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The product you love for making your cheeks blossom in flushed color has recently undergone a blossoming of its own. Blush now pops, lifts, and glows in the tried-and-true pressed-powder formats, as well as in liquids, creams, balms, mousses, and sticks. What’s more, with revolutionary formats have come revolutionary formulas that are powered up with ingredients to help the product melt into skin for a more natural appearance, blur pores for a more flawless look, provide hydration, and wear from morning to midnight. Browsing for the best blush for you? Morphe, Morphe 2, and Jaclyn Cosmetics have you covered, starting here with our blush breakdown.
FORMAT
FINISH
COVERAGE
FEATURES
BENEFITS
BEST FOR
APPLY WITH
WEAR WITH
SHADES
Cream balm
Velvety matte
Sheer to buildable
- Murumuru butter
- Cupuacu butters
- Nourishing
- Blurring
- Sweatproof
- Waterproof
Applying a pop of color on cheeks, across the nose, or anywhere you wish to blush boldly
- Liquid foundations
- Cream foundations
- Concealers
Available in five shades.
Powder
Subtly shimmering
Sheer to buildable
- Talc-free
- Plant-derived squalane
- Organic grape seed oil
- Hyaluronic acid
- Nourishing
- Blurring
- Transfer-proof
Sculpting & defining to work every angle
- Powder foundations
- Concealers
- Can also be used to set cream blushes
Available in five shades.
Mousse
Natural, your-skin-but-boosted
Sheer to buildable
- Vegan
- Clean
- Cruelty-free
- Easy application
- Multitasking
Creating a natural flush in a rush
- Bare skin
- Can also layer with liquid & cream foundations & concealers
Available in four shades.
Stick
Soft matte
Sheer to buildable
- Vegan
- Clean
- Cruelty-free
- Easy application
- Multitasking
Adding a quick pink-me-up to cheeks & lips
- Bare skin
- Can also layer with liquid & cream foundations & concealers
Available in five shades.
Liquid
Matte
Sheer to full
- Jojoba
- Mimosa
- Sunflower wax
- Wide shade range
Building a creamy flushed & blushed look
The large, plush doe-foot applicator & the Morphe R13 Pointed Contour Brush
- Liquid foundations
- Cream foundations
- Concealers
Available in eight shades.
Powder
Soft matte (bronzer) / satin (blush)
Sheer to buildable
- Hand-poured in Italy for a silky-soft texture
- Complementary shade curation
- Blurring
Mastering a sun-kissed, bronze effect
- Liquid foundations
- Cream foundations
- Powder foundations
- Concealers
Available in seven shade duos.
