Youngblood Pressed Mineral Blush ZIN
After trying and loving Youngblood’s Crushed Mineral Blush in Tulip, it was just a matter of time till I was going to get more products from this brand. Mauve is a colour I really like but I find it hard to pull of sometimes. MAC The Perfect Cheek is a colour I was happy with but the texture is just ‘ok’. Youngblood Pressed Mineral Blush in Zin is even more mauve, dusty and the texture is super soft. It stays on all day on me (I noticed a slightly fading by the end of the day). Zin has very fine shimmer particles, not noticeable once applied. I used two layers for my swatches (natural light). 
If you look closely, you can notice the fine shimmer. I am so glad I have discovered this brand for me, the blushes are definitely a win. This colour looks amazing paired with a strong, deep vampy lipstick. It also gives a vintage touch to my whole look, especially, when I am wearing something with lace and have curled hair.
INGREDIENTS: Mica (CI 77019), Zinc Stearate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Lauroyl Lysine, Tocopherol, Retinyl Palmitate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Carmine (CI 75470), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850:1), Red 6 (CI 15850), Red 30 Lake (CI 73360).
I am desperately waiting for some other products to try, I think I will order a cream blush as well next time. Just so you know, the lipsticks have great quality as well. I haven’t tried their foundation but from what I can tell, the lightest shade seems way too dark for me.
MAC The Perfect Cheek, compared to Youngblood ZIN, is more nude, not as mauvey. ZIN seems to have a slightly lilac undertone. I prefer the soft Youngblood Pressed Mineral Blush texture. They may seem very similar but on me, The Perfect Cheek is a brownish peachy nude and ZIN a sueded dusty mauve with a hint of lilac. I am N10 (MAC foundation) with neutral undertone. I think, if you have a darker skintone, olive, ZIN may not be the perfect choice for you. Stay tuned for more swatches soon (ah, I think I may fall in love with this brand). Have you tried anything from Youngblood? What are your favourite products?
Oh, an interesting mauve colour. I wonder if it works on skin with yellow undertones… or maybe it’ll just clash like crazy >.<
I think mauve colours in general are tricky, for my skintone/undertone this one works perfectly. It is way more pigmneted than MAC and not as powdery. I think darker, yellow and olive skintones will have a problem with this one. I feel it’s like with Illamasqua Katie, it looks differently on lighter and darker (with a white base) skintones.
I always wanted to try a mauve colour but honestly I’m not sure if it goes with my warm skintone? The Youngblood version looks great, I like the more purple tone in it
I was looking for a mauve blush for a long time, this one has the right undertone for light skintones (not too mauve, not muddy). I think warm skintones in general will have a problem with mauve.
I don’t own a mauve at all in my stash! Not too sure how that will work for my undertone either, but I bet it’s a pretty shaded on you!
I actually don’t think a true mauve blush will look good with warm, darker skintones. But who knows, maybe I am wrong D: I really like this particular shade on my skintone a lot though.
Loving this shade and loving Youngblood! The blushes are definitely something that I have wanted to try. This would look gorgeous paired with a berry lip.
I actually was so-so with this brand. I actually thought ‘ok, yet another mineral brand I won’t like’ but I was totally wrong! Their lipsticks are also nice (Vixen – a gorgeous matte red with blue undertone). I agree with the berry lip, and I am really intersted to see a review of a mauve blush from someone with darker, yellow or olive skintone now, haha.
You know it’s weird, I love wearing mauvy glosses and shadows but I have yet to try a mauve blush! Must definitely get on that! I have warm, yellow-toned skin and I like mauve a lot, but I guess it depends on the shade. I have never tried a very pale, cool mauve like this before
I find that very interesting, thank you Becca for telling, that you are wearing mauve as well, since you have a darker skintone than me. Sometime I forgot, how very different a colour can look. This particular colour is very, well dusty and mauve, cool, no muddy undertone. Pale skintones can enhace the muddiness more and it will look like dirt once one. As from what I can tell, this particular shade ‘may’ be too cool for warm skintones. Mauve blushes give me this kinda ‘vintage’ feeling sometimes, I hope to find a cooler in undertone (than Zin) mauve as well.