Milani Baked Blush in Corallina Luminoso

Ever since its first appearance back in spring 2011, Milani Baked Blush has been spreading like wildfire among beauty blogs, (It's almost felt like deja-vu, after reading about them over and over again, especially all the blogs have that "clean and professional" white background)soon it achieved what seems like a semi-cult status, standing right next to products like Revlon lip butter (you all know how that went) and Hard Candy Glamoflauge concealer (a disaster for me).

Despite my initial interest, I was quickly put off but the price (8-dollars plus tax and never goes on sale at Walgreens) and the bulkier-than-usual packaging (It has been baffling me forever, how there are so many brands doing that under-compartment-with-flip-mirror-and-useless-brush thing) but when the Milani thanksgiving sale rolled up, I finally caved in and ordered two shades, both seems to be the popular choices (by the time my mind have been e-poked by far too many times).

Luminoso seems like a true peach with a satin finish (it provides a very soft, silvery glow without giving off any frostiness), it's (as expected from all the Milani powder products I have tried) rather pigmented and goes on smooth and evenly. Corallina is an reddish orange coral with tons of silver sparkle (which gives off a stronger glow instead of frosty cheeks) that can be dusted away easily, the formula of this seems dryer, chunkier but it's still rather fine in texture.

Nars Luster, Luminoso, Jane Blush Earth Sheer, Luminous, Corallina and Benefit Coralista

While these baked blushes definitely seem well-formula and shaded (nuanced or whatever that's called), my problem lies in the actual colors: Luminoso (which by the way is nothing similar to Luminous, a peachy pink with lots of gold in it), for some reasons, turns sallow on my face and made me looks like I just got blown by a sandstorm...The yellowing effect is especially obvious during winter (God forbid I like wearing warm blush during cooler seasons), when my skin gets a little purple. Corallina, in the other hand, is totally harmless and shows up as a pretty warm red flush...Guess what, a good chunk (90%) of my orange blushes ended up looking like this, many of them have better formula/staying power and less of an annoying packaging...

Overall: I wouldn't be a complete naysayer (that I normally am) about these since the formula is rather nice...If you don't have funky skin like mine (Nars luster is a lot warmer/golden than Luminoso yet it shows up peachy on me) and haven't gotten 10 different reddish-orange blushes already, the Milani Baked Blushes are well worth a look. Just make sure you are not OCD about packaging as well.