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

[danielledanielle]

It's inspired by each other day apparently!  I, too, enjoyed the pink on pink and added some pink blush to my eye look today.

Ami Colé Desert Date Cream Blush & Lip Multistick Pink Sel 

CLINIQUE Cheek Pop Blush Nude Pop(actually opal)

Hourglass Mini Ambient Lighting Bronzer Radiant Bronze Light 

[CynthieLu]

Oooh yes! This is a gorgeous flush on you @danielledanielle. 💗 You built these colors up so well! 

[sissyboi72]

I love it @danielledanielle !!! Pink !!! Total Perfection!!!

[danielledanielle]

The extra pink approval from you @sissyboi72 , 🙌🏽🙏🏽

[sissyboi72]

@danielledanielle i was trying to lay low this month i got a new job trying to save up funds and bust out next month but I see some of u busting out with pink cheeks and pink eye shadows and pink lipstick's and I gotta say something.  Just going to give a little love. Love wut u got going on . Love the look. Keep it up. Can't help but admire ur look . 

[sissyboi72]

Oh @danielledanielle  your lips LOOK AMAZING!!!!!

[danielledanielle]

TY again 🙏🏽 @sissyboi72 & @CynthieLu 

Lip combo: LYS Beauty Speak Love Moisture Matte Lipstick Optimistic blotted out and then lined my lips with LYS Beauty Speak Love Lip Liner Pencil Devoted and topped with Ami Colé Hydrating Lip Treatment Oil Smitten .  Smitten is a hot pink that really pops with a liner.

[makeitup305]

I was inspired by @caitbird and pulled out a ton of my pink blushes for a monochromatic look. 

On my eyes I have Pat McGrath Cherish blush in the crease with RMS French Rose on the lid with some PT duo sparkle in the inner corner. On my cheeks it’s the Givenchy Prisme Libre Loose Powder Blush 12H Radiance and MAKEUP BY MARIO Soft Pop Plumping Cream Blush Veil Perfect Pink on top. It’s quite a lot in person compared to the pictures. I probably would do either the eyes or the blush. Lips are Charlotte Tilbury Mini Pillow Talk Lipstick & Liner Set Pillow Talk Fair with a Fwee Pudding Pot dabbed on top.

[CynthieLu]

These pinks are lovely! 😍🌸 I wish I had Cherish in my stash, I love how vibrant it looks, especially in your sun shot @makeitup305. This is beautiful! 

[sissyboi72]

Absolutely love it!!!!! Pink ,pink and more pink. Did I say pink. Total perfection.  That's the look of go for everyday. Wut about ur nails. Keep it pink. 

[danielledanielle]

Chhherrriiishhh.  I forgot about this one @makeitup305 , it's a beautiful pink, awesome pick! I like the ombre effect you got.

ETA: YAAASSS, draping

[lmaster]

Oh so beautiful  @makeitup305 

[PDXXXX]

SAKURA INSPO:

I love origami and looking to the origami paper I used here as a background, I realized that while we typically think of the near white pink of cherry blossoms, they have a lot of variation and part of what I love about them is the clash of light pink and reds. Starting at the upper left, Cherry Blossom Trees have a special place in my city as we have over a mile of them planted on either side of the river that divides us, and always get excited Spring has come when they bloom. Looking to the upper right and center, the softness of the petals and hues also reminds me a lot of some of the work of fashion photographer Tim Walker, whether it be the fairy tale-like vibe of his fashion work or things like his photograph of a Cherry Blossom Tree mural as pictured here. There's a celebratory aspect to their springtime bloom that makes me want to go to something like this Sangai teahouse that offers a Sakura Tea Time in the bottom left picture. And I also found myself thinking of the pink to red shades of some Valentino dresses like the one in the bottom right.

THE FACE:

BASE: I've been creating cocktails for my fussy skin and this time went with about 1.5 pump each of DIOR Forever Glow Star Filter Multi-Use Complexion Enhancing Booster in 0 mixed with ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr B12 Base Thinner Luminous Vitamin Pearl Boosting Serum 1 oz / 30 mL and Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Natural Glow Foundation 3. I then used the lightest shade from MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Skin Blush & Glow Longwear Cream Face Palette to conceal my under eye and around the nose, and set with HUDA BEAUTY Easy Bake Blurring Loose Baking & Setting Powder Pound Cake

CHEEKS: I wanted a light, powdery effect so used Gucci Luminous Matte Beauty Blush  in Radiant Pink on the fullest part of my cheek apples with the shade Bright Coral placed on my upper cheekbones using a brush to blend and sweeping up towards my temples. I then highlighted the top of my temples and upper brow bones with the lightest shade in Hourglass Ambient® Lighting Palette Volume I .

EYES: I used the two lightest shades from PATRICK TA Major Dimension Eyeshadow Palette and placed some of the Gucci Blush in Radiant Pink on the center.

LIPS: Because I wanted to create the clash between lighter and darker Sakura I used tarte maracuja juicy plumping lip oil in Desert Rose lined with NARS Precision Lip Liner Mariachi .

[CynthieLu]

Another slay on the blush challenge @PDXXXX You are nailing these! 🩷 I have both of these Gucci blushes, I want to try this out! Or maybe Switch in Tender Apricot.🙂 You blended everything together so smoothly here. 

[danielledanielle]

The contrast of your hair and overtone with the pop of color is striking @PDXXXX 

[lmaster]

Dreamy!!! @PDXXXX 

[makeitup305]

Love it @PDXXXX !

[caitbird]

@PDXXXX  ahh I love your awesome moodboard, and you look so glowy and gorgeous! Well done!

[caitbird]

Spring Cheek Challenge 2025: Style Awakening

Sakura Slay (Apr 21-Apr 27)

For this week's theme, I decided to go for a monochrome pink look with different shades of pink for my cheeks, eyes and lips. The eye look turned out brighter than I intended, but idk, I actually think I like it? For my cheeks, I used NATASHA DENONA Hy-Blush Cloudy Cream Cheek Duo Sweet Cheeks  (and once again, it was brighter IRL than it looks in these pictures!)

inspo collage:

The end result:

I'll post more details about other products used to the What are you wearing in 2025??  thread!

[danielledanielle]

This was def a slay @caitbird , and inspiring!