Illamasqua Naked Rose powder blusher review + swatches

 

         Despite the futuristic promotional photos for Illamasqua's Naked Strangers Summer 2012 collection, the colors are quite tame. I picked up two items from the Naked Strangers collection: Illamasqua Zygomatic cream blusher (reviewed here) and Illamasqua Naked Rose powder blusher. Illamasqua Naked Rose in particular has me thinking more English country garden than gladiator chic. The name is spot on. It's like a rose, exposed.

        The packaging is a warped square, which coincides with their out-of-the-box take on makeup. In the sunlight, you can see a cool prism effect from the lid. The blush texture is smooth, very pigmented, and easy to pick up.

         Illamasqua Naked Rose is a light-medium matte neutral rose color. The pigmented color definitely shows up on my medium skin. Naked Rose is more in the clean flowery family of colors, as opposed to Illamasqua Zygomatic (reviewed here), which had beige tones. You can see it has very little peach, when  compared to NARS Deep Throat. You can see how light and summery it is when compared to NARS Oasis (reviewed here), a dusky pink champagne. I wish I still had Bobbi Brown Desert Rose (see swatch here); I think it might have been quite similar!

          The Illamasqua Naked Strangers collection might have been theatrical, however Illamasqua Naked Rose is quite tame. It's wearable, versatile, and would work with so many looks, including futuristic power femme. After all, a rose by any other name would look just as sweet.

        Thanks for reading! Have you tried Illamasqua Naked Rose or any other Illamasqua blushes? (I've wanted Katie for a while now). What is your favorite rose toned blush?

Love, Dovey.

Made in Germany

Illamasqua Naked Rose Powder Blush Ingredients: Talc, Dimethylimidazolidinone Rice Starch, Mica, Aqua (Water), Magnesium Myristate, Propylene Glycol, Octyldodecanol, Isopropyl Myristate, Glyceryl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Peg-150, Silica, Ricinus Communis Oil (Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil), Cetearyl Alcohol, Quaternium-26, Methylparaben, Glyceryl Ricinoleate, Ethylparaben, Cera Carnauba (Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax), Candelilla Cera (Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax), Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Stearic Acid, Propylparaben, Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax), Tetrahydroxypropyl Ethylenediamine, Paraffinum Liquidum (Mineral Oil), Cetyl Alcohol, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Parfum (Fragrance) And May Contain: [+/- Titanium Dioxide CI 77891, Iron Oxides CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Carmine CI 75470, Ultramarines CI 77007, Red 36 CI 12085, Yellow 5 Lake CI 19140, Red 7 CI 15850, Red 21 Lake CI 45380, Bismuth Oxychloride CI 77163, Yellow 6 Lake CI 15985, Manganese Violet CI 77742, Ferric Ferrocyanide CI 77510, Red 40 Lake CI 16035, Red 27 Lake CI 45410]. May contain Carmine as a colour additive.