Review: Missha Soft Blending Stick Blusher- #5 Mud Brown

Hey friends! It's been so long since I've done a review, so let's just get right into it. 

So, I first found Missha's Soft Blending Sticks when I was browsing through the new products section of Beautynet Korea, which is my go-to online shop for my makeup. I feel as if contouring and bronzers aren't super big in Korea which intrigued me when I saw that this advertised blush product came in a dark enough shade for some contouring; this definitely excited me!

The cream sticks remind me of the NARS multiples but at such a cheaper price of around $12.

The product is housed in a sleek matte stick with a top and bottom end: one for the product itself and the other for a dense blending brush that reminds me of a kabuki/stippling.

The product is creamy and smells nice at first sniff- but it also kind of smells slightly of glue which is kind of really off-putting. Nothing too serious though, from what I can tell. I either can't smell it from my cheekbones after application or I just get used to the smell.

 

Upon first swatch the cream bronzer has a slight sheen to it- though it's not shimmery or like a highlighter at all. The sheen I believe, is from it's 'blusher' concept as it is a cream product and should have slight moisturizing properties. I also think that the shade is quite nice and adequate for what it is, I wish it would've been a little darker though. I do usually take shade #23/natural beiges in Korean base makeup and I think this works for me. 

The color is a little orange at first, but the one thing that I'm not happy about this product though, is how well it blends. It's almost so slippery and so easy to blend that the product either disappears off my cheeks or gets transferred onto the blending brush. So, it being a little orange in the first place really isn't a problem at all. Whenever I choose to wear this bronzer I always use my fingers to blend as I think it's the best way to leave product on my face. I also always set this contour with a powder bronzer to really make sure it stays in place. Which kind of defeats the purpose of having to use this in the first place, I suppose.

Overall, I wouldn't repurchase this, but I will use it up since it doesn't break me out or cause any skin rashes or anything like that. I think the price is decent for what it is, and it also comes with a really good quality brush which I can see myself using for other purposes.
Thanks for reading and I hope this helps you! If you have any recommendations of Korean bronzers that are pigmented and are matte please let me know. This girl looooves her contour ;)

Thanks for reading, until next time!
xo, Cat.