Love Struck
Pat McGrath Lovestruck Divine BlushPat McGrath Lovestruck Divine Blush ($ 38.00 for 0.34 oz.) Is a deep pink with subtle, warm undertones and a semi-matte finish. It had medium buildable pigmentation, making it one of the more buildable shades in the range – and thus closer to the brand’s marketing of the formula. It didn’t feel like I had to stack it to get more opacity, and I didn’t have to use the lightest touch in the world to get sheer opacity, even though I got the best (and most consistent!) Results with a fan brush achieved a sheer effect on my skin tone.
The consistency was soft, smooth, and finely ground with light powder in the pan, but it was applied evenly and blended well over bare skin and foundation. It wore well for nine hours before it faded a little.
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Formula overview
$ 38.00 / 0.34 oz. – $ 111.76 per ounce
The formula should be “feather-light, long-lasting”, which “builds up easily from pure to subversive”. The blushes are available in two finishes – semi-matt and satin – and range from muted to livelier colors. The biggest “downside” to the formula was that it was pigmented rather than buildable so you could use a lighter hand to get more buildable coverage, but I found that I had to use a light to moderate hand to make sure that I don’t over- apply every shade.
The consistency was smooth, silky and felt slightly creamy; it was a little powdery in the pan but had more lubricity than most powder blushes on the market, but it was definitely a powder-based formula. The product is easy to apply to bare skin and over the foundation, as it diffuses well along the edges without absorbing basic products.
The satin pearl finish was bright but not overtly shimmering so it didn’t emphasize the natural texture of my skin. They carried with me for about nine hours before they visibly faded.
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ingredients
Mica, aluminum oxide, zinc stearate, caprylic / capric triglyceride, methylpropanediol, octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, caprylyl glycol, sodium dehydroacetate, phenylpropanol, kaolin, Red 7 (Ci 15850), iron oxide (Ci 77491), ultramarine (Ci 77007)
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