Tarte Natural Cheek Stain: Flawless

Tarte Natural Cheek Stain in Flawless

Project Pan Item #56: Tarte Natural Cheek Stain in Flawless

I purchased a trio of mini-sized Tarte Natural Cheek Stains a while back. At the time, I think Tarte was best known for these products.

Tarte Natural Cheek Stain in Flawless

The Natural Cheek Stains are twist up tubes of solid cream blushes. They have a light floral fragrance that I quite enjoy. The texture is oil-based and somewhat tacky, but it blends out easily with fingers or a synthetic brush. I do not agree that these are stains because they sit on the skin rather than sinking into it.

The shade Flawless is a light-to-medium peachy pink that has light pigmentation. I've been using this as a base blush because I find that the stickiness is great for holding onto the other blushes that I layer over the top. I don't use it as my sole blush because the pigmentation is too light and I fear that with its texture, it will melt or fade away quickly without something set over top. I do find that with my current blush routine (that involves 3 different blushes, including this one) my cheek color lasts well throughout the day. However, I cannot attribute the longevity purely to Tarte's Cheek Stain.

Tarte Natural Cheek Stain in Flawless

Tarte Natural Cheek Stain in Flawless, blended out (note oily texture sitting on skin)

This Cheek Stain was a nice part of my routine but I won't miss it once it's finished. I know there are better cream blushes available that offer better pigmentation and wear (like Stila's Convertible Colors). I don't believe Tarte even makes this shade anymore but I would not recommend it if they did. It is not worth getting just to use as a base for other blushes.

Tarte Natural Cheek Stain in Flawless