Spring Cheek Challenge 2025: Style Awakening

[danielledanielle]

Spring Cheek Challenge
Style Awakening  💇🏽‍♀️✨⏰

Spoiler

Welcome to the Spring Cheek Challenge!!!  I'm looking for that seasonal refresh.  For the first SPRING Cheek challenge, (I know right.. How is this the first...I couldn't get past IYKYK, "Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking."), I want you to look towards personal moments and icons (person, celebrity, objects) for inspiration.    Look to the Gawds, dahhhhhlings.   And zhuzh it up with an outfit, or hair accessory or anything you think that's relevant.  I've declared this the "year of using my pretty things, " and I'm inviting you to join me!


The INSPO behind the INSPO:
This was fueled by caitbird's brilliant inspo board for Belle, pdxxxx's elite breakdown's of icons, the creative choices of Cissy63 during the Winter Wonderland cheek challenges... And again, Zendaya.

BUT, WHEN YOU NEED A PUSH/INSPO, AS ALWAYS.....I GOT YOUUUUUUU

Here are the weekly themes:

Blush Crush (Apr 8-13)
Meet me in Miami (Apr 14-Apr 20)
Sakura Slay (Apr 21-Apr 27)
Candy Coated Coquette, Pastel Version (Apr 28-May 4)
Candy Coated Coquette, Mocha Mousse Version (May 5-May 11)
Sunday Best (May 12-May 19)

I made a bunch of mood boards; feel free to use them or remix/remake them into your own.

 Blush Crush

Meet me in Miami

Sakura Slay

Candy Coated Coquette, Pastel

Candy Coated Coquette, Mocha Mousse (this pin is by the lifestyle blog)

Sunday Best

[makeitup305]

@jaaayp here are the swatches of all my red blushes (so far...)

[jaaayp]

AHHHHH!!!! I LOVE THIS @makeitup305 Im thinking CT lovegasm or PATRICK TA Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo She Goes To The Gym  seems the most truly red? WHY CAN'T I FIND CT LOVEGASM?????

[makeitup305]

@jaaayp unfortunately that was a LE palette from a few years ago. They brought it back recently for a limited time so maybe there's a little hope for the future?

[jaaayp]

nnnnnnnnuooooooooooooooo @makeitup305 😭

[lmaster]

@makeitup305 wait isn't that PATRICK TA Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo She Left Me On Red  

[makeitup305]

@lmaster Oops yes, you’re right! I mislabeled it!

[lmaster]

@makeitup305 I wasn't sure,  but it looked like it 😊

[caitbird]

@makeitup305  beautiful collection and swatches! 😍 thanks for sharing!

[makeitup305]

@caitbird I forgot to add a few too 😝 I need to stop buying blush lol

[caitbird]

@makeitup305  oof, same 😅 I just counted mine recently and oh boy, I have even more than I thought 😲

[makeitup305]

@caitbird I need to post a picture of my Mocha Mousse options. Those are quite overflowing as well. There’s just so many good formulas out there these days!

[Titian06]

Thanks for these awesome swatches, @makeitup305 ! ❤️❤️❤️. I am really drawn to the PT swatches, which surprises me.

[makeitup305]

@Titian06 they’re great shades, more vibrant than my usual choices for blush. Almost as red as you can get without going orange.

[makeitup305]

Last two looks from Sakura Slay week. I had a lot of fun pulling out shades since I have so many red blushes. A lot of light pink blushes turn really warm on me unless they're hot pink, though. I don't remember which ones I used, but I like how they both turned out.

I haven't done as many looks this week for Candy Coated. I need to look for more pastel shades in my collection. On Monday, I mixed these two liquid blushes from Addiction Tokyo that were LE.

This one is a very light peach blush from 3CE. It's kind of hard pressed and very light so it's hard to build up.

the other two days this week I've been wearing the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter Cherry Pop  , which just came in the mail (and is definitely not pastel).

[lmaster]

Love the looks!! @makeitup305 

[makeitup305]

thanks @lmaster !

[caitbird]

@makeitup305  all beautiful looks! 😍 Love your idea to make a custom shade by mixing two liquid blush shades, I've got to try that sometime!

[makeitup305]

Thanks @caitbird ! I have a few other liquid blushes that i need to experiment with. I need to do it with creams, too.

[Titian06]

You look lovely in these varied shades, @makeitup305 ! 😍  I'm impressed that you could get such a pretty color mixing the two liquid blush colors. 👍

[makeitup305]

@Titian06 Thank you! I think it helps that they’re pastel and relatively sheer.

[CynthieLu]

You really wear the Sakura slay colors well 🩷😍 @makeitup305 The pink tones look really fresh and light in these looks. Oooouh I like your custom blend of your liquid blush, it's double LE, lol. 🙃