LA FEMME BLUSHES - SWATCHES AND INITIAL THOUGHTS

12 La Femme cosmetics blush on rouge refill pans in a La Femme twelve slot empty palette bought from Cocktail Costmetics (cheapest UK online stockists of the range as far as I'm aware)

First row from L-R:

FLAMINGO PINK

CORAL SPICE

MAGENTA

PURPLE PASSION

SOFT BEIGE

ORANGE

 Second row from L-R:

ROSE

PINK VELVET

PINK

CORAL

FRAMBOESIA

RED

PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, I'VE TRIED TO CAPTURE THE SHADES TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO VIEW THESE SWATCHES AS REFERENCES ONLY.

Hey guys, this is just an initial review. I will update more on the performance etc. when I use them more thoroughly.

 I've been hearing about La Femme for awhile and when I saw they were available online in the UK I decided to give them a go. The blushes are CRAZY pigmented and for those who don't know they are only priced at £2.95 (5.5g) each (pease note you are only buying the refill pan)!

 I mainly bought these blushes for kit purposes and you can also buy more 'subtle' shades too.

The only negative thing I have noticed is the matte shades don't seem to smooth on so nicely (compared to NARS mattes), but this can be resolved with extra blending/layering.

Overall I am really impressed, if you are looking for extremely pigmented blushes in particularly matte finishes (they sell 'pearl' finishes too) check La Femme out. Worth the hype!

NARS GILDA BLUSHER

Buy Gilda here (if you want of course)

Heavy swatch

Gah I feel so guilty. NARS blushers cost £20.50 but I had a £5 voucher from ASOS (diet coke promotion) so I feel a TINY bit better.

 Gilda is described as just coral. It's matte which I prefer but I need to do some more testing before I come up with an overall verdict (literally just opened up the package  when I got back from work).

If you fancy buying any NARS products I recommend you check them out IRL before you splurge as they are quite pricey. And as I've mentioned ASOS now stocks NARS which is great as they offer free shipping and NUS discount/usually promotion going on, but note they do not stock the whole range!