Cheap Thrill #3: Nichido True Colors Powder Blush

A few of my favorite blushes come from a local brand, Nichido. At first glance, you might not think much of them since they come in as basic-as-can-be matte black, round, plastic packaging.

In2It Sheer Shimmer Blush in 03 Plum Pearl: A review

For the longest time, I avoided using shimmery blushes like the plague. I was a follower of the Bobbi Brown  makeup ethos: only neutral, wearable shades, and matte blushes for the cheeks. 'Who naturally blushes with shimmer?' was a question Ms. Brown posed in her earliest book, Bobbi Brown Beauty. It was my first beauty book and I was fresh from college (and hence, entirely gullible) when I read it. So when Ms. Brown said that frosty, shimmery blushes were too unnatural, who was I to disagree with her?