8 makeup products that i cannot stop using these days
You will pry them out of my cold, dead hands.
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I wanted to do a little roundup of the products that make me excited to put on makeup right now. I always love Doing A Face, but I’ve found I have a lot less time lately to really make a meal of it. There’s always a Luas approximately 16 minutes away that I need to catch, you know? So I’ve been doing a lot less experimenting with looks and a lot more leaning on products I absolutely know will look good. *Law & Order voice* These are those products.
Haus Labs Color Fuse Blush in Dragon Fruit Daze and Hibiscus Haze
Every time I look at these I become Olivia Colman during her Oscars speech, helplessly bleating “Lady Gaga!” These are b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l blushes. I tried a few things from the OG Haus Labs line and wasn’t majorly blown away – something about it didn’t really work, and she obviously realised that, because it was recently revamped as a “clean artistry” brand.
I have some thoughts about “clean beauty.” When I hear about brands with products that start to stink or go on the turn after a few months (*cough* Kosas *cough* Tower 28), I have to call bullshit on the “No nasties!” claims and instead assume that they simply found an ingenious way to make their customers buy more products faster. There’s nothing sustainable about that. Haus Labs, to its credit, doesn’t demonise the very idea of “chemicals.” It acknowledges that not all natural ingredients are good and not all synthetic ones are bad, which seems reasonable.
Anyway, back to the blushes. The shades are not for the faint of heart. But as someone who wants my blush to blush, they are just stunning – Dragon Fruit Daze can liven me up on the even dreariest days. I use it on its own or as a companion to other blushes when they aren’t doing enough for me. A little *doot* of Dragon Fruit makes everything pop, which I believe you can see in action in this photo (I believe I’m wearing both shades here):
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