After considerable deliberation(reading reviews and looking at swatches)I grabbed this and am very happy. I have a light complexion with a lot of yellow and colors from the blue-red spectrum make for an interesting and very pretty break from my usual pink/coral/brown tones. I am a cream rouge person, always have been, I do think this looks best when I use a light wash of Chanel's Blanc de Chine on my face. I no longer wear foundation, it just does not look good at my age(66), but I do use a variety of concealers which is an essential step before I go out my door, hell before I answer the phone because I look awake and refreshed as opposed to...well dreary. This is a true mauve. I like the size of the compact because there is a broad round surface area that I can swirl my fingers in and pick-up just the right amount of color, the formula is not creamy as is the usual case with cream rouge, this seems to be a hybrid of wax/cream/gel which I like because I never seem to grab too much color at one time. The $29 price tag might seem intimidating but the color is so lovely and the formula unique that I think it's money well spent. As a previous reviewer noted this is well pigmented and lasted on me for about 4-5 hours which is not atypical for me as I absorb color. I did wear a powder blush on top to set it and I am a blush person(I look sickly without rouge/blush on my face)but I think I will skip the powder blush on the next go-round
