Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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✓Yay

"Another blush that I love for oily skin, not only because it mattifies, but it also sort of has a blurring effect, are the Rare Beauty Matte Bouncy Blushes. Just gorgeous shades. Also very pigmented. I would pick this up on like a slightly fluffier brush."

Allie Glines

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✓Yay

"I start blush with the Rare Beauty Happy Matte Bouncy Blush in the shade Happy, a really beautiful cream to powder formula with a bit of punchiness. Layering formulas helps with longevity, and I tap it higher on the cheeks before adding a glowier one on top."

All 2 takes from Allie Glines

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"This is the shade Happy. It's got a nice blur to it. It definitely is more of that matte. I really like it. You can kind of see the blur on my hand. I like that a lot."

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"I start blush with the Rare Beauty Happy Matte Bouncy Blush in the shade Happy, a really beautiful cream to powder formula with a bit of punchiness. Layering formulas helps with longevity, and I tap it higher on the cheeks before adding a glowier one on top."

Beyond50Skin

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✓Mixed

"The happy is a warmer tone than each of the others. It's cream based so it looks beautiful on the skin and blends in. The happy is a little bit more opaque than I anticipated."

Caroline Hirons

250k subs

✓Yay

"If I was to go for it, I would go for Rare Beauty. The solid one, not the liquid one. The one in the really bright pan. It's got a spongy texture, kind of creamy, really pigmented. And you build it up. And it lasts. It gives you like a blurred finish as well. And you can't go wrong with it. Just put it out there, if you wear [...] too much, you look like you've just literally laid down in red paint, so just calm down."

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All 3 takes from Robert Welsh

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"This is a stunning formula. A cushiony cream to powder blush that gives the dreamiest flush of color with a lasting blurred matte finish. [...] I just love the way it is on the skin. I think it's just one of the best blushes. [...] I know these come out slightly deeper than they look in the pan. Some of them. It does have a bit more of that warmth to it. I do like that they tried it on a model with a deeper skin tone. [...] I love this formula. So I'm going to pop them in at number three."

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"Look how stunning that pigmentation is on her cheeks."

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"I really do think this might be a blush that is going to change your makeup game. If you are into your full coverage blush, if you don't want to use a cream product, if you're finding you're having to use cream set with a powder to get that full full pigmentation from your blush and you don't want to do that anymore, this is going to be a great one for you. You can see how much I built it up, applies like a cream, definitely sets like a powder and blends like a powder. This is the one for you."

What the evidence says.

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Frequently asked.

What is Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy?

Rare Beauty's Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in the shade Happy, a cream-to-powder cheek color designed to give a matte, blurred flush.

Is Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy worth it?

Mostly yes. 4 of the 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 77%.

What is Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy's Guru Score?

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy holds a Guru Score of 77%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.