Becca Pressed Shimmer Powder--Odette

Today's PSP from Becca is Odette.  It's more of a gold highlighter and I think this would be lovely on medium-dark warm skintones.  Unfortunately, I don't really think it does much for my ultra-pale cool skin.  When it is heavily applied, it's a brassy-gold color, as in the picture below.

But when applied with a lighter hand, it is a lovely shimmery gold as seen below.

This is fairly shimmery, but the powder is still smooth and the shimmer is not chunky glitter.  

Here's how it looks in the pan

and here are the rest of the PSPs for comparison.  Next, I'll discuss the last of these lovely highlighters, Princess.  Then we'll move on to Bobbi Brown blushes.

Thanks for sticking with me--I'll try to keep on top of things here at Blush Headquarters! =)

Becca Athena Pressed Shimmer Powder

The Athena PSP from Becca is a beautiful bronzy-gold color.  This pressed shimmer powder has a very metallic sheen, but no chunks of glitter.  Here's how it looks in the pan.

It doesn't look that exciting in the compact, kind of blah.  However, when I swipe it on, it comes to life.  It can be used as a highlighter or as a pale peachy-gold summery blush.  The pictures below are the swatches--heavy and then buffed out.

The pictures don't really do it justice.  It has a beautiful sheen that was hard to capture.

This is probably best for neutral or warm skins, but I think some cool toned girls could pull it off.  Here's a look at all of the PSPs. 

Next, I'll talk about my personal favorite, Gypsy (Surprise--it's pink!).  I hope you're enjoying the Becca products!  Did I mention, that my dear friend Lynn has a blog devoted to Becca products?  Please check it out--Shades of Becca.

Week 3, Day 3. Peach Blush--Chanel Reflex Joues Contraste

When I first received Reflex many months ago, I looked at it and then closed the lid and stuck it in the bottom drawer, thinking I would never use it.  Over the months, it got uglier and uglier in my head.  When I pulled it out for this week, I looked at it in a new way, it was a beautiful peach with lovely gold shimmer.  Why didn't I notice that before?? 

It has the signature Chanel Rose scent, and is one of the more shimmery Joues Contraste blushes.  It is a lovely rosy peach and the gold just adds a lovely glow.  To me, the glow that these Chanel blushes is what really makes them unique.  My only wish is some different colors, it seems like Chanel  is hesitant to venture far from the Rose family.  As you can see, Reflex (#3 in the picture below) is pretty well pigmented (especially as it is one of the Euro formula) and is more rosy than the Shu (#1) and darker than the Chantecaille (#2)

It's a gorgeous peach that would work on any skin, but probably especially well on medium-dark warm skin.  I would think it would give the nicest peachy glow.  It makes me smile just thinking about it.

I'm loving the peaches, I hope you are too!  Tomorrow we go to the pinky-peach of the week--Laura Mercier Orange Blossom.