Edward Bess Returns! Apt name is apt for Blush Extraordinaire in Filled with Desire.

Shaky-cam pic

Edward Bess's new blush, Blush Extraordinaire, is a new find for me, albeit one with a grossly limited shade range, much to my chagrin, though it's a victory for my beleaguered wallet. (Come on, Eddie, this makes Shiseido, which I have long defended for being very versatile, though ...selective in range, look like PANTONE.) 

I now have two of the three and am trying to convince myself I'd never wear Bed of Roses.

The Blush Extraordinaires are fine and silky and bewitchingly hard to define, color-wise, in my experience: Secret Affair is a lovely coral pink? or is it just coral? or is it just warm pink? while Filled with Desire taunts me by appearing blue-based while swatched... or maybe neutral... it's definitely more neutral than blue... or is it?

They are both very sheeny, verging on shimmery but not really. What did we decide was the name for this? They also have a heavy but pleasant fig scent; I found the aroma more potent with this shade, Filled with Desire, for some reason.

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And among comrades:

You can see that Peony is quite blue in comparison, though I find Peony closer to neutral when compared with Misty. The Sisley looks like it would be brighter, and it is.

I will make no comment on how the imprints of the older Sisley and Burberry are still intact as if I wore pinky coral blush much more often than light peenk.

I swatched with flash because it was easier to see the color differences that way; all shimmers are much less noticeable in natural light/in real life:

The interesting thing about Filled with Desire is that it's light, and stays fair on me, bless its light, but isn't really a pastel, in the sense that it doesn't seem to me to be truly white based; it's more of a true pale pink, with a translucent but buildable base.

I think many are passing on Filled with Desire because it is so light but I think if you're very fair, you might give this a look.

Edward Bess Blush Extraordinaire in Secret Affair

My most recent nearly-blind purchase, Edward Bess Blush Extraordinaire in Secret Affair, was born from my fear that my most coveted pinky-coral blush (Rosebud) wasn't going to be restocked before Sephora's recent sale was over.

Crazy, nu? 

I ended up getting both. Whoops.

Fortunately, I ended up really, really liking Rosebud and Secret Affair. The two are not similar to each other, but Secret Affair does belong in a small core group of deeper, more vibrant sheeny corals.

Secret Affair is a yummy coral; the powder is quite finely milled and silky-smooth. It's hard to pin down the texture: it's not as creamy as Burberry or Dolce & Gabbana, but it's not as dry-satin as Shiseido. It glows with a pink essence. 

Admit it. You want to lick this picture. I know I do.
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I took this picture and then I realized Burberry Blossom was much, much closer than either of these two. Whoopsie. I rock at color.

No flash; wobbly hand

Flash; sparklayyy!

Though Blossom is closer, it's not a dupe; it is more shimmery and it pulls both more red and more orange than the decidedly coral-pink Secret Affair. Secret Affair also has an almost clandestine duality: it looks coral but mysteriously also looks pink in certain lights. It's not duochrome, by any means, but it is very successfully complex and alluring.

Smooooooove

Finish-wise, it's not unlike watercolery Shiseido

This is my first Edward Bess purchase and that lithe Rembrandt painting of a man had me pining inconsolably after his light pink blush, the aptly-named Filled with Desire, in less than no time.

Fun fact: I went back to edit this entry and found that I'd titled it "Edward Bess Blush Extraordinaire in Filled with Desire," so it was obviously on the brain.

Did I succomb? Stay tuned.