Jelly Season: Chicca Flush Blush 01 and 09

Let's kick off the Jellython with Chicca (pronounce 'kicka', remember, as mentioned in my original review, which includes details of finish, texture and what I've found to be the best application tools) -- namely, two more of their delicious translucent solid gel Flush Blushes, in shades 01 Baby Girl and 09 Feels Love? Fields Love? (Katakana is ambiguous.)

this picture is truer-to-tone than the one above, on my screen at least

Swatches of the newbies, heavy stripe made with a weasel hair lip brush and (probably over-) blended one with a damp beautyblender:

What I love about both these shades is their uniqueness of tone. They're not obviously 'zomg undupeable!!!' (I hate that term) in the way a glittery lime-green blush might be, but within their respective highly-wearable genres they are very well balanced, quietly complex, and are possessed of both depth and glow (yes, again, sorry).


Comparisons illustrate this best. Just as 10 Girly Flush nestled perfectly in between my various reds and pinks, 01 Baby Girl performs the same magical balancing act among my 'nudes':
While just as pale as Ladurée 102 [review], 01 Baby Girl is clearer and so sits more harmoniously on my skin, working as a genuine nude rather than a pop pastel. While looking distinctly peachy next to 102, its pink tones come through in comparison with D&G Nude, RBR Delicata or Shu Uemura M 521. Blended with a clear yellow rather than D&G peach-brown and RBR's yellow-brown notes, Baby Girl shares a softness with the first two shades, less obvious in M 521; despite that, its texture still means it glows brighter on the skin than the tonally-brighter Shu matte.
Of all these blushes, Baby Girl harmonises best with my most flattering 'nude' lipstick: Addiction Day Trip, and will replace all but Delicata (which I expect to use up this year anyway).

Eyes: grey cream (Batiste Grayling) as a wash, overlaid with dark gold in the centre of the lid (Bohemian Waxwing mixed with Angelic Cockatiels) and sparkling black (automatic pencil in Calypso) smudged along lashline and outer v, blended with a delicate pewter pigment (Night Wing Sailing). All products Rouge Bunny Rouge. Hey, such effortless lips and cheeks mean I have too much more time to play with eye makeup.


Onto the watermelon pinks!
Again, even if I hadn't mean to centre the Chicca shade, it would end up in the middle if swatched by depth, warmth or colour alongside my similar shades. (How do they manage it?! I feel...watched.) Closest in colour is Becca Hyacinth, though Chicca is even more rosily-corally complex (and Becca are justly known for (and now cursed for discontinuing) their excellent cream blush range), 09 wins out for its scentlessness and texturally invisible, lit-from-within 'jelly' glow vs. Becca's merely creamy cream (no hyphenation needed). Also gone, Bite Tart lip crayon tips the scale further still into pink/red territory, while 09 is perfectly indistinguishably balanced between rose and coral.
Items which I'll be keeping (for now): Guava beach tint, significantly paler than Chicca, and RMS Modest and Canmake CL03 which are substantially darker and warmer on the cheeks.

Lips: Maquillage True Rouge RD382 (details coming in a future jellython!)
Eyes: Suqqu 06 Ginbudou quad (purple to line upper and grey to line lower lashlines, gold blended up to socket), overlaid by the peach from 07 Komorebi on the lid.


Both looks: Suqqu Brow Pen 02 Brown in brows, Burberry Sheer Concealer 01 as undereye concealer, Shu Uemura Nobara 784 as blemish concealer, Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Edge Meister mascara.