Look, I don't want to hear it, I know I'm wearing a lot of blush. After a long stint in my teenage years, when I wrongly believed that blush made me look like an old lady, it is now the one make-up item I can't live without. My drawers are bursting at the seams with blushes of all different hues—purples, pinks, oranges, red, you name it, I have the blush shade.
Although I'm a certified beauty lover, I'm here to tell you that not all blushes are created equal. My first encounter with blusher was around age 11 with a particularly chalky one that offered little in terms of pigment. This was pretty common when I was that age, there were very few blushers that worked well with darker skin tones. Often, instead of giving a flushed effect, they made skin look ashy and grey. Now, blushes come in all different shapes, sizes, shades and finishes.
