Apparently we all have 'blush blindness'

Apparently we all have ‘blush blindness’
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[@julesbee6249]

Blindness insinuates that the wearer doesn’t see it. They see it and love it. No blindness there.

[@avasava7720]

In the makeup community, traditionally “x blindness” was a term used for the eyebrows to insinuate that the wearer isn’t aware of a certain feature that’s (typically) overdone or weird looking because they’ve regulated it over time or trends are pushing for a certain feature that society just accepted verbatim, generally without making the necessary unique specifications that enable it to look suitable on most people. Blush blindness is when blush becomes over exaggerated to everyone else, but it’s harder for the wearer to realize that the blush is overdone, a weird color, an odd placement, one variable is always just off that went unchecked by the wearer and tends to look abnormal because of excessive repetition and exposure

[@tammystiletto]

I am definitely aware, it’s an aesthetic for me personally.

[@handsoaphandsoap]

​@@avasava7720 I think you’re missing the very obvious point the commenter is making here, that the term “blindness” isn’t apt in this case because the blush is being worn this way on purpose. Your definition is faulty as it implies that it’s somehow “wrong” to wear your blush in that way, to exaggerate it or wear an unconventional cheek color, when in reality people are doing it as a stylistic choice. Makeup is supposed to be fun. Live a little, loosen up and slap pigment all over your cheeks.

[@LunarEleven]

Couldn't have put it better. I'm 42 and I've always loved excessive blush, I'm not going to look back on it and be embarrassed. I look at old pictures and think, I should have worn more blush. 😂 I used to let people asking if I had a fever deter me, but I stopped caring because life is too short to not do what makes you feel good.

[@LunarEleven]

​@@avasava7720I am sure they understand what the phrase means ... They're just saying it's not always a matter of being unaware of how it looks, like us millennials are notorious for with eyebrows, sometimes you see it, you like it, and you don't have regrets.

[@dr.w.makeup5499]

Joke’s on them, I know exactly how much blush I’m wearing and I put it there on purpose.

[@Fafamarie]

Absolutely love this comment ❤

[@aidak3341]

Sameee 🥰 it makes me so happy

[@louisah6020]

lol, saaaaaame

[@dinygoesglam]

exactly! "arent you happy I didnt put this much blush on you instead? At least in on my face, not yours"

[@lindajohnson.]

As an older woman, less is more! As you age everything has to be changed. 😮

[@robin_silas]

I actually love blush mania. As a black girl, I grew up thinking that blush wasn't for me because brands would have the two same pink colors. When blushes started to go viral and new colors started to be created, I realized that I actually love blush and there are colors that look gorgeous on me.

[@awalker127]

Love this comment, but it's sad that it's taken so long.

[@CoilyCode]

Saaaame!!!!

[@WilliamsPinch]

Yep! Now there are so many options and I’m going touch them ALL 🗣️ lol

[@adress13]

Me too girl. I've started using orange blush mixed with a plum color and the outcome is so satisfying.

[@laurac86]

Growing up my friends mom would always use lipstick as blush because it was the only thing that was pigmented enough and/or bright color to show up on her dark skin

[@katydidknits]

Oh look… more people telling women that they’re womaning wrong. This whole “x blindness” thing would got right in with that monologue from the Barbie movie. And yes, those of us who grew up in the 80’s ABSOLUTELY look back at old pictures and laugh. Because fashions change. The way I did my hair and makeup in 1988 was for 15-year-old me in 1988, not 50-year-old me in 2024.

[@june2gem]

Agree! Me too! Blush was crazy in the 80's! But I loved it! And still love blush to this day and will wear it however I want to 😁

[@genevieveve]

I feel like society will just look for any way to drag women down. From this ______ blindness trend, to making people with larger collections feel like they are over consuming and ruining the world... Makeup can be confidence. And confidence is power. And a big portion of the world doesn't want women to be powerful.

[@Bdhstl95]

Big blush, big hair n big shoulder pads. I love the 80s

[@mnemetotoro]

@@genevieveveI don’t believe it is to drag women down. It is most definitively about making people hop to the next trend and consume more, never let consumers settle with one look. It’s marketing 101, make people love a product, then make them think it’s out and something else is in, and the cycle repeats on and on. Why? Because it obviously works. Lots of women participate and gladly open their wallets for the next viral thing. It’s the same with clothing, interior design, anything. The ones who’re voicing these expressions are the same people who wants to sell us something new, influencers etc, whom are most often women themselves.

[@NimBelle]

So well put!

[@LydiaReneeDarling]

Listen, if a bold cheek moment means I’m blush blind count me in 😂

[@gingerchipper]

💯

[@Thamazgha-tamurth-enegh]

​@@gingerchipperBlush is my absolute fave make up item by far and bronzer and highlighter take 2nd and 3rd place. It's just very therapeutic to put on some blush especially when layering it (liquid then powder). Who cares about trends? I've heard that highlighter is out, well not my problem😂 will still use it since I have dry skin need to look a little plump and fresh

[@Thamazgha-tamurth-enegh]

Blush is my absolute fave make up item by far and bronzer and highlighter take 2nd and 3rd place. It's just very therapeutic to put on some blush especially when layering it (liquid then powder). Who cares about trends? I've heard that highlighter is out, well not my problem😂 will still use it since I have dry skin need to look a little plump and fresh

[@jennifersmith6747]

One thing I’ve heard that stuck with me, if someone has a “problem” fixable within 5 minutes or less tell them discretely( zip fly undone, shoelaces untied, spinach on teeth, toilet paper on shoe, lipstick on teeth) then they can fix it . If it’s not fixable in 5 minutes ( heavy makeup, hair color/style, choice of outfit that isn’t counter to dress code ) keep your silence. Their choice of self expression does not need to please anyone other than themselves.

[@suzeepants]

I wish everyone would adopt this thought! These are words to live by!

[@noble604]

So for the 5minute and over issues, nobody should ever tell them there’s a chronic, foul breath thing and it might have to do with a dental or medical issue/ ... .running to the bathroom and staying for a half hour after each meal ... are they okay or might that have anything to do with bulimia ... and the “natural” deodorants they used ... so yeah ... they aren’t working/there’s a pungent body odor... have you noticed?. Just let our friends and loved ones walk around like this.......🥴

[@anncollard1742]

Every since you showed the sunburn blush I've done it and ❤ it. I'm about to be 70 and I don't care what anybody says I do what I want😝

[@KellyGooch]

Ahhh I love that!!

[@summerrose4286]

Since you are 70, I wonder if you remember the red Bonne Bell gel blush from back in the day. I used it and the gel bronzer, best blushes ever. I did the sunburn blush in middle school before i ever knew it was a thing.😁

[@ozmathegreatand]

Same! I was trying to do the uplifting trend and it didn’t feel like me enough.

[@Himmiefan]

@@summerrose4286 That gel blush was great! Bonnie Bell also had a larger tube of a plum shade, maybe sort of a bronzer, and that looked great on me, at least I thought so back in college.

[@sherrijacobsen15]

⁠@@Himmiefan I loved that plum blush!

[@pb_and_nutella]

I think it plays into the age old idea that women look best “natural”/ without makeup, it almost discounts makeup as a creative medium, it’s the idea that it should just be used to make you look the way you *should* naturally look

[@Emma-se5wm]

Yes. It plays into the idea that make up is for "women who need it" rather than "people who want it."

[@Name..........]

​@Emma-se5wm guys dont go for women that dont wear make up

[@Emma-se5wm]

@@Name.......... plenty do. My fiance, a man, doesn't care and fell for me at a stage in my life where I did not wear make up, though I've always liked it and wore it regularly for years before meeting him. Not all people who wear make up are women who care about male attention. And the kind of guys who don't go for women that don't wear make up are not worth entertaining...what I wish 19 year old me knew.

[@hollystop]

@@Name..........doesn’t matter. Makeup is to make YOURSELF feel like mariposa. Not for men

[@onlythelonely93]

@@Name.......... i don't know that you know what every man in the world likes,but more importantly I don't wear makeup for other ppl but FOR ME.If they love it cool,if not I love it.Also some of us don't five a fuck about what "guys go for".

[@happinin07]

Let's not forget when many people were wearing so much fake tan/spray that they look orange... Honestly I think its hilarious. Tanning was an obsession.

[@Sara-mr1hs]

Yes... and all pale lips! I thought it looked weird even then.

[@ottercat7]

As someone who doesn’t like eyeshadow and how it looks on me, blush has been a fun, alternative way to incorporate color into my looks!

[@Jenn_Hickey]

I agree - the "blindness" is funny when reflecting upon how trendy we wore/wear our makeup. I will never forget that in 2016 a male friend, who knew nothing about makeup, looked at me and said. "Your cheek looks wet!" And my friends and I all turned to each other and cheered 😂 I remember I was wearing Becca x Jaclyn Hill's Champagne Pop, and I wet my brush before I put the product on my face. What. A. Time. I certainly don't regret it! And I certainly don't regret the amount of blush I've used over the last four years 😊

[@marylove909]

Life can get kind of shitty. Do we have to make it shittier by telling people they'll regret their blush? We just need to let people have fun and enjoy themselves and their products. Is being able to laugh at yourself so bad? I think it's healthy to able to do that. I look back at some of the trends I had fun with in the 80s and 90s and laugh and remember how much fun I had.

[@Jennilynne]

Right. I've had a couple days here and there where I went "Oops.. may have put too much blush on today. Oh well". Didn't let it ruin my day and nobody has ever commented on it. If anything I've made jokes about it with a friend of mine who also likes to wear heavier blush. Do we really need to be worrying so much about little things like this? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Makeup is supposed to be fun and a way to express our individuality

[@jessicaseyfried7888]

I agree. I got up an hour early every morning during the 80’s to make my pin straight hair conform to whatever the style was that year. It was fun and I felt pretty. I got my first higher end brushes at the department store in 1984 and they lasted for years. It was all about the trends and the fun of changing your look! Have fun with it. If you have NO regrets then you are doing it wrong 😊

[@Nosoyyo5699]

Yes, but so we really need all the blushes? Consumerism is killing me

[@marylove909]

@@Nosoyyo5699 this isn't necessarily about consumerism. People can wear a good bit of blush or change placement or how it's applied and only own two or three blushes

[@xamyx725]

@@Nosoyyo5699Blush, and all other face/base products are having a moment due to the pandemic… Think about it; we spent literally 2 entire years covering up the bottom half of our faces, and another 2 years going back & forth with masking… Now that we feel confident it’s behind us, we’re pulling out all our blush, and replacing what we may have thrown away… Lips had their moment in that limbo phase, because we felt more comfortable buying inexpensive products that may go off, but now we’re more confident in spending more on cheeks…

[@YellowKnightEV]

every time someone says 'x blindness', and shows an example picture, my initial thought is always 'she looks so pretty!'. I think this is a case of 'mullets are not for everyone', in which it's not the style choice, but if the person 'pulls it off' because they genuinely/confidently love it. All this judgment is click bait. Be yourself, own your style.

[@LevGreen-Wells]

As a mullet wearer I completely agree

[@sage_forensics_2261]

I turned 50 last month, and makeup has always been a creative outlet. It's art that you can do on your face, literally! I've lived through many trends. I've tried a lot of them. Some of them I liked; some of them I enjoyed or carried off better than others. Makeup is a form of self-expression. This is supposed to be fun, so I agree with you, Kelly! Don't let anyone tell you what you can/cannot wear! Enjoy what YOU like! Have fun with it! You never know if you don't try. Great conversation, Kelly! 💜

[@kayla4702]

I completely agree with you!! Makeup for me has always been a creative outlet, and doing my eyeshadow is a daily self care practice for me. I'm 35 and am going to be me and rock it. 😊💚

[@sage_forensics_2261]

@@kayla4702 💜 Love that!

[@onimendez7735]

Robert Welsh also spoke out on this blindness nonsense. Yes, I've looked back at photos from my late teens -my 20s and no shame. We had fun and weren't obcessing. Though I never felt like myself in heavy makeup, so nothing stands out in anycase. To each their own, as Ernest said.😊

[@sage_forensics_2261]

@@onimendez7735 Robert's right! It is nonsense. You gotta have a bit of fun--and even a laugh every now and then when you look back. 💜

[@BuyLessJess]

I am going to lean into blush blindness.

[@morgantaylor517]

Same, I look like a clown.and I dgaf.

[@karacoconutag]

The "____ blindness" trend can apply to like anything. For example, you could say that I had snooki poof blindness in middle school. Trends change and they make us happy in the moment, who cares if they're cringe later!

[@handsoaphandsoap]

they’ll just end up being trendy again 10 years later anyway so who cares? just have fun and enjoy life

[@alyssab90]

To me the “___ blindness” phrase would be better used if you are so into the beauty trend that you think you look awful WITHOUT doing it. I think that’s the funniest part to look back on anyway, but it’s not really for someone else to tell you you have! During that same time period I ALWAYS wore wide Blair Waldorf headbands to the point where I thought I looked really weird without them. To everyone else I was probably just participating in a trend but they had me in this weird delusion where I couldn’t go out without one. It’s really funny to look back on because I haven’t worn a headband in like 15 years.

[@maryeckel9682]

"Snooki poof blindness" 😂

[@Escoveeche]

I’m glad we can all agree that the “blindness” trend in BS. 😅

[@Charlottec968]

ive just seen someone on tiktok saying we all have "slick back bun blindness" this started as a funny way to look back on previous trends that people took too far and is now to make fun of people

[@Emma-se5wm]

Me sitting here in the dead of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly the sweltering southern US: I may have slicked back bun blindness but it's too hot and humid to do much else. Hair's not being worn down until September. Tik Tok can suckkk ittttt

[@tialuvsmakeup215]

I think that having bold blush is more paletable now with the decline of eyeshadow. The average makeup wearer has been “taught” to focus on one feature so inevitably if my eyeshadow is now a soft wash of neutral brown it makes sense for me to have my blush POP. When eyeshadow was the focus everything else was more toned down. IMO

[@paulahillier1390]

Your eyebrows looked nice tbh. 😊

[@Anindeterminateamountofbees]

They did!! She showed it and I thought they were gonna be BIG but they fit her face pretty nicely they’re just not trendy anymore lol

[@heatherLcharron]

Right. I liked them better back then. The inner corners maybe could have been a little less harsh but other than that I thought they framed her face better. They're almost way too thin now..

[@natalieontheroad]

The “blindness” that I think people are going to truly regret in the future is the over-abundant filler. Like you said, makeup washes off at the end of the day. Filler doesn’t. It doesn’t even dissolve in a lot of cases. There are loads of videos from medical professionals on KZbin showing that. People are permanently disfiguring themselves (and spending thousands of dollars to do it) for a trend.

[@onimendez7735]

💯 agree! And most younger models looking like clones. What happened to "express yourself"??

[@Thamazgha-tamurth-enegh]

​​@@onimendez7735Exactly! I agree with both of you on this. Well we can thank the cringelords of plastic surgery the kar-trash-ians🤢since they fuel the insecurity of todays youth. Just look at that younger (not the youngest without any facial expressions I'm talking about one of the married ones but she's maybe around 25 or so and I think she has 1 kid). Don't know her name and not sure if she's one of the half siblings of kim or full. How on earth did she already look like she was anywhere between 38-40 when she was only 22😮? That is quite terrifying. And not like a good lookinv 38-40 year old no, I mean she looked plastic-y and much much older just without any wrinkles. Most 38-40 year olds without any surgery look waaaaaay younger then her.

[@onimendez7735]

@@Thamazgha-tamurth-enegh I've never "kept up" with their doings and agree that they've caused much damage (mentally/emotionally) to younger generation. It's a shame really.

[@Brooke.vanwingerden]

Agree 100%. Crazy that when I see someone without apparent filler I think “she is so unique and beautiful”, that is wild to me! All the filled faces look the same and so obvious. Regardless, I see a lot of really beautiful women that do have apparent filler, still beautiful, and I support women doing what makes them feel best but I do think we’ll look back someday & think “what were we thinking?”.

[@Thamazgha-tamurth-enegh]

@@Brooke.vanwingerden Yep wish it would get in trend to actually ignore and tell these t**xic celebrities to get a real job and mind their own business instead of manipulating the younger crowd into mass consumerism and insecurity. I also find it extremely pathetic that someone their age (pretty sure kimmy is at least heading towards her 40's or 50's) is still mentally immature which can't be good for her poor kiddos either. The whole: let's dress, act, talk and do our make up and surgeries to all look the same not only lame but also kinda weird (concerning). But we can't force the world to change, hopefully most of these youngsters will grow out of this mass insecurity and lack of personality with to much damage and that they can heal from within.

[@alyssab90]

I have always always loved a heavy blush look, even in periods where most people were skipping blush entirely. Blush has always been my favorite makeup product. I really don’t think this one is going to be too cringey or funny to look back on - it is one of THE oldest makeup products to exist and has gone through many eras of heavy application. From the 18th century French court to the 1980s - heavy blush is just ICONIC. It seems to me we were way overdue for a heavy blush trend anyway. This specific look you’ve done IS editorial and in my opinion, timeless!

[@seemeoutthere]

Imo part of why blush almost never looks cringe is that it is derived from a natural look, a human blush naturally and some of us can get quite flushed to the point almost all the face a shade of red. it was attractive back then and will remain so

[@insertbookpunhere]

The idea of policing yourself to avoid judgement 10 years in the fiture is something else. It truly doesnt matter what you do, in 10 years it won't be cool anymore. It's not a big deal! Do what you want!😊

[@chiaravc6228]

I'm only in the beginning of this video but wanted to comment already: Recently saw a woman saying she was a victim of the "white shadow under the eyebrow blindness" from the 90s. She looked STUNNING with it. It's so sad that people look back on these trends and cringe, while they objectively rocked that trend and only a few people took it overboard (and we already thought it was overboard at the time, and even so, who cares as long as the person likes it) Also love the new background. Hope you're settling in nicely!

[@cccccccc98428]

I will place highlighter against my brow bone forever

[@silentbeep]

You know I've eeen this trend on tik tok and most of these videos make me feel like, what is the problem? Most people look totally ok! It's weird.

[@KellyGooch]

Agreed!!

[@hayleypflug7384]

Bless Kelly and other creators for letting me know what’s going down on TikTok. I prefer long form!

[@lorrilewis2178]

As someone who is 65, I can tell you that intentional bright pink blush is not a new thing. It's been done before, even in the earlier 2000s and it seems to go in cycles.

[@parisaha]

Yes! Thank you! I remember wanting a blush-forward look for my wedding in 2005. I've been a blush fan since the turn of century and I will continue to rock blush in all sorts of ways and shades into the foreseeable future.

[@michelleb7399]

Yes, I had a shade of blush from MAC back in the 2000’s that looked a lot like what she put on. I can’t recall its name rn.

[@lorrilewis2178]

@@michelleb7399 Yes, I saw a whole article in the early 2000s showing ultra ultra bright pinks and corals.

[@tharzanne]

Why do we have to make people feel bad for enjoying something in the moment? Let people live 👏

[@1015SaturdayNight]

Girl, your college looks were fire!

[@lauraanderson8785]

I used to have eyebrow blindness, but it's because my eyesight is pretty bad so before I started wearing contacts, I had to take my glasses off when doing my makeup. I had to stick my face so close to the mirror that I couldn't see myself that well. And when my glasses were back on, the rim covered my brows partially so I never quite realised how bad I'd been filling in my brows 😭

[@CareyXO]

I love blush and I’m going to keep living my best blush life. 😊

[@Mediumcoffee14]

Same! 🙌

[@mimzyc9949]

I really appreciate how you always put everything in perspective. Makeup is for fun and most of us know what works and people will call us out if it doesn’t. We can choose to ignore those people or rethink it.

[@annichan113]

„College Eyebrows“ were nice and full. Not bad imo. Not too dark. Looked natural thick.

[@Void_1984]

I agree looks better than what she has going on now!

[@ttiian]

Kelly! I absolutely love Makeup Musings. Your thoughts are so well gathered and discussed, it’s very pleasant to listen. Please keep this series going!

[@sydeezy17]

I love a heavy blush! Purples, pinks, mauves! I also didn’t change my brows when the bush was in! I just stuck with my natural shape! Makeup is fun ❤ I am not embarrassed but my favorite hobby

[@summerrose4286]

Kelly, I have to comment. Having been born in the 60's and being young all through the 60's, 70's and 80's, and a young mom in the 90's, I watch these makeup youtubers with a mixture of fascination and sometimes horror. I have daughters your age and wouldn't let them watch beauty content when they were young due to the overconsumption and consumerism. The amount of makeup purchased now is sheer insanity to anyone of my era. That said, I love your channel. You are a lovely, articulate young woman and I think you have interesting content. I have hated some of these trends. The eyebrows....just, no. But, I love blush. I was a teen and young woman in the 80's. We wore a lot of blush! And it was really pretty! There was no "project pan" in those days. No one bought more makeup than they used, so everything was used up in about three to six months, although I did receive an Ultima ll gift with purchase one year for Christmas which I loved and used for years.😊 Anyhow...just wanted to say, wear blush and carry on!

[@lorrilewis2178]

I remember the blush looking like a dark dramatic line across the cheek and that began at the very end of the 1970s in the disco era. Then in the 1980s it got bright and pear-shaped. It was supposed to look glam with very styled hair, but it overwhelmed the face. Not a fan. 😂

[@summerrose4286]

I remember the dark, dramatic line, in the hollows of cheeks, like Olivia Newton John wore. I didn't love the blush so much, but she was gorgeous. I don't remember anything pear shaped. What I remember is a sort of triangle coming straight out and then up the cheekbone. I was surprised in the 90's when my girls' magazines said to put blush on the apples of your cheeks, because that was so not a thing. It has been interesting to watch the changes.

[@gasparinha]

I may have made it up, but I have a mental picture of an ad with Linda Evangelista or Carol Alt wearing tons of the most vivid blush, with a bright colored sweater and big button earrings. It was everything '80s me wanted! Even if it's more of a blonzer color, I will always be wearing too much blush.

[@Bdhstl95]

I don’t care what Tik tok has to say. It seems they are way behind what really happens on KZbin by at least a year anyway. And social media makeup reflects about 20% of the public

[@lorrilewis2178]

@@summerrose4286 The dark line was so crazy. At least putting it on the apples of your cheeks mimics a real human blush.

[@julesbee6249]

I’ve noticed that out in the wild I don’t see a lot of people doing the extreme trends…the current extreme blush look. It very well may be regional. I love all the variety of shades and formulas.

[@aprilmakepeace8388]

Good points. No one talks about famous people from the 1940s, '50s, '60s, etc., and says they were "whatever" blind. They just think they looked good. This blindness thing feels like another way to shame people who wear makeup. :/

[@Dopey22AMJ]

I really appreciate the honestly and the reminder that make up can be done just for fun!

[@idalarsson4729]

I’m so glad that I’m a Gen X! Not having to grow up with the pressure of social media constantly putting girls and women down. We at least had a chance to grow some self-confidence without that added pressure. ( it’s the same for boys/men ) I’ve reached the age of “ I don’t give a f*** “, I put on the amount of blush, mascara or highlighter that I want and feel like! 💕

[@harlempixie338]

Blush is my favorite cosmetic. I don’t do eyeshadow too much but blush is my girl 🤗

[@Brego100]

I agree! I think it is so fun to look at a photo and be able to place what era it’s from. And I love makeup as a creative medium.

[@Jennilynne]

I'll never watching someone's video and feeling the need to leave nasty comments. Especially when they start it out with something akin to "Not to be mean, but". I saw a comment on a video recently where someone said something about they liked the video but they couldn't stand the person's laugh and it made the video hell for them to watch. Then if they "fixed" it they'd get a subscribe from them. Just absolutely no shame in telling them if they change something about themselves then they will be rewarded with a random stranger's attention. Maybe I'm getting old but the boldness of people is wild to me. Perhaps the ever presence of social media has made people blind to the fact they are commenting on real people with feelings.

[@onimendez7735]

I've noticed this on certain KZbin comments. Of course, they feel emboldened since they typing. Wonder how they'd act face to face with the person. In anycase it speaks volumes regarding how lacking in integrity they are.

[@rachelsmith9144]

Yes you are absolutely right! Imagine reading it about yourself

[@bethannybiscuits]

I have naturally red cheeks and I have been accused of blushing my whole life. I'm stoked that I can just put on a light to medium coverage foundation and be on trend because for 20 years I've had to do full coverage foundation with green primer every day to completely undo my natural pinky redness. And last year I was still wiping out all my redness and adding blush and then one day the light bulb flashed and I realized I didn't actually need to blank out my face just to add pink back 😂.

[@duchessedeberne3909]

Same! Blank it out to redo it with blush 🤪

[@hollythornell5262]

I remember about a decade ago urban decay had these really powder blushes in really unique shades and I had them all. It was the best formula too, I could wear a bright red and a pale peach and a purple and bright orange and I looked good in all of them because the formula was so nice and buildable. I was so sad when they were discontinued. They really were ahead of their time with those. Anyone else remember them? They had highlighters in the same packaging that were also amazing. I miss the pink shade Aurora it was so perfect

[@KismetKat11]

I bet if one read whatever the “blush blindness” criticizer is writing, there is something else that that person is encouraging one to buy. It’s encouraging crass consumerism. Great video,k thanks!!

[@lindseythomas3022]

I appreciate this series so much! I'm all for the bold blush moments we are having. I've never in my life had so many at one time....but you're so on point with times and trends and I doubt the blush train stops for a while! Makeup is washed off each day and we get to start again the next and that is what makes it so fun!

[@jackiesparrow6974]

OK, I just have to stop and say how adorable baby Tilly is! 🥰

[@KellyGooch]

THE CUTEST!

[@MysticOceanDollies]

The extra blush is so cute! I think it’s so cute and girly in the best ways possible. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it is my cup of tea. I especially love how Sabrina Carpenter does her blush.

[@misslinguinni]

Just yesterday someone mentioned “eyebrow blindness” and I had no idea what they were talking about. How serendipitous that you posted this video today to educate me!

[@witchyone1052]

It’s actually super flattering on you!

[@erinharris7663]

I loved this video. Your outlook and attitude is spot on. Makeup should make you feel good, not shamed. It is fun and it does wash off at the end of the day. We should be supporting and lifting each other up. Who cares what other people do as long as they are feeling good about themselves and happy. Thank you for this video.

[@laur83]

i think we totally have blush blindness. but i’m okay with that. we’re probably not gonna vibe so hard with so much blush in a few years’ or decades’ time, but for now, let’s enjoy wearing blush as much as we want ❤

[@justynawisniewska1213]

That's true. However personally I've always loved a nice baby pink blush and I never understood why in 2010s beauty gurus would either skip it altogether or go for nude almost bronzer-like blush maybe a little bit of peach. Not looking forward to blush being a product to skip again and there being poor choice of shades at the stores.

[@laur83]

a great excuse to buy blush now 😂😂

[@RubysRedWash]

I think blush tends to be the shoes of make-up, meaning painting your cheeks is more fun and less complicated (like buying shoes as opposed to clothing) than finding a base, mascara, or eye shadow. Your cheeks are always your cheeks and it’s just easier to play around and even change your mood by using blush of sorts.

[@legalpuppy8602]

Love the message. P.S. Your college brows looked great and I am not a "bigger brow" person.

[@Letty4]

I'm 45 and have yet to look back at a previous hair/makeup/fashion choice years later and regret it!

[@tessarudolph2536]

Personally I really like bold, artistically placed blush (because for me makeup is an art form for me to experiment and express myself), but I get scared that people are going to say I’m blush blind or question if I’m crazy for how I did my makeup that day. I end up a lot of times forcing myself to tone it down before I leave the house because even though I love it I don’t want to be seen as crazy. I wish everyone saw it as just ART.

[@gwenrybeck3794]

Good thing I don't care what anyone else thinks of my makeup! I love the blush trend, I remember when I was a kid in the 80s, and I always loved the loud blush trend back then too!

[@jupiterrising97]

I'd rather be "blush blind" than have no creative free will in my own art that I put on my own face!!

[@IsabelTech-ju2zy]

I love your makeup in this look! Thank you for encouraging to not care what others think with makeup. Love your musings!

[@donnaamos3766]

The browny pink eyeshadow with your brown eyes is gorgeous! 😍

[@hegetv2111]

Most of us have "blindness" when something is really trending, and that's totally fine. I'm 57, and remember that blush was huge during the 80's. I loved a lilac-pink Chanel blush and I was far from lighthanded with it. My hair was huge and I wasn't lighthanded with hair spray either. So what. I love looking at old pictures from that time. Women are always being shamed for something. This is makeup. It washes off. I hope women will just continue blushing hard for as long as they want to.

[@GypsySparkle]

I do this and don't realize till I go outside, always check in sunlight. I have a 60 watt bulb in my room and I'm heavy handed 😂

[@WerasMakeup]

I’ve never been so early before! I love your content and your personality 🥰 Regarding blush blindness, I can confirm I’ve had it. I remember one time I did my makeup like normal and then caught my face in natural lighting and was surprised at the amount of blush I was wearing (definitely too much, even for today’s standards), but oh well, that’s part of learning how to do makeup and figuring out what works best for us personally.

[@Bestie_Bri]

Loved hearing your reflections on this ! I agree, trends are trends for a reason. What they wore in the 80s was THEE look then, then it toned down in the 90s, ramped up a little in the early 2000s and then toned down a little again….the pendulum swing, like you said. I think it’s so fun to look back, too, and remember the different trends and reminisce on it. The digital footprint definitely makes a huge difference…everyone’s so afraid to “look bad” or to not always look on trend or cool or be made fun of or whatever. Just live your life ! Have fun…10 years from now remember that fun when you’re looking back on those pictures. Life’s too short to try to stay acceptable to other people at all times …it’s impossible so why even try lol

[@gigi2k326]

Holy crap 59 million $$? Holy crap. I haven't bought a single blush in a couple years. Lol but, I'm just trying to use what I have & probably have only purchased a foundation and a brow product in the last year. Love the makeup musings!

[@beckc.d.1813]

New background and lighting are beautiful. Go HAM with blush if it makes you happy!

[@Hiimjess8]

I love copious amounts of blush and Idgaf who likes it and who doesn’t. I love putting it high on my cheeks and across my nose and I have been doing it for years.

[@danieladownie6087]

I think makeup is so flexible. I love the idea of making certain products the star of the look. Whether that's the brows, lips, eyes, cheeks, etc. It's fun to explore different features of our face

[@shysnow8]

I put on a lot of blush when I do makeup because blush is my favorite. Idc what anyone says I will put on as much as I want. I feel like it gives me a nice flush and glow.

[@kristentrep5038]

I graduated from HS in 1990, and my hair barely fit in my yearbook photo! My kids are in their 20s, and LOVE to see pics of their dad and I in the 80s and 90s.. were we high hair blind? Maybe!! But I LOVED my ginormous hair! I love the grunge phase! I’m not embarrassed!! I’m thrilled I have those pics, and I looked cute! I love blush, and I still love eyeshadow some days, even tho I’m a little more minimal in my multichrome looks lately!

[@EspressoLaine]

Without judgment, I think the gap between the everyday makeup user and the makeup influencer/close follower is growing. The everyday user doesn’t have blush blindness. We notice when we’ve accidentally overdone it, and we can usually tell whether someone else has overdone it on purpose or by accident. 😂 I can definitely see, however, how the joy of using a product or a new technique can completely blind you to how much you’re using - in my 20s, it was bronzer and concealer. It’s always something, and there’s nothing necessarily wrong with it, but it does draw attention.

[@m6f3r]

She's so real for this, I love her

[@vickysilvero2426]

I adore this look on you 😍, I love blush but i always try to make it somewhat natural but seeing this look really makes me want to try it! And i totally agree, my makeup taste has changed, and even what I’ve learned on makeup school 10 years ago, now is for the most part „incorrect” so, let’s just have fun and enjoy what we like!

[@varadaphadkay4269]

Please do that separate video on impact of trends! I simply think people will fill up their collection with the particular product at the moment and forget about it a year or two later!

[@iiconicvirgo]

I love the heavy blush it’s whimsical, feminine, & honestly plays up flushing, skin slightly burned due to the summer or the cold weather look depending on placement. I adore blush & the blush trend

[@courtlandtmartin6649]

I think this look is adorable on you. I agree w you-it feels like a lot of unnecessary shaming and whiplash to put out blush like there’s no tomorrow and then suggest that people shouldn’t be wearing it. As much as I love blush, I’m afraid this trend of minimizing someone else’s blush style is the beginning of the end of the blushy trend. By the end of the year, will we have pendulum swung back to bronzer and liquid lips?

[@laurenstylish]

I know for me, some of the blush trendiness and what I buy has been about being solidly middle aged and realizing that adding more blush = a more youthful look and it really can bring a level of color back to the face unlike anything else, and any sense of too-muchness to my own eyes is usually on the younger ones that don’t “need” to push the envelope on blush (but of course makeup as expression and fun is always more important than the concept of anyone actually “needing” blush, but we olds have decades of magazines telling us what was “right” and it’s hard to re-wire that, even as it serves us less to cling to all that bogus ageism and old style never-perfect-enough vibe!) 🙃

[@lorrilewis2178]

I think pink or rosy lips (or peachy ones if that suits) = a more youthful look. That's the magic color product for me.

[@DBat-sp1tp]

Part of the fun in life is looking back at pictures of your younger self and laughing at the clothes, hairstyles and makeup that you used to wear. Unless you’re taking pictures for your wedding or some other momentous occasion who cares if you don’t look picture perfect in every photo. That’s not living that’s vanity.

[@duchessedeberne3909]

It looks so 80s. Now we just need the crazy blue eyeshadow to come back. The eastern Europe they wore it until the 2000s 😂

[@janethaggerton1794]

Applying blush is such a challenge for me. Either too light and look washed out or too much and catch a glimpse of me and look clownish! I still love working with it though and every once in a while l get it right! Have lately played with bronzer and one day l will think wow and next time looks like l have bruises on side of my face!! Oh well! I do have fun with it.

[@msjannifer]

I am loving the sunset blush look! This reminds me of the Met Gala 2017 Rihanna's did.

[@magimania]

Watching the video with 3 cream blushes on the desk that just arrived in the mail. I've always been a blush girl and called it my "statement cheeks" 10 years ago. It wasn't very popular then, but I have a round face and big frames, so it looked quite balanced. I loved all the magentas, corals and purples back than, while I'm in my nude mauves + bronzer era now, but still heavy-handed. I love that it's so popular now, because there are so many new formulas end effects. I definitely believe in brow blindness - thin lines 20 years ago or the scared bambi lamination today. But not blush, as long as it's well blended and proportioned. I think of it as a logical eyeshadow extension and compared to all the blues, greens, duochromes it's kind of "natural"...

[@_cyy023]

ive been guilty of “blindness” on my blush and just walk into my car and ive told myself i need to chill and yet apply more 🤦🏻‍♀️ I JUST LOVE BLUSHHHH

[@SallyLovejoy]

We definitely had "blush blindness" in the early 80's. Not only heavily applied, but the colour bordered on orange!😅

[@shinstantramen5169]

Orange blush is great

[@onimendez7735]

I'm cool tone and always wore mauve. Orange would've me appear 🤡

[@ghostlyimageoffear6210]

I wore fuchsia and lilac, high on the cheekbone, up the temple, into the hair line. I loved the 80's blush trend!

[@jawbreaker8125]

I've always loved the 80s editorial look of sculpted blush up to your temples and eyebrows, have been doing that for years. No blindness here, just regular girls not giving a duck about what other people have to say about their look and I'm 100% here for it

[@bunchesnbarrels]

Society has seemingly decided we’re all a little too free, and is trying to pressure people into judging their future selves. Like… judge your kindness, your growth arc, how you’re becoming a better person… NOT WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. **That’s my TED Talk**

[@baowood8075]

I always wore a lot of blush before it became a trend. I’m just crazy about blush. I will continue to wear a lot of blush when the trend ends. 😆 It’s not going to hurt my feelings because I work with kids. I got called a clown on 80’s day at school. 😅😂

[@Sleepewalker]

Wow, yes! I was thinking about this recently, the other day my boyfriend asked me if I was okay because I was really red on my cheeks. He thought I had a sunburn or something so I lied and I told him that yes, yes it was a sunburn...

[@hollythornell5262]

I worked at a Mexican restaurant once and our manager told us to wear blush because the customers would like us more and they did. I got way more tips wearing peach blush

[@kateliness2]

I don't like "x blindness" either. It's just a trend! It's kind of fun to be able to look back and know when a picture was from. I'd only hesitate if there were possibly permanent consequences like overplucking eyebrows.

[@mandiimade4466]

It's sad that they find a way to bash women having fun. I watched the beauty community back when it first started till now and I wasn't able to be involved as things were so expensive and out of reach for me at the time and now that I been having fun with make up and able to enjoy better products everyone seems to say we are "doing it wrong" or we aren't in trend. Like I just was able to buy more expensive eyeshadow pallets granted still on sale but now people say eyeshadow is out of trend but I'm still having fun learning and playing with it and blush I love to play with and now they bash that. No matter what we should do it for fun to feel better about our self and not to worry what products r on trend or what acceptable for the trends

[@rachael2385]

I love how you say blush so aggressively each time, like it’s 2 syllables. 🥰

[@joanaazuaga4680]

Makeup is fun and is doing whatever you want to do. By the way, your eyebrows look great back in college, perfect, beautiful

[@Aurorya]

Yeah I still wear highlighter and blush, and eye-liner too, because after years of trial and errors the combo of that + mascara is the one suiting me the best. I keep the same base style but change the blush and highlighter colors depending on my clothes, and If I have time I do some contouring and put matching eyeshadow... Makeup is supposed to be fun indeed, if you have no dress code at your job really do what you want !

[@Zulleikha234]

Love this dream hour colour ! Looks so cute

[@Renbadoobee]

Okay but the way you do your eyebrows in your college pics was so cute

[@user-ht2kw2ug5f]

I just barely started wearing makeup. It hurt my feelings when I first heard the term, I'm glad to know that was the only intention from their commentary. It makes me feel better every time I'm reminded that makeup doesn't have rules because it should be a fun way to play with your own features and taste 🥰 You look great in pink also btw 👌🔥

[@janelles5444]

Thank you for this video. So many of us need to hear that it's ok to have fun, experiment, put "too much" on, wear it just because we want to. I love blush. I wear a lot of it. Always have. Trends come and go, but if its not for me, I don't do it. I've never owned a brow product or a matte liquid lipstick. I knew I would hate it. So I didn't buy it and kept wearing the same things I was wearing. No one told me my makeup looked hideous. It's all a ploy to keep women insecure. Wear what you want. It's just makeup. Thanks for the reminder.