Summer Cheek Challenge 2025: A Song & A Slay

[danielledanielle]

Sun's out, whether you're outside with easy breezy beach vibes, camp vibes, OOO vibes, staycation status..... Or all of the above, we're going to blush, bronze and highlight through it allllllllll.  So whether you're shopping your stash, tipping your temples into draping, or justifying your 10000000th blush, please join in. 

 

This time, I want YOUR SWATCH SONG. 
THAT'S right.  I want your songs of summer and your blush look.  And, I know you're gonna slay it.

But, danielledanielle that doesn't make any sense.  These are two separate things, like whyyyyy?  

Well, I'm at this point, you haven't figured out that I'm open for all interpretation, but okay okayyyy

For each challenge, I want a song that just gives you that summer vibe.  Bonus if you can give me a playlist and post to either BIC Playlist and/or 🎶✨Song of the Day and Music Thread!✨🎶 
Red and Ready\RED-dy (June 16-22): Juneteenth Week
(Read up on Juneteenth and why this is typically it's more of an independence day than independence day 😑)
But, embrace that red blush trend and give me a song that gets you RED-dy for the summer.  It can be a muted red as well, I.e., something with green tint/tone to it.

Staycation Radiostation (June 23-29): the vibe is, I'm home, and home is the best club.  What are we wearing, what are we listening to?

Highlight on the Horizon Hotlist (Jun 30-Jul 5): What is the song you'd connect with sunset blush?  Give me your tunes and your favorite blush + highlight combo. 

Bronzed Up Beats (July 6-12) Sun and fun, what's your favorite uptempo song and what's your current bronzer situation? Powder, creme, liquid...all the above?  Bonus if we're also using bronzer for contour.  (I'm not saying these are interchangeable.  But, yes, you can contour with bronzer, and for some undertones/overtones it works out much better 🙋🏽‍♀️💚🩶)

Camp Crescendo (July 13-19): Bonfire and a bop... What's the look for a day of glamping/camping? If you don't camp/glamp and glam, feel free to drop the skincare/SPF routine.

Top Tier Top 5 (July 20-26)
What are your favorites for cheek combos?  USE THEM this week.  This is my "use your pretty things" year and this is the week I'm doing it.  You trying to pan? GO.  You have a drawer of blushing spilling out? Go wild!  Give me your top five songs and top five cheek products.

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BONUS WEEK!

Jul 28-Aug 3: Take it back, waaaaaaaaaaay back...back into time

If you're catching up, or just loving on something, give me your favorite from this Cheek Challenge and your favorite throwback tune of the summer

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Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti...... Let's goooooo

[lmaster]

Top Tier Top 5 🎵 Seven Wonders Fleetwood Mac

 

Marc Jacobs Bronzer ughhh I forgot how amazing this is!!!

Saie Dew Blush Liquid Cream Blush Hottie 

DIOR Diorskin Nude Luminizer Shimmering Glow Powder Highlighter 02 Pink Glow 

[lmaster]

Bronzed up beats 🙏 the joker Steve Miller band 😆

 

 HAUS LABS BY LADY GAGA Color Fuse Longwear Hydrating Glassy Lip + Cheek Blush Balm Stick Glassy Caye... 

HAUS LABS BY LADY GAGA Bio-Radiant Gel-Powder Illuminating Highlighter with Fermented Arnica Chocola... 

DIOR Rosy Glow Blush Stick 015 Cherry 

[makeitup305]

a bronzed goddess @lmaster 

[lmaster]

Awww you're too kind 💋🤗 @makeitup305 thank you

[Titian06]

You look so glam, @lmaster ! 🤩  I hope you were going someplace special.  I love the Steve Miller Band--great choice!

[lmaster]

Thank you sooo much 🤗 @Titian06 

[lmaster]

Highlight on the horizon 

 

 Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Highlighter Wand Pinkgasm 

PATRICK TA Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo She's the Moment (soft tangerine) 

🎵 song pink pony club Chappell roan

[Titian06]

Oooo, I like these colors on you, @lmaster ! 💕

[lmaster]

Thank you dearly!! @Titian06 🥰

[danielledanielle]

😲 @lmaster I just overheard this song, came to comment and voila!

I really love the whole look

[lmaster]

Thank you truly!! @danielledanielle 

[PrettyPaint]

@lmaster So pretty on you! 

[lmaster]

Thank you lovely 🥰 @PrettyPaint 

[lmaster]

Staycation radiostation Manic Monday the bangles 

(Kids went back to school today so it's Monday to me 🤣)

 

[Titian06]

Very pretty, @lmaster !  Congratulations on the kids going back to school! 🥳  Holiday by Madonna

[lmaster]

Yes yes yes!! Thank you @Titian06 

[PDXXXX]

I decided today to share another Staycation Radio Station look. Though this is really me lately trying to rock more looks without foundation for low-key days with just enough pop to feel good in my own skin. This could also be filed under my Top Tier Five as it features a blush I'm pretty nuts for:

The products? Easy peasy. Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Hydrating Face and Under-Eye Concealer 2 under the eyes and around the nose. Wander Beauty Mini Unlashed Volume and Curl Mascara Black . And now for the color (drumroll) Hourglass Unreal Liquid Blush Vision paired with Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil Stain Serenity  topped with CAY SKIN Isle Lip Balm SPF 30 with Sea Moss and Aloe Stem Cells Irie Rose .

If you've considered the Hourlass liquid blush I have three shades and highly recommend. It's a tricky consistency to get down but once you do it melts in seemlessly and just a drop goes a looong way. I fell in love with Reveal, a peachy pink, last summer. Whim is a cool pink that really packs a punch. And I'm so glad I finally tried Vision recently b/c it's definitely a "my" natural blush but better color (and the Rare Beauty Serenity has been my amazing "my" lips but better go to as well lately).

Big kudos to @itsfi for turning me onto the CAY SKIN lip balm. It's unreal and I love it so much I already have one tube for my bathroom and one for my purse. The color stays on surprisingly long and it's balm like without feeling heavy.

Today I'm in an Edith Piaf, "La Vie en Rose" mood. I actually named one of my dogs after her and it's the perfect, lazy day to listen to something croony.

[Titian06]

You look lovely, @PDXXXX ! 💞

[PDXXXX]

Thank you @Titian06 ! I'm so glad I finally tried that shade of the Hourglass blush!

[Cissy63]

@PDXXXX  Oh such a beautiful blush on you!  Your apples look amazing in this color.