Rarely in the beauty world do you find a product as perfect as the Physician’s Formula Dewy Blush Elixir. It has everything: great packaging, an affordable price tag, and a formula that makes you look like your cheekbones were a gift from the gods themselves.

The best part about the Dewy Blush Elixir is that it works for all skin tones — yes, all. This is a product that’s more about finish than colour, and it can work wonders if you’re willing to approach it as a wet finish rather than a pigment. Does it deliver the long-lasting finish and intense colour that other reviewers seem to be looking for? Well, no… but it’s exactly what I want from a liquid blush.

The Physician’s Formula Dewy Blush Elixir texture

The second I squeezed out a drop of Physician’s Formula Dewy Blush Elixir, I knew: this isn’t an affordable Glossier Cloud Paint dupe. This is something else entirely. As an elixir, this is only part liquid blush — it’s also part skincare finish and part glorious highlighter. It’s so smooth and dewy, like I’m a faerie left on the grass; there’s just a little pop of colour, a whisper of a hint.

This liquid blush is textured like a liquid highlighter, and applies comfortably only if you apply it sparingly — you won’t get away with dripping this directly on your skin. (Not if you want a non-gloopy face afterwards, at least.) It blends out easily, with soft edges, and leaves my cheeks looking legitimately youthful: plump and fresh and dewy. The glossy texture can stick to other products, and might not work as well for those who wear full-coverage foundation or a strong cheek colour.

The glossy formula of these Physician’s Formula liquid blushes contains organic aloe vera, organic jojoba oil, and cactus flower in a sunflower-safflower base, to hydrate and plump your cheek area while giving the appearance of full, high cheekbones. It wears away evenly without any patchiness, so I often don’t notice when it’s gone — I’d guess that it lasts about 4-6 hours on me (a chronic face-toucher); not a full day, but really not shabby for a sheer, glossy product.

The Dewy Blush Elixir shades

Reader: these are fantastic. With the amount that I prefer to use for just the right finish, I barely see any colour on my cheeks… which is how I want things. The Physician’s Formula Dewy Blush Elixir provides a plump cheek with only the suggestion of colour; it’s reluctant to deliver a big pop of colour even on my fair skin.

If you want to love these, I recommend thinking of them as the most natural-looking highlighter you’ll ever wear — not as blushes.

Physician’s Formula Blush Elixir swatched L-R: Gorgeous Peach, Apricot Glow, Crushed Berries, Pink Berry

In Gorgeous Peach, you’ll find a beautiful, medium apricot with a neutral orange base. Worn in photos throughout this post, Gorgeous Peach has no shimmer, just a dewy finish. It also has the least pigment out of these four, and would be perfect for someone who wants to look totally makeup-free up close. In Apricot Glow, you have a warm yellow-pink with a bit of shimmer. It’s soft and subtle, with a warm finish and a little less dew than the other Physician’s Formula Dewy Blush Elixirs reviewed here.

Crushed Berry is the pink-based counterpart to Gorgeous Peach; equally dusky and similar in tone, you get a finish that’s mostly dew, with a touch of berry-toned micro-shimmer. Its funny — these two feel like throwback shades to me, like I’m looking at lip glosses from Senna in the early 2000s. They’re intensely glossy, but (thankfully) less sticky than literally putting lipgloss on your cheeks would be.

(Come on. We all tried it at least once as 90s kids.)

Finally, Pink Berry is just… it’s almost illicitly fresh. It’s a light, yellow-based pink with a heap of super-fine gold and silver shimmer. If you want a very clear cheek, this is the one for you — it’s cool-toned, and offers the most shimmer/the least dew.

The Physician’s Formula Dewy Blush Elixir verdict?

So good. So, so good. A solid 10/10 dewdrops; would dew again.

I use all four of these pretty interchangeably, but Gorgeous Peach and Crushed Berry see just a hint more use than the other two. Their gloss-first formula is a fresh take on lifting your cheekbones, and I can’t look away from their glazed finish.

Availability: SRP $18.99 CAD from Well.ca, or $13.49 USD from Target, Ulta, and other major retailers.

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