Tokidoki Bellina Blush

Tokidoki's Bellina Blushes are new powder blush duos from their Sodashop collection. There are two duos available, called Siberia and Skate Girl. They retail for $26 each, and are available exclusively through Sephora. Both blush duos go on smoothly and blend out beautifully. They contain Japanese rice lipids to help hydrate the skin, and result in a more radiant finish. There is a fair bit of shimmer, though, so these duos aren't for those who like more matte blushes. And, of course, as they're made by Tokidoki, the powders are packaged in sturdy plastic containers with ridiculously cute character graphics all over them (the Siberia character is, obviously, on the Siberia duo, and the Skate Girl character is on its respective blush duo).

Siberia includes a light bubblegum pink with micro-shimmer on the left, and a mid-tone peachy bronze with micro-shimmer on the right. The pink shade goes on fairly sheer, so you have to layer it on to get significant colour, but it does get there and I can see this working beautifully as a blush on paler skintones or cooler undertones. It does go on slightly powdery, though, so I prefer blending it out to use as a highlight colour instead or to diffuse darker pink blushes. The peachy bronze shade goes on much more pigmented so you don't need a lot of it to get good colour. I can see this working very well on pale skintones as a bronzer, light-medium to medium skintones as a blush, and on dark skintones as a highlighter. It adds a gorgeous glow to any complexion, though. I did find it a little odd that they'd pair a cooler shade with a much warmer shade in the same duo, but I can see some people swirling them together to get a more neutral shade.

Skate Girl features a light peach with micro-shimmer on the left, and a mid-tone pink-coral with micro-shimmer on the right. The lighter shade, like Siberia, goes on much more sheer and can be built up in colour as a blush for paler skintones or blended out as a highlighter for light to medium skintones. It can also be used to diffuse more intense peach or coral blushes. The darker shade in this duo, like Siberia, goes on much more pigmented and adds a beautiful pop of colour to light-medium to medium skintones. It kind of reminds me of Nars' Orgasm blush, or a cross between Benefit's Coralista and Bella Bamba powder blushes. I see this duo working better on warmer skintones, but cooler undertones shouldn't have a problem using these, either. I feel that Skate Girl as a whole is more universally flattering than Siberia, though.