Saie SuperSuede Talc-Free Powder Blush ($28) is a new lightweight baked blush with a long-wearing formula that launched recently in six shade selections. This blush is talc-free which is becoming the makeup industry’s norm for blush formulas lately. Primarily formulas are changing for safety reasons as talc can sometimes be contaminated with asbestos during the mining process. But also, talc is considering trying and brand’s are migrating away from it as a way of introducing a more cleaner, gentler formula for sensitive users. NARS Blush was recently reformulated and is now a completely talc-free formula and you’ll find other brands headed in the same direction.
When Saie launched these new Supersuede Blushes I was concerned they’d be doing away with the Glow Sculpt Multi-Use Cream Highlighting Blush which is one of my best loved blushes. Thankfully, those are still around and the new Supersuede formula is a permanent addition to Saie’s blush family. And a welcome one at that as they don’t have a powder blush in their catalog!
I picked up a single shade of Saie SuperSuede Talc-Free Powder Blush in Stella which is a warm, bright coral. It was $28 and holds .01 oz of blush in a simple black compact with Saie’s logo on the front in a raise, 3D design. As a lover of baked blushes this was a pretty fun purchase for me. It’s a formula I love and prefer in my blushes and I was happy to see someone embracing a new baked blush formula.
These blush has a very smooth, silky surface and the formula is just as silky. My brush easily picks up color (a little too easily) without a ton of powdery kick up. It’s VERY pigmented so when my brush picks up color it picks up A LOT of it. I did have to tap off a lot of it before I applied it on my cheeks. It applies super smoothly, blends easily, and gives my cheeks a super kick of beautiful color. I read a lot of reviews that said it was dry and patchy but I honestly can’t say I experienced that. I thought the formula was incredibly silky with a very smooth finish on my dry cheeks. I do think part of the issue is the blush is super pigmented and it comes in a variety of warmer, darker shades. They need a few more lighter shades and I think that would solve the problem of application issues as this is a really pigmented formula that’s easy to overdo which could result in patchiness or an uneven blush look. It’s a real bold selection of shades and a lighter or super fair skin tone may struggle finding a good color to purchase. The wear time is promised as a “long-wearing” and they aren’t kidding about that. Once on your skin it stays on. It doesn’t fade at all and wears throughout the day remaining bright and vibrant well into the evening. I got a solid 12 hour day out of it without it even showing a bit of wear. The blush does seem to have a little bit of a glow to it in the pan but it didn’t really translate to the finish on my cheeks. It looked more matte without any glow, shimmer, or radiance to the finish.
Saie SuperSuede Talc-Free Powder Blush Swatches (Stella)
Saie SuperSuede Talc-Free Powder Blush is a tricky little formula but if you’re into the color range and get on board with a light application you’ll be just fine.
Saie SuperSuede Talc-Free Powder Blush is available now!
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Saie SuperSuede Talc-Free Powder Blush is a new range of blushes with talc-free formula. Saie introduced these in six shade selections which are $28 each and .01 oz in size. I thought the formula was super silky, very pigmented, and as long-wearing as promised (12 hours without fading at all). The blush applied easily enough and looked smooth and flawless on my drier cheeks. The texture was silky and didn’t kick up when a brush was applied to the pan but my brush did pick up A LOT of color so tapping off excess was necessary. The color range is a little limited and the shades are very bold and warm which could present issues if you apply blush with a heavy hand.
- Pigmented.
- Long-wearing.
- Super silky formula.
- Shade range is a bit bold.
- Very pigmented which could make application challenging.
Saie SuperSuede Talc-Free Powder Blush is absolutely a must get if you love pigmented blushes or have darker skin and trouble with blush showing up on your tone!
