Shopping My Stash: Laura Geller Blush n Brighten Review and Swatches

Laura Geller baked blushes are one of my favourite blushes, so I thought I'd do a post about them especially as I have quite a few of them, so hopefully the swatches will be useful to some of you. I have mentioned these blushes in a few posts (here, here and here) and I often reach for them for looks as well. They are very pretty to look at which is always a bonus for me, and work really well, they are smooth and finely milled.

My absolute favourties are Boysenberry/Amaretti duo, Tropic Hues and Sateen Subtle Orchid/Ethereal Rose duo. Ethereal Rose is a gorgeous light pink baked powder, works as blush for lighter skintones or highlighter for darker ones. Lately it's been paired up with baked blushes and makes a lovely combo.

Few words about the formula: the regular blushes are quite shimmery (not glittery), the sugar free ones are matte (I only own one) and the "subtle" ones are just more pastely than the regular ones. I find them all equally smooth and nice to blend.

Most of the blushes are 9 g, but I also own a couple of trial size ones (1.8 g) that came out in sets, as well as the Baby Cakes baked blush palette which includes 4 small domes blushes (1.2 g each). A lot of these blushes actually came out in limited edition sets, but are available separately on eBay and some also from QVC. I tend to buy them from eBay simply because they are much cheaper that way.

Let's move onto the pictures!

Top row: Apricot Berry, Down to Earth, Tartufo, Honey Dipped, Golden Apricot

Middle row: Como/Portofino, Boysenberry/Amaretti, Golden Apricot/Bellini, Ethereal Rose, Berry

Bottom row: Ethereal Rose/Sateen Subtle Berry, Ethereal Rose/Sateen Subtle Orchid, Roseberry, Neapolitan, Tropic Hues

Top row: Apricot Berry, Down to Earth, Tartufo

Bottom row: Como/Portofino, Boysenberry/Amaretti, Golden Apricot/Bellini

Top row: Tartufo, Honey Dipped, Golden Apricot

Bottom row: Golden Apricot/Bellini, Ethereal Rose, Berry

Top row: Como/Portofino, Boysenberry/Amaretti, Golden Apricot/Bellini

Bottom row: Ethereal Rose/Sateen Subtle Berry, Ethereal Rose/Sateen Subtle Orchid, Roseberry

Top row: Golden Apricot/Bellini, Ethereal Rose, Berry

Bottom row: Roseberry, Neapolitan, Tropic Hues

Baby Cakes baked blush palette

Sugar Free Raspberry, Pink Grapefruit, Golden Apricot, Sunswept

And now let's move onto the swatches:

Sugar Free Raspberry, Pink Grapefruit, Golden Apricot, Sunswept
(with flash)

Sugar Free Raspberry, Pink Grapefruit, Golden Apricot, Sunswept
(without flash under indoor light)

Apricot Berry, Down to Earth, Tartufo, Honey Dipped, Portofino (top) / Como (bottom) 

(without flash under indoor light)

Portofino (top) / Como (bottom), Amaretti (top) / Boysenberry (bottom), Bellini (top) / Golden Apricot (bottom), Ethereal Rose, Berry

(without flash under indoor light)

Apricot Berry, Down to Earth, Tartufo, Honey Dipped, Portofino (top) / Como (bottom) 

(with flash)

Portofino (top) / Como (bottom), Amaretti (top) / Boysenberry (bottom), Bellini (top) / Golden Apricot (bottom), Ethereal Rose, Berry

(with flash)

Tropic Hues, Sateen Subtle Berry, Sateen Subtle Orchid, Roseberry, Neapolitan (highlighter, blush, contour)

(with flash)

Tropic Hues, Sateen Subtle Berry, Sateen Subtle Orchid, Roseberry, Neapolitan (highlighter, blush, contour)

(without flash under indoor light)

Wearing Apricot Berry and contour shade of Neapolitan

Wearing Como/Portofino

Let me know what you think about these blushes if you've tried them, or if not, which one are you interested in?