Stuffed Pads: 10 Excellent Cushion Tools
Text: Moore Soboleva, author of the Telegram-channel Fierce & Cute
Cushion Makeup Tools long overgrown the status of funny notions and captured the industry. It is clear why: usually means in such a form factor give a natural cover plus it is convenient to carry them with you. Opponents of Cushions nod at their wastefulness and lack of hygiene (the pad for applying the product is not always possible to wash), supporters say that the sponges are saturated with antibacterial composition, and due to the small volumes they will not have time to spoil. The fashion for "pads" has been going on for several years now, so that European and American brands began to make their own versions of lip, cheek and face cushions. We collected ten of them and tried to figure out whether the trend was adapted from Asia.
Tint for lips and cheeks Soda Makeup #blushycheeks
439 rub.
Soda, a new own brand of the L'Etoile retail chain, was made in collaboration with art blogger Elena Sheidlin. Products are asked to instagram: pink matte boxes, on which you can arbitrarily stick the attached stickers, trendy textures, instames like "yay gurllll" in descriptions and bright colors. The brand maximizes the aesthetics of Lime Crime, while taking care of quality and keeping prices low - this whole set makes Soda one of the most interesting launches of the year. Cushion brand, of course, also has - it is a soft tint for lips and cheeks, which is well layered and bleached.
The tonal tool YSL Touche Éclat Cushion
4700 rub.
Glorified by models and glossy magazines, the concealer-highlighter Touche Éclat spawned a whole franchise of products: first, YSL launched a classic foundation cream in a jar, then this cushion with a beautiful wet finish. It is interesting not only because it is cool in itself (YSL rarely misses with the textures of the base tools, they are traditionally good with the brand) and the ability to buy a refill, but also with variability: Touche Éclat Cushion comes with a double sponge, thanks to which the tool can be applied dense or lighter layer.
Clinique Pop Lip Shadow Matte Cushion lipstick
2050 rub.
Lip Cushions are usually glossy, like the discontinued Givenchy Cushion Kiss, glossy lacquer lipsticks like Catrice, or thick matte tints — Sephora and NYX have such cushions. And those, and others at the end instead of the usual applicator - pad. Clinique went the other way: the brand calls its tool a cushion, but in fact the principle is somewhat different. The product is sharpened in a cap and is typed with a pointed applicator from it. Lip Shadow has a creamy texture that turns into powder, resistant and bright on the lips. The effect is very beautiful, but the lips can dry.
Highlight Estée Lauder Highlighting Cushion Stick
3600 rub.
The brand is constantly expanding the hit line Double Wear, presenting it in all forms and textures. In addition to the classic cushion, where the sponge should be dipped, the brand has the Double Wear Nude foundation cream in the cushion stick (the tool is squeezed onto the pad when the applicator is turned), and in the same form factor last year the highlighter and bronzer came out. They turned out to be very convenient, especially the highlighter: it is easy to apply and feather the applicator nose, and the coating density is regulated by one movement and, if desired, moves from the category "delicate shine" to the level of Jeffrey Star.
Foundation Kiko Milano CC Cream Cushion System
1250 rub.
The Italian brand makes very cute blush in couches, but for some reason they don’t sell them to us - only the product that the brand calls CC Cream. What is somewhat misleading: the combination of the letters CC means "color correcting", and here is a fully-fledged foundation. Coverage of the CC Cream Cushion System varies from light to medium, it is matte, plus a protection level of SPF 25. Like many Italian brands, the shades of the product are warm and brown.
Essence The Cushion Eyeliner Eyeliner
250 rub.
Nursing brands Catrice and Essence love to do things for fun - they are not afraid of strange textures and unfamiliar form factors. So, the eyeliner couch has not too much practical sense - in fact, this is the same gel eyeliner, only in profile. The sponge into which the brush should be dipped is impregnated with a liquid pigment. But the remedy is beyond any doubt pleasant. The color of The Cushion Eyeliner is only one (black), the main difficulty is that the liner quickly stiffens on the brush and you have to draw very quickly.
Concealer Maybelline Instant Anti-Age The Eraser Eye
520 rub.
The hit of the American market, which, for some reason, with the signature "anti-age", was brought to Europe and to us last year. All concealer shades have a warm apricot subton - it is intended primarily for use on the area under the eyes. This concealer with sponges is especially praised by bloggers for their dense and matt, but not dry texture, capable of blocking even very dark circles. The tool is fed through a fleecy sponge, which, with a certain skill, you can apply and shade.
Proofreading Primer Lancôme Miracle CC Cushion
3900 rub.
Having come to Lancôme as a creative director for makeup, makeup artist and blogger Lisa Eldridge not only rejuvenated the brand and attracted a new audience to it, but also released several tools that none of the other luxury brands had made before. It seems to Kushons that Lisa is especially indifferent: at first she invented Juicy Shaker, then blush Blush Subtil, and then correctors-primers, similar to pasta cakes. Miracle CC Cushion exists in four shades, which Lisa proposes to mix, depending on the desired result, and apply a tone on top.
Blush Wycon Bidibibodibiboo Blush
1349 rub.
Blush-couches are found even in our cushion-oriented world to be offensively rare, although it is very convenient. They are classic, like Lancôme, or in a tube with a sponge nozzle, like Sephora and Artdeco. Wycon in the spring collection offers another option: as with the Clinique lip cushion, the product itself is typed into the cap, and the sponge touches it every time the bottle is screwed on. Such funds are often enough for a short time, but these blush will last for about an eternity - they are very pigmented.
Tonal tool Giorgio Armani My Armani To Go
4740 rub.
The kings of Armani tonal resources are rarely kept on modern trends and try to rejuvenate, but they could not resist - and last year they released their own version of the cushion. It turned out a tool with a light gel texture and loose, but layering coating that perfectly blends with the skin. My Armani To Go does not matte and does not glisten excessively on the skin - it only gives the current effect of a healthy shine. You can buy refill refills for the Cushion, just choose the shade carefully: the Armani number bar is wider than the standard "from 1 to 6" and the appropriate tonal color is better to choose in the corner.
Photo: L'Etoile, Yves Saint Laurent, Kiko Milano, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Pudra (1, 2), Lancôme, Rive Gauche, Wycon