Hearts are in in makeup design this year. Lucky me, the heart collector!
I’m traveling on business this week, and I needed a more portable blush than my go-to heart-shaped Too Faced Flush Blush. I love the shade, the shape, but I don’t like how big it is and that I need to carry a brush with me. It’s great for use at home.
I was picking up my vitamin D prescription at CVS, when another heart blush caught my eye. Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush.
Physicians Formula is really upping its game lately. OK, I admit it. I couldn’t resist the cute hearts and the combination of blush shades in one.
And it’s a pretty handy little compact for travel. Underneath the blush, there’s a mirror and a place for the portable brush. Although the brush isn’t the greatest, it’s just fine for a few days on the road.
Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush comes in four shades: Rose, Natural, Pink & Warm. I bought Warm, a peachy shade if you swipe across the whole compact or you can cherry pick colors — neutral, bronze, sheer iridescent peach, deeper peach — to contour, highlight or create a flush. Versatile!
Here’s a swatch:
I think it’s natural looking. It starts out quite sheer. It’s blendable, so you can put on as little or as much as you like. I actually put on a lot in both the swatch and photo so you could see the color. In actuality, I might go a little lighter.
Here’s what it looks like on me, with a swipe across the palette:
Regular price on Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush is $11.95, but it was on sale at CVS for $7.99 last week. The size is 0.24 oz/7g. The round compact is about 2.5″.
Gee, when I was doing a little background research on the ingredients for this review, I came upon some fascinating info on the box and on the website about why it’s called Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush:
- Infused with our Happy Boost Blend, featuring Happy Skin and Euphoryl, natural plant extracts which have been shown to promote a feeling of happiness by mimicking the effect of Endorphins and helping protect the skin from environmental stress.
- The sweet scent of Violet provides a feeling of joy each time you apply.
Wow! Now, that’s what I call a real multi-tasker. Call me a skeptic, but I can’t say I felt any effects like endorphins kicking in after a good run. But once I read about the violet scent, it did bring back memories of Violets hard candies that I used to buy in NYC back in the day. Not exactly joy, but good memories.
Claims: Hypoallergenic. Non-comedogenic. Paraben-free. Dermatologist approved.
Ingredients: Talc. Zea Mays (Corn) Starch. Dimethicone. Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate. Zinc Stearate. Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate. Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter. Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil. Lecithin. Phytosteryl Canolate. Plukenetia Volubilis Seed Oil. Rhodiola Rosea Root Extract. Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract. Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter. Schinus Terebinthifolius Seed Extract. Palm Alcohol. Phenoxyethanol. Potassium Sorbate. Fragrance. May Contain: Carmine. Iron Oxides. Manganese Violet. Mica. Red 6. Red 7 Lake. Red 28 Lake. Red 30 Lake. Titanium Dioxide. Ultramarines. Yellow 5 Lake.
I like it!
It's a cutie! Thanks Sue!