Jelly Season: Canmake Clear Cream Cheeks

I'm still milking -- er, wobbling? -- the jelly thang, as you see, and today will be all about the Canmake Clear Cream Cheek blushes. Which are, as So Lonely In Gorgeous explains, the perfect shimmer-free jelly blushes at an excellent drugstore price.

My three (all of which were personal gifts from darling Liz of So Lonely...) are CL01 Clear Red Heart, CL03 Clear Sunset and CL04 Clear Pink Joy -- lighter and cooler than CL02 Clear Love Song Pink, which she swatches here.

Don't they look eminently squishable even in the pan? :D
I'm afraid I'm boring you and repeating myself with all these trembling jellified superlatives, so in brief, these are: pigmented, scent/taste-free (= zero scent or taste, including any incidental waxy scent/taste of the product itself), gel-cream formula, ridiculously easily blendable with fingers or brushes over bare or cream-foundationed or powdered skin, a 'jelly' finish (i.e. with that subtle diffuse soft 'halo' in between glowy and glossy) that doesn't set to powder but resists transfer even so.

While these are softer and creamier to the touch  than the standard Canmake cream blushes [previous drivel], lasting power is impressive -- these wore perfectly all day in ~40ºC 95%+ humidity (and they have the reputation for excellent lasting power among the oilier skinned folk in the Asian reviewosphere too), and back in London's chilly teens they're sitting just as pretty on my dry cheeks.


CL01 Clear Red Heart is a dead-on neutral, clear strawberry red.
CL03 Clear Sunset is a warm watermelon coral.
CL04 Clear Pink Joy is a moderately cool-toned cherry-blossom pink.


Even with my red blush problem, I have to declare Clear Red Heart THE perfect neutral red blush. Ever.



CL03 Clear Sunset comparisons can be found in this Chicca review post -- the difference between the formulas would be that while Canmake feels and looks like a jelly in all stages and applies best with brushes in a blending motion, Chicca, while evincing a similarly squishy glow on the cheek, feels like like a dry balm/stain and applies best patted on with a sponge. (I personally can't apply makeup well with fingers, but if you can, more power to you.) My personal platonic ideal would be those unpindownably well-balanced Chicca colours with their magical lit-from-within glow, in Canmake's effortless texture and at Canmake prices. ;)

CL03 worn with Catrice Coolibri Virgin Forest Eyeshadow Pen (LE summer 2012), Shu M White 907 and Catrice Grey's Philosophy on eyes; RBR Lip Elixir balm mixed with Addiction Le Mepris lip crayon on lips.


CL04 Clear Pink Joy with Sleek Pink Spring trio Pink Ice, the darker side of Suqqu EX02 Mizumomo (LE autumn 2012), Addiction Damask Rose and Amazingcheek sticks, Chicca Flush Blush 10 Girly Flush, and Guerlain Champs Elysées Rouge Automatique.


CL04 the cheeks, with Paul&Joe Nice, RBR Grey Go-Away Lourie and Solstice Halcyon on eyes;