Now please indulge me and help pretend there will definitely, positively, absolutely be NO part three, eh? >.<
To recap, I adore these unctuous, silky, pigmented, so-effortless-they-practically-blend-themselves, scent-free creams, and can wear them on both lips and cheeks. My first two shades, New York and Rhinebeck, so impressed me that I subsequently ordered all the other bright shades in the line, and having lived for a month with these new acquisitions, I can unequivocally state that Face Stockholm Crèmes are my absolute favourite blush formula.
I think my original review contained sufficient detail and squee, so let's crack on with specifics! Milan, Shanghai, Paris and London:
My entire Face Stockholm wardrobe:
These are fresh and fairly heavy swatches, photographed in direct sunlight, but with a more moderate quantity blended out on my extremely dry skin, they all set to a satin, skin-like finish. If you have oilier skin (that's everyone else then....), scale up the dew factor accordingly. There is absolutely no shimmer in any of these shades.
There are however slight differences in texture/finish between them. New York is an unequivocal jelly and Rhinebeck a smooth cream; the other four are crellies falling somewhere in between those two poles, running Milan -----------> Paris --> Shanghai ----> London from jellier to creamier. Some pan close-ups, post molestation, as illustration:
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London -- I had to do some extreme angling to catch any crelliness, but it's just about there to the touch.
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Contrast Rhinebeck, which is unquestionably a cream (its surface develops/retains dents and gouges in ways that even London is jelly enough not to), and New York, which looks like it'd wobble out of the pan as soon as you looked at it sideways:
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All four new blushes, worn as before, on both lips and cheeks -- I think the relative differences in jellydom / creaminess are more evident on lips:
(In all of these I'm still wearing the KATE GY-1 quint from the last review. Becuz SCIENCE. Also, because it's one of those counterintuitive quantum thingamabobs that hitting pan isn't that hard but finishing something after you hit pan is well nigh impossible -- I swear those last specks of pigment breed like bunnies.)
Comparison swatches now, a.k.a. come point and laugh at my hilariously repetitive blush stash! Also, these show the four Face Stockholm shades swatched more realistically than above, i.e. semi-blended:
Starting with the mostembarrassing plentiful: reds! Milan with Chicca 10 Girly Flush (previously), Susan Thompson Cherry Pie, Addiction Revenge cheekstick, Canmake CL01 Clear Red Heart (here):
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Canmake CL01 is a neutral red while Addiction Revenge has coral notes making it look almost orange (contrast with how much pinker it looks here) next to the three pink-tinged reds from Face Stockholm (warmest), Susan Thompson (brightest) and Chicca (coolest).
Shanghai with other orange/coral/peachypinks, Canmake CL03 Clear Sunset (here), Chicca 09 Feels Love (here), Addiction Fresh cheek polish (here):
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FS Shanghai is closest to Chicca, though slightly pinker -- the guava to Chicca's watermelon -- Canmake CL03 and Addiction Fresh are progressively more orange.
Paris with a smorgasbord of not quite-red/pink/both colours: Addiction Revenge cheekstick (again -- see what I mean about this being a chameleon?), Chicca 10 Girly Flush (here), Canmake 04 Clear Pink Joy (here):
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Paris has warm reddened pink notes in common with Revenge (versus the neutral pink ones in Canmake CL04 and the decidedly cool ones in Chicca 10) but it's cooler and brighter.
London with Canmake CL04 Clear Pink Joy (again; here), Becca Lychee Beach Tint (here) and Addiction Amazing cheekstick (here).
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Despite sharing a white base with Becca Lychee, FS London is softer and less aggressive a pastel once blended out (worn at full whack on lips the two look very similar, though the FS texture is far superior as previously established). Canmake CL04 is warmer and deeper; Addiction Amazing cooler and brighter.
Disclosure: I purchased every product featured in this post, except Face Stockholm Rhinebeck and the Canmake creams, which were all personal gifts from friends.
To recap, I adore these unctuous, silky, pigmented, so-effortless-they-practically-blend-themselves, scent-free creams, and can wear them on both lips and cheeks. My first two shades, New York and Rhinebeck, so impressed me that I subsequently ordered all the other bright shades in the line, and having lived for a month with these new acquisitions, I can unequivocally state that Face Stockholm Crèmes are my absolute favourite blush formula.
I think my original review contained sufficient detail and squee, so let's crack on with specifics! Milan, Shanghai, Paris and London:
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| natural light, sunny |
My entire Face Stockholm wardrobe:
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| natural light, sunny |
These are fresh and fairly heavy swatches, photographed in direct sunlight, but with a more moderate quantity blended out on my extremely dry skin, they all set to a satin, skin-like finish. If you have oilier skin (that's everyone else then....), scale up the dew factor accordingly. There is absolutely no shimmer in any of these shades.
There are however slight differences in texture/finish between them. New York is an unequivocal jelly and Rhinebeck a smooth cream; the other four are crellies falling somewhere in between those two poles, running Milan -----------> Paris --> Shanghai ----> London from jellier to creamier. Some pan close-ups, post molestation, as illustration:
Milan -- see how the edges of the swirls look kind of squishily translucent? Jelly.
Paris -- some squishability, but we're definitely in central crelly territory.
Shanghai -- definitely more cream than jelly, though still within crelly borders.
London -- I had to do some extreme angling to catch any crelliness, but it's just about there to the touch.
Contrast Rhinebeck, which is unquestionably a cream (its surface develops/retains dents and gouges in ways that even London is jelly enough not to), and New York, which looks like it'd wobble out of the pan as soon as you looked at it sideways:
All four new blushes, worn as before, on both lips and cheeks -- I think the relative differences in jellydom / creaminess are more evident on lips:
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| all pictures taken in natural light -- which is so bloody variable *stabs self* |
Comparison swatches now, a.k.a. come point and laugh at my hilariously repetitive blush stash! Also, these show the four Face Stockholm shades swatched more realistically than above, i.e. semi-blended:
Starting with the most
Shanghai with other orange/coral/peachypinks, Canmake CL03 Clear Sunset (here), Chicca 09 Feels Love (here), Addiction Fresh cheek polish (here):
Paris with a smorgasbord of not quite-red/pink/both colours: Addiction Revenge cheekstick (again -- see what I mean about this being a chameleon?), Chicca 10 Girly Flush (here), Canmake 04 Clear Pink Joy (here):
London with Canmake CL04 Clear Pink Joy (again; here), Becca Lychee Beach Tint (here) and Addiction Amazing cheekstick (here).
Despite sharing a white base with Becca Lychee, FS London is softer and less aggressive a pastel once blended out (worn at full whack on lips the two look very similar, though the FS texture is far superior as previously established). Canmake CL04 is warmer and deeper; Addiction Amazing cooler and brighter.
Disclosure: I purchased every product featured in this post, except Face Stockholm Rhinebeck and the Canmake creams, which were all personal gifts from friends.