A Budget Must Have: MaxFactor's Miracle Touch Creamy Blush in Soft Pink

My love affair with cream blushes is far from over....

MaxFactor's Miracle Touch Creamy Blush in Soft Pink is in fact the nicest 'drugstore' blush I've come across. It has enough pigment to give a good colour without being at all difficult to work with and the formula is slightly tacky to the touch which means that it does stick around on your cheeks throughout the day. The wearability of this is a big part of the reason I like it. It doesn't disappear to nothing after an hour or two, but like all cream blushes, it doesn't have the same lasting power as a good powder blush. The colour of 'Soft Pink' is so gorgeous, it gives such a natural looking flush to the cheeks that I find incredibly flattering. For minimal make-up days this is all I'm reaching for and on days when I'm wearing more make-up I just add a little bit more than normal to amp up the colour - because among all it's other positive characteristics, it's really easily buildable. But really, you need to see this blush in action to get a sense of the colour and look of it so I've included a day-time make-up look in which I've used it on my cheeks.

What I'm wearing

• Smashbox Photo Matte Anti Shine Primer and Photo Finish Foundation Primer
• Bourjois Serum Foundation in Shade 51 (applied with my Real Techniques Buffing Brush)
• Seventeen Stay Time Concealer in Fair (applied with my fingers)
• MaxFactor Miracle Touch Creamy Blush in Soft Pink (applied with my fingers)
• Gosh Defining Brow Gel 
• MaxFactor Masterpiece Max Mascara in Black
• Topshop Magic Liner in Engraved
• NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Tokyo

Have you tried any of MaxFactor's Miracle Touch Creamy Blushes? What do you think of the shade 'Soft Pink'?