Milani Minerals Blush

So I figured I would swatch these since they're on sale at CVS for those who were interested in buying as they're 75% off right now. I bought all 4 blushes for less than $8 including tax! :D I'm so glad I was able to pick them up because I've been curious about Luminous & Mai-Tai for the longest time and now I own them.

The blushes:

in case you don't have super vision and can't read them

Top L clockwise: Milani Minerals Blush in Luminous, Sunset Beach, Sweet Rose, Mai-Tai

Gah, I thought I put them in numerical order but not in a clockwise fashion >_< and this is me taking another photo because the first photo had no semblance of order x_x the ocd in me has failed xD

I'm going to talk about them in reverse order because I can puhahah

#204 Sweet Rose

#203 Mai-Tai

and because I was struck by similarity of Bite of Apple & Mai-Tai, I'll add in a mini-comparison:

Mac Bite of Apple

L-R: Mac, Mai-Tai, Sweet Rose

#202 Sunset Beach

#201 Luminous

And when speaking of Luminous, how can I not compare it to Nars Orgasm for which it is a supposed dupe of. 

L-R: Nars Orgasm, Luminous, Sunset Beach

L-R: Nars Orgasm, Luminous, Sunset Beach

Ok, soo my initial thoughts are that I do like them. They're fairly pigmented, almost finely milled, and good quality overall. Lasting power didn't seem to be that great around 4~5 hours for me but I was doing a lot of running around today >_< I have no color like Sunset Beach which is by far the most pigmented of the bunch. I think I overdid it on the swatch though >_<

L-R: Sweet Rose, Mai-Tai, Sunset Beach, Luminous swatched in daylight

The packaging is not that great. I don't know WHY drugstore makeup inisists on including the mirror at the bottom of the compact? Who wants to switch back and forth? That's a little annoying. Also comes with a brush applicator. Looks like cheap plastic crap material and will not test it since I never use them anyways. It annoys me that they make the packaging bulky to add crappy applicators -_-" le.sigh

Overall they're great quality for their original price and an unbelievable deal for the clearance price. If you haven't already I'd hurry to pick up whatever isn't already gone! Mai-Tai had the worst pigmentation and Sunset Beach the best but on my cheeks, Mai-Tai & Sunset Beach looked the best. Luminous didn't have enough color to really show up on me so I was disappointed and Sweet Rose is the kind of pink I usually don't like on myself but both Luminous and Sweet Rose would look lovely on cooler skintones.

Have you tried any Milani blushes? Do you have a favorite?