Gucci blush de beauté
- Finish: Luminous, matte
- Integral mirror: Yes
Packaging
Straightaway we were wowed by the chic packaging of these cute, compact blushers, which are suitably extra and in keeping with what our tester would hope for from a Gucci beauty buy. Particularly as they each come with a price tag of £41.
The golden pots have a pink enamel lid that is covered in little gold stars and the designer’s logo. The pots look especially swish in our make-up bag and are easy to open, revealing a handy internal application mirror that covers the compact’s entire inside lid. That Gucci branding appears again as an imprint on the powder blush too. So far, so impressed.
Formula
Although this is a powder blush, it contains hydrating ingredients, including hyaluronic acid and shea butter. When sweeping the blush across our cheeks, whether with a brush or just our fingertips, we could feel this smoothing formula come into play. Where some powder blushers can be drying or cling to creases, this one does the opposite. Instead, we saw it create an almost-dewy look, which made the colour pop on our cheeks even more.
Plus, we could feel a softness to our skin while wearing the blusher, which didn’t slip about or slide off throughout the day.
As the hours went on, that effect faded gradually, without any powder settling into our fine lines, and because the blush is lightweight, it’s refreshingly buildable too. Similarly, we noted the blusher layers well with other products, whether that’s underneath highlighter or by combining different cheek shades at once.
We found the hydrating powder formula successfully walks the line between being smoothing and soothing and delivering long-lasting colour.
Finish
The luminous, matte colours create different cheek looks, with bright coral a fresh shade with orange and peachy undertones. We’re fans of sweeping this neutral number across our eyelids for a multi-tasking shadow option, and think the same about tender apricot, a gentle warming powder.
Rosy beige serves up an earthy pink, which would work well if you favour a blusher-bronze hybrid. Silky rose, however, is more of a sugary-sweet pink and a classic powder blush pick. Meanwhile, we saw radiant pink bring a highly pigmented pop of bright cheek colour.
We saw each shade blend seamlessly, and create a versatile range of subtle to strong blusher choices.