I bought heather pop in a set, Pretty wow pretty now. The powder is kept in a clear circular pot, easy to tell the colour on the inside and no brush or sponge with it. Smart move by Clinique to sell an expensive blush brush with it if the person doesn't have any brushes. I do wish the packaging was a little more drop proof as I dropped this within a week of getting it in my mitts and broke the catch that keeps it closed, I didn't break the pretty flower shaped powder there would have been tears if that happened.
This is a nice powder blush. This is a soft pink that I layer up with a few strokes to get a nice colour on, I also have issues trying to see it on my skin about 8 hours later, still visible but not as I put it on. This maybe different on other colours in the range though as heather pop is a very soft pink. I also haven't used a makeup fix to hold on my face so this could influence that as well.
I have been using this pretty much 5 days a week for work since I got it and the flower while starting to break down, is still highly visable in the pot, I am trying but it just won't lose the flower pattern. I am still on the fence about rebuying this, on the plus side it has a pretty flower on it so it is nice too look at on the minus side it is expensive for the average pocket. If I rebought I would consider a different shade for this as "Heather" is light shade compared with some of the others in the range but it is an easily buildable colour that is hard to go overboard on and may need more regular touch ups during the day than I give it which is none at present.
Shades owned: Pink Pop, Plum Pop & Berry Pop
Design, these are the cutest blushes I own - no lie!! Coming in a chunky, clear, round acrylic compact container, even the sound of it opening and closing is fun and satisfying to me. Inside the clear casing sits this pretty pressed, heavily pigmented blush that has been cast in a raised relief of a flower with such incredible detailing it makes you want to buy the whole set. Which I would if their weren't nearly $50 a pop.
Formula, these blushes are not shy at all and punch a heavy blow with their pigments. Using the pink pop which is the lightest one I own, it is such a pretty pale baby pink, but if you are heavy handed it looks like you have literally just applied poster paint to your cheeks. There is a softness to the blush that makes it feel like a cream and powder hybrid, this allows you to softer apply the blush by using a brush and lets you go slow to build up the colour upon your cheeks till you get the shade of flush you desire. Berry pop is even more intense in the pink stakes and looks like a raspberry shade that amazingly sits softly on the cheeks in a muted tone if you go lightly and I use it occasionally for nights out when I want a more healthy, awake glow to my face. Plum pop, even though it is even more intense still than pink and berry pop is my favourite of those I own, it has a softer purple hue that is almost mixed with a taupe shade to give a gorgeous just pinched flush that looks great (even if I do say so) on my pale skin.
Even though I have used these cheek pops on multiple occasions as I reach for them a lot! I still have barely managed to scratch the surface, the floral relief on them is in tack and to the untrained eye you would think they were unused. So these last a long time. The colour too stays on your skin all day, it doesn't move or fade, no need to top it up during the day and has a softness that it doesn't appear chalky and it isn't creamy enough to look wet or greasy either. The perfect blush recipe in my mind,