Review: Jill Stuart Mix Blush Compact #15 Sweet Lock Limited Edition

"Limited Edition" - Jill Stuart ("JS") limited edition items are highly sought after.
Fortunately for me (and my wallet!),
I'm a fan of their Mix Compact Blushes only ^_^

JS Fall 2011 offers the Mix Blush Compact in #15 Sweet Lock
(also the oddest Mix Blush Compact name todate...Hmmm...

Anyway, THIS is one of the items, Limited Edition or not,
after clicking the irrevocable CheckOut button,
I knew I would either go "AWEsome" or "GRUEsome"
only when it arrives +_+
*so I twiddled my thumbs and waited*

Goes unsaid that JS LE items  has little extra details to draw you in...

Filigree detailing on the box...

Filigree detailing on the casing and brush...

I love JS Mix Blush Compacts' formulation;

(soft,  silky smooth, barely any shimmer if any,

gives the most natural glow I've seen in powder blushes

- it's almost difficult to believe it's "powder" blush).

Not too keen on the princess-y/girl-y packaging, to be honest,

so excuse me if I don't sound too enthusiastic about the exterior :P

(hello *Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette!*)

When I received this little baby a few days back,

my heart literally dropped...

I was disappointed to say the least because compared to the others,

Sweet Lock looks so...

BLAH!

Could you spot the ugly step sister among the bunch? ^_~

(Note: The brushes are detachable.)

Top to Bottom, Left to Right:

- 04 Hot Cherry

- 07 Lovely Tulip

- 10 Sweet Biscuit

- 12 Candy Orange

- 13 Milky Strawberry

- 15 Sweet Lock

It took me several days to deflower it,

because I was torn between giving it a chance
(thereby messing up the white overspray and devaluing it $$$ :P),

or just jump right in!

Well, jump right in,

I did,

after much contemplation!

Shades Top to Bottom, Left to Right:

- satin light pink, leans a little mauve

- shimmery light pastel (popsicle?) orange

  (shimmer level similar to the light yellow in 07 Lovely Tulip,

  which also happens to be the most shimmery of my whole JS stash)

- shimmery light taupe

  (shimmer level similar to the light yellow in 07 Lovely Tulip,

  which also happens to be the most shimmery of my whole JS stash)

- satin cool pink

Swirled together, it gives off a (slightly) warm light pink due to the pastel orange.

However, I'm pretty sure I would get a lot more mileage

out of Shade 1 & Shade 4 because shimmer on my cheeks

is just asking for my pores to be scrutinized up close & personal! O_o

Awesome Swatches HERE!

Note:

The white overspray does it absolutely NO favours, in my opinion,

because it LIGHTENS the blush (which is ALREADY light as it...)

It was only when I dug deeper BENEATH the white overspray,

butchering it,

that I got the true colour pay-off ^_^

Thus, there's no after picture because my Sweet Lock looks rather...mangled now ~_~

Thank God for persistence, eh? ;)

At least I know I know it's not gonna sit in my stash gathering dust ;)

Thanks for reading! <3