Fenty Beauty Cherry Pie’d Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter Review & Swatches
Cherry Pie’d and and Cherry Pop are two new shades of Fenty Beauty Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter that are available for a limited time for Summer 2025. As you may know I already reviewed the Fenty Beauty Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter last year when they introduced three limited-edition shades. I absolutely loved them and at the time I had hoped they’d keep them permanent and maybe do new shades. I still have hopes that as we had deeper into Summer they’ll do even more shades or even bring back the original three if people didn’t get a chance to grab them last year.
When the two new shades popped up I was instantly onboard to purchase them and the fact that the Sephora Savings Event is happening now definitely helped push me into the buying zone!
As I said I got both I’ll be review and swatch the Fenty Beauty Cherry Pie’d Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter shade first! Let’s take a look!
Compared to last year’s shades the new ones are pretty bold and vibrant. Last year, we got some beautiful glowing peaches and corals where as this year we got some very bold, bright, and vibrant shades of red. The new shades come in limited-edition cherry packaging featuring a shifting image on the front of the palette that which is a digital cherry design. The design is also embossed on the powder. It feels very gamer packaging as the digital cherries are giving old school Pac-Man or Super Mario 3D World vibes. The compacts are $28 each and 0.15 oz each where as last year they were $26 each and the same size.
The blushes are a hybrid formula that works as a blush and highlighter. I absolutely adore blushes that work like this as they take the guess work out of highlighter placement and application. You get the best of both worlds by getting the color from the blush plus the radiant glow a highlighter would provide in one formula. Sadly, I did think the Fenty Beauty Cherry Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter shades had less of a glow than the original formula even though they are marketed as a shimmery finish. They pulled more satiny on me with a little glow but not nearly what I got from the originals.
The texture has a velour-like feel with a slurry-like consistency that resembles a creamy velvet but applies as a powder. These do not have a powdery finish but you can easily pick up a ton of color with your brush and may need to tap off excess. I would recommend these on well prepped skin as I think they might look bad on texture skin as the formula is a bit heavier. I get smooth, even color however, I had to be very, very careful I didn’t overdo it as I’m known to do with blush. A LTITLE GOES a very long way as this formula is super pigmented and the color is very bright and bold. I get about eight hours of wear from the blush and it looks incredibly flawless through the wear. But it can be challenging to blend it out just right due to not only the bright color but the fact that it’s so pigmented. Cherry Pie’d is shimmering ruby red shade. It’s a very unique shade and I don’t think I have anything like it in my stash.
Fenty Beauty Cherry Pie’d Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter is a stunning and unique blush! It is a little difficult or at least for me to get application down just right but once in place it’s just so beautiful and pretty on cheeks. I do wish the finish had a little bit more of a glow as they did last year but I don’t regret this purchase at all! If you’re in the market for a unique blush shade you’ll want to pick this one up!
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Fenty Beauty Cherry Pie’d Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter is one of two limited-edition cherry inspired blush shades that launched for Summer 2025 which will be available for a limited time. Cherry Pie’d is a shimmery ruby red shade. Although, marketed as a shimmery I did feel it was more of a satiny finish with a hint of a glow. The shades are $26 each and 0.15 oz and come housed in a limited-edition hologram compact with a shifting cherry design. This formula was super pigmented and that along with the vibrancy of the color does make it a little challenging to apply as you definitely do not want to overdo application with a shade like this. It does apply very smoothly on my cheeks but I do recommend prepping well as the slurry-like creamy velour consistency might be a problem with drier or texture skin. Prepping is key for the smoothest finish. The wear is around eight hours without fading and remains true to color through the wear without fading.
- Long-wearing.
- Unique shade.
- Cute packaging.
- Pigmented.
- Interesting texture and consistency.
- The high level of pigment and the vibrant color make it a little challenging to work with.
- Textured skin might have an issue with a smooth finish. May look drier or cakey on drier or textured skin so prepping well is key.
Fenty Beauty Cherry Pie’d Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighter is a must for anyone who wants a unique blush formula and shade!