25.5.12

Australis Creme Colour for Lips & Cheeks: Flirtatious Pink.


Above, left to right, Australis Creme Colour Flirtatious Pink swatched heavily and then blended out.

I love Australis. It is amongst my favourite pharmacy (drugstore or high street) brands. I have loved everything I've tried from the brand (eyeshadow, mascara, blush) and the fact it's Australian certainly doesn't go astray. So I didn't hesitate when grabbing this off the shelf.

The colour is lovely. It's you're typical medium pink, a shade or so lighter than NYX cream blush in Glow.

In the pot it looks free of shimmer, but once blended out onto the skin there is just the tiniest hint of sparkle. If I'm using a cream blush, it's because I want a completely natural looking hint of colour with the beautiful dewiness. I don't want shimmer.

This cream blush is a nice consistency. It blends nicely. But it's forever sticky.

This is marketed as a muli-use product for both the lips and cheeks. I find it much, much too drying for the lips. No biggie, I didn't buy it for my lips.

This is a highly scented product. I believe it's eucalyptus. Yes. Eucalyptus. The scent of my floor cleaner. Why, Australis? Why?

I am disappoint.

12 comments:

  1. oh sticky stuff is no go for me!

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  2. I have, no wait, had this. Then I gave it to my cousin for facepainting. Didn't like it at all for the same reasons, plus it wouldn't blend on my skin and hair kept sticking to it.

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    1. Yes, the hair sticking to my cheeks thing didn't please me either. x

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  3. I really love this blush. I didn't notice the sticky factor. Perhaps you could try lightly powdering it? Or putting a similar toned blush over the top?

    I didn't notice the smell either. I'm gonna go sniff it!

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    1. Thanks for the tip, lovely. x

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  4. You had me until sticky. And then Eucalyptus. WHY.

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  5. the colour is gorge but so right about the shimmer! matte finish is always the best xx

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  6. Ah shame about the shimmer. I always expect cream blush to be matte too. Nice colour though

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    1. That's why it's so disappointing - it's a lovely colour! x

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