All The Cream Blushes We'd Ditch Our Powders For
Yads Cauchi is a Dermal Clinician, Nutritionist (BHSc, MSc) and Beauty Journalist. She's also a mum of four. Evidence based skin health and nutrition are her thing and she works from her own skin clinic based in Canberra - you can find her there, or on Instagram and TikTok @yadscauchiskin.
Honestly, I’m not sure anything can beat starting your day with youthful/healthy, lit-from-within looking skin. You know that healthy type of skin that naturally glows and is normally best achieved via a meditation/yoga/green smoothie combo? Except I swear, you can achieve it via creamy makeup too – predominantly cream blushes and a killer au naturel base (no yoga needed).
Why Choose A Cream Over A Powder?
Cream blushes have come a long way. You see, a glowy finish is what life is about now and opting for a cream blush over a powder will equal less cakey-ness and give you a youthful finish too - especially if you’re a dry/dehydrated skin type. In fact, if dryness or dehydration is your skin concern, you’d be mad to keep using powdery hues.
Swapping to a cream blush will ensure your skin stays hydrated and plump throughout the day; while powder blush generally tends to be more transparent and better suited to oily skin types as they give more of a matte finish and won’t slide off your face the way a cream blush might.
How Do You Apply A Cream Blush?
Cream blush is generally more pigmented and is easier to re-apply - all you need is a damp beauty blender or your fingertip and voila! You’ll be good to go. Seriously though, IMHO if you're a time poor woman with hands, I swear you’ll soon discover that applying cream blushes is way easier than using powders.
All you need to do is figure out where the apples of your cheeks are, which you’ll be able to easily do by smiling to yourself in the mirror (side note: this may feel weird to begin with, but work with me.) You see, once you can locate the apples of your cheeks, then all you do is dab your damp beauty blender (or just fingers if you’re in the car/or a rush - a la my life every morning) and blend upwards/outwards until you get the payoff and flushed glow you desire.
Plus, if you’re scared of going overboard, cream blushes are normally much easier to build up application with than powders. And for those of us that feel lazy when it comes to makeup or really CBF’d some days, cream blushes are incredible multipurpose products that will ensure they soon turn into a BFF (and semi make you feel like JLo every time you use one).
How To Find The Right Cream Blush For You:
While formulas certainly have improved, there are still a ton of not so fab products on the market which will transfer, slide...or simply disappear like Houdini off your face before your day’s even begun. Which is why I’ve listed some of my fave long lasting, glowy blushes for you below.
Yads Cauchi is a Canberra-based beauty journalist, dermal therapist and mum of two. She's super passionate about skin health, and is currently completing her post grad in human nutrition to complement her in-clinic work. You can find Yads on Instagram here.
