Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blends Sheer Highlighting Blush Review & Swatches

Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blends Sheer Highlighting Blush in Pure ($11.99- $12.99 at drugstores) is a brand new, revamped and repackaged version of their original Healthy Skin Blends. It comes in the same three shades: Clean (translucent), Pure (blush) and Sunkissed (bronzer) but they're totally different from what they used to be! Let's take a look...

I'm really loving the new packaging that Neutrogena's doing...it's simple, clean and eye-catching which is just what I've been hoping they would do. I've gotten kinda bored with them over the years because they just look dated, I guess. This is what the old packaging looked like: 

The old version was very cool toned, but this one is warmer with some peachy copper and gold highlighters mixed in with pops of pink. 

Here's the description from the Ulta website:

Neutrogena's Healthy Skin Blends are designed to give sheer, illuminating color to help enhance skin's natural, healthy appearance. A sweep of the brush illuminates your face for a naturally healthy look. This dermatologist-developed blush is made up of a collection of shades that blend together for sheer color with subtle shimmer and natural-looking results, regardless of your skin tone. Enriched with Vitamin C and botanical conditioners, the powder technology incorporates advanced gel systems for easy application and soft feel.

The powder feels really soft and velvety when you touch it with your fingers and picking it up with a brush was very easy...almost too easy. It creates a ton of fallout on the surface of the product when I use my Elf small stipple brush to swirl through all the shades. The color itself is really sheer, and it contains some shimmer to add highlight to your cheekbones. I have fair skin so this shows up fine on me, but those with darker skin tones may not be able to use this as a blush (although it may still work as a highlighter). 

I found that using the small stipple brush works best because when I tried using a larger, fluffier brush it sheered the color out even more and it wasn't as visible. The smaller brush concentrates the color better.

On my cheeks, this gives a subtle pink flush and adds a nice highlight as well. I'm not wearing any highlighter in these photos at all...just this blush.

Here's a close-up:

Overall, I think this blush is great if you want a really natural, glowy look- there's nothing bright or bold about this one. Based on the description, this is supposed to be sheer, so I feel like it does exactly what it claims to. It's a great everyday option, and the shimmer is fine enough that it doesn't look disco-ball on my face. I purchased a few of the new Neutrogena blush singles for review that were released at the same time as these blends, so I'm thinking that they might be a bit more pigmented if that's more your cup of tea, so stay tuned for my review on those! :) 

You can find the new Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blends at drugstores or at Ulta.com.

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