Bourjois Little Round Blush Pot: Rose Ambre

I think I might have to collect these. I’m rather partial to this little pot of loveliness! These little domed blushes come in a variety of finishes ranging from matte to full blown shiny. This is one of the more matte ones (thankfully). It’s a deep, rich pigmented rose shade. I like it now but I suspect I’ll love it in the winter for giving my pale skin a ‘just in from the cold’ flush.

The packaging is nice too. You get a little mirror and although the brush is too thin to be of any use to anyone it’s a nice touch that they included one and in a pinch you could use it to touch up during the day. The powder is extremely soft and you only need to tap your (proper) brush onto it to get enough colour. It blends better than many drugstore blushes too so if you do go overboard, as I often manage to, you can buff it away quite easily.


This does fade on me a little by the end of a work day but then pretty much all blushes do on me. That said my ‘work day’ is pretty gruelling with me putting on my slap at 6am and taking it off at 9:30pm.

There is a surprisingly large range of colours from silvery baby pinks to bronzes so chances are I’ll find some more shades in this range to pick up. I’ll confess I was nervous about trying this as I’m not a fan of Bourjois domes eye shadows. I find them to be too hard and lacking payoff. Thankfully the blushes don’t seem to suffer from either of those problems. I have read though that some people have found that these harden over time but that scrubbing them with a toothbrush or something to take the hard layer off sorts out the problem.

For £6.99 I think these offer a good range of colours and finishes and a surprisingly high quality too. I like ‘em and will be picking up more in the future I’m sure xxx

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