Take three- favorite drugstore blushes

Here we go again. I have recently rediscovered these products that i CANNOT believe i stopped using. They're so versatile and lovely! what was i thinking sending them away in the cold care of my bathroom makeup box (sort of a makeup orphanage)??

The babies are:
- Rimmel Soft Colour Blush in Madeira (131)
- L'Oreal Blush Caresse in Rhum (109)
- H&M Celebration Makeup Set (1 and 2. Yes very ingenious blush shade names, i know)


Rimmel



I like to believe it resembles a red apple, both in the pan and on the cheeks. It's a neutral reddish...red, i don't know how to describe it. In flash photography it looks a tad different, with strawberry-reddish undertones and a hint of copper. However, on the skin it's really realistic. When Rimmel chose the name of the shade they weren't wrong...i don't really know what Madeira wine is supposed to look like, but i surely think of a creole Spanish lill' lady with ripe cheeks.

L'Oreal








This one is trickier. It looks like a faint plummy pink in the pan but i love that it's more on the neutral side. It's basically an ashy toned pink with pink undertones. It's funny because every time i check it out it seems to look different. It's perfect for contouring, and when i fancy a paler skintone of the day, this is the thing to go for. I have hit pan a long time ago but i can't part ways with it because it's a discontinued shade (i have it in the old L'Oreal packaging)

H&M





Another cute blush from H&M. I like that one of the pans works more like a highlighter, a pearly iridescent pink with ashier undertones, and that it also has a strip of dark brown which i use as an eyeshadow as well. The other pan is made of peaches, pinks and a tad of bronze. I guess there are millions of eyeshadows in this category, which is why i think this was a smart choice- hey, it's cheap and perfect as a starter if i want to go farther in the pearly pink blush department. Flaw- a tad less pigmented so i've got to rub the pan a little for a fuller effect; discontinued (but the pans are going to last me forever, been using these for more than a year and they look brand new).

As i said...i like going through old makeup stashes, bringing out old school faves, not judging by the brand name and getting what i like regardless of my snobbier side.