie would be too bright, never mind! 😀
Tracy@Beauty Reflections says
Wow, yeah-that’s kind of disappointing actually! I was hoping for a bright neon pink! Oh wells! The blush does look pretty!
Jennifer says
I really love this look on you!