Typically
I would buy a beauty product, try it for 3-4 weeks and would post a review
within a month or two! But sometimes I totally forget to document my experience
with a new product; even though I use it on a regular basis. This typically
happens with the products that are not “limited-edition” and can be purchased
any time. These two blushes from Becca definitely fell into that “forgotten” category.
However,
I pulled these two from my drawer sometime late in January and I am constantly
using them since. Obviously they made it to my February
Favorites! I remember back in summer ’14, YouTube Vlogger Jaclyn Hill showed
“Wild Honey” as one of her favorite blushes; and as expected every Sephora
Store and Online inventory went ran out of stock for “Wild Honey”. I also fell
for the hype! I opted for the “back in stock“ alert notification and after one
or two such notifications I gave in, despite being very aware that it might be
too light on my skin tone. But I loved the product so I wanted to try a deeper shade
and when Ulta had one of their amazing promotional deals I bought “Songbird”. I
want to shamelessly accept that products these purchases were made out of pure yearning
for the product. But after using them for a year, I can happily state that I don’t
repent my purchases; not at all!
I
am an ardent fan of Becca Cosmetics! Every single thing I have tried from them
has been simply superb. It is definitely an expensive and luxurious brand, but
I personally feel like I am investing my money inn something good; so the price
does not hurt me that much! These full-size blushes has 0.2 oz. of products for a price
of $32. Becca is easily available in
many different stores like Sephora, Ulta
and Beautylish
(which ships to different countries as well).
Let’s
talk about the packaging! Hands down, this is
one of my favorite packaging as far as makeup products are concerned. These
come in a very cool UFO looking compact with a strong mirror. It’s quite sturdy
and it looks professional! The engineer in me is deeply in love with this
robust machine looking compact. I always keep a cotton pad in the inside of the
compact when I am travelling. Otherwise due to the texture and the formula of
the powder they can very easily crack in the event of the slightest shaking.
These
are some of the best powder blush formula
in the market. Very very heavily pigmented, but extremely blendable, has a
luminous glow which is very unique and quite long wearing. Whenever I need my
makeup to stay 12 hr. long I opt for these. They are heavily pigmented so it’s
always safe to start with applying very light layers; I never had any issue
layering and building up the shade up to my liking. I absolutely love the sheen
and healthy glow they provide me. I tend to wear one of these when I have heavy
and less shimmery eye look or when I am wearing just simple lashes with eye liner
and bold lip shade! I also love to wear these when I am feeling extra “meh” and
“bored”! These two shades give me that naturally glowy balanced look to my
overall appearance, every time!
For
some reason, they keep changing the shades in their permanent line from time to
time. For example, I remember a beautiful “Barbie pink” permanent shade called
“gypsy” but that appears to have been discontinued. Right now they have 6
shades available in Sephora
and Ulta
– Wild Honey, Songbird, Flowerchild,
Lantana, Hyacinth and Nightinagle.
The first three are lighter shades and then they come out with 3 vibrant shades
for deep skinned beauties. I reviewed Hyacinth here.
I absolutely adore that shade, but because it’s a bold color I have to plan my
entire look around the blush. Today, however I am going to talk about Wild
Honey and Songbird.
Wild
Honey: I
have already elaborated the unnecessary story on how I got this blush. Becca
describes this as a “peachy nude”. Beautiful shade! It’s very warm; so it’s quite
useful in bringing up some color and liveliness in your face without applying
tons of bronzer. As you can see it’s a shade that appears to suit pale to
medium skin tone. On me, it does not show up in just one application and that
kind of dampened my spirit in the very beginning. However after all this time,
I have surely changed my mind. I tend to apply 2-3 very light layers and I love
how perfect it looks on me applied that way! I have started to wear this as an
everyday blush; it’s just that little hint of luxury in the morning :-) On days when I sleep in for an
extra half an hr. and just don’t want to put any effort in my makeup, I
slightly dust this on the high points of my face and my cheeks! A little
lipstick and that’s all I do! I also love using it as a base layer and top it
up with some other shade when I am feeling a bit fancy. I use it a lot as a
blush topper as well. The powder is so blendable that it makes layering “fun”.
I typically pair it with Josie Maran Cheek
Gelee in Pink Escape which does not have a lot of pigment but together they
create a flattering shade; I absolutely love it.
Songbird: This is peachier and even warmer
than Wild Honey with just a little hint of pink. It can also
easily described as a “terracotta nude” shade! This one
shows up on my skin without any effort. I love to pair this with dark smokey
eye looks. As you can see from the swatches these are not matte. They have a
very soft shimmer which is buildable in the most flattering way. I have huge
pores on my cheeks and these two don’t emphasize my pores at all.
These
two blushes are bit similar in shade and you don’t necessarily need both. But
again, having said that I also have to share the fact that I use them both
interchangeably on a regular basis! So, I definitely don’t regret buying both.
But if I must pick one over the other, I think I like Songbird just a little
bit more.
Do
you have any Becca blushes? Do you adore them like me? I recently ordered a new
value set from Ulta. It has a deluxe-size Flower Child. I have been curious
about that shade for a long time, so let’s see how it behaves on my skin tone.
:-)
Love,
~Arrru 
