Moira ILY Love Steady Liquid Blush Review & Swatches
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Moira ILY Love Steady Liquid Blush ($8.50 for 0.17 oz.) is a vivid, medium red with strong, warm orange undertones and a matte finish. It could have been a bit easier to blend out.
- Opaque pigmentation but wanted to sheer out during application (which seemed as marketed)
- A little went a long way, use sparingly and build up as necessary
- Lightweight, emollient, blendable
- Applied fairly evenly on top of bare skin or over foundation
- Long-wearing (9 hours before showing signs of fading)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$8.50/0.17 oz. - $50.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be "buildable' while "delivering high pigment payoff" that "easily blends." There are two finishes--radiant and matte--with the latter drying down to a more powder-like finish that was matte and more long-wearing as a result (eight to nine hours). The radiant finish remained dewy without fully setting, though it didn't feel tacky and still had decent wear (seven hours).
Per the brand, they state to remove excess product from the over-sized, doe-foot applicator and then dot the product onto the apples of a cheeks using a "small amount" initially. The formula was forgiving in the sense that whatever was applied wanted to sheer out to more of a medium-level of coverage, but a little went a long way, so I would recommend one or two dots on cheeks at most. I preferred to put the dots on the back of my hand, then take my fingertip and gently diffused it there before patting onto my cheeks.
If you're someone who tends to be more heavy-handed, you might find using a stippling brush for application more ideal here. I tend to reach for a brush when a liquid or cream blush formula is more pigmented or where a "little goes a long way."
Browse all of our Moira Love Steady Liquid Blush swatches.
Ingredients
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Isohexadecane, Isododecane, Mica, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Ethylene/ Propylene/ Styrene Copolymer, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Sorbitan Isostearate, Phenoxyethanol, Propylene Carbonate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Aluminum Hydroxide, Butylene/Ethylene/ Styrene Copolymer, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR/PUEDE CONTENER (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), FD&C Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140:1), Iron Oxide Red (CI 77491), D&C Red 28 (CI 45410:2), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850).
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If it wasn’t for the strong orange undertones, I might like this one. I wonder how it would read on my super pale skin if applied very lightly? I probably need to slow my blush buying since I have purchase quite a lot lately. I am going to pick up a few Gucci blushes after Cara shared her experience with the brands blushes. I knew I loved the colors and how they looked in photos by the brand but you can’t always trust their photos.
Maybe next spring? Not sure if this will work with my foundation, though. It’s definitely a potent KAPOW blush bordering on neon!
It would be beautiful on you for spring. Have you ever tried applying blush and highlighter before foundation? I know it has made the rounds on YT and TikTok, although I don’t have TikTok. If that would work then this would be beautiful on you.
Hi Deborah – I haven’t tried this new method out yet. There would definitely need to be a great pore blurring primer laid down first before I would feel brave enough to attempt to, though. But, having seen the softer effect it gives to super vividly bright liquid blushes, it’s a technique that I am willing to try with all the right products!
Quite a vivid shade of blush – but at least it gets a good rating.