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This cream blusher from a celebrity-owned beauty brand is a real hit with every member of our beauty team, and it’s now available in a new suits-all shade that’s perfect for summer

With different skin types and tones and different personal styles, it’s rare that a beauty product really impresses every member of The Mirror’s beauty team, but that’s exactly the case with this gorgeous cream blush stick – and it’s now got even better.

We – along with loads of other beauty editors – absolutely love Pocket Blush by Hailey Bieber’s skincare and make-up brand Rhode; this super-creamy stick is so easy to apply, blends brilliantly, and the shades are perfection. I love the baby pink shade Piggy, or the sun-kissed colour Toasted Teddy in the summer, while Freckle is another popular choice – until now, that is, when a new favourite has just dropped.

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Rhode initially dropped Pocket Blush, £24, in the shade Sprinkle – a warm pearly pink, and the only slightly shimmery one in the line-up – as a limited-edition launch, but it proved so popular with fans that the brand has now brought it back for good.

I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it and, after trying it, I know I’ll be reaching for it all this summer. Neither too warm nor too cool, this shade instantly makes me look more awake and fresher-faced (this is also helped by the very very subtle shimmer in the formula, which reflects the light more). I think it would suit all skin tones, too.

And don’t just take our word for it – Pocket Blush has been a huge hit with customers since it launched too. Writing specifically about the new shade Sprinkle, one shopper wrote: “I love this blush, it is so beautiful and it is so easy to use.”

Another review titled ‘My new favourite colour’ reads: “Sprinkle is just the right amount of pink for me! You can be subtle or build up colour.”

“This absolutely melts beautiful with all the other products and gives me such a beautiful ‘I’ve just been in the sun’ glow!” a third review of Sprinkle reads. “The perfect soft glam colour as well!”

One point that a few customers make, however, is that it doesn’t last particularly long on the skin, as is the case with more cream blushes. “I love the consistency, colour and packaging [but] it has very little staying power,” one person mentioned. If you need your blusher to last a long time, you might be better off using a powder formula (try Kylie Cosmetics Pressed Powder Blush, £21) or a cheek tint, such as the now-viral Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint, £22.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are reportedly set to split after almost a decade together, with the couple said to have already called off their engagement

Singer Katy Perry and British actor Orlando Bloom are reportedly on the verge of splitting up. The couple, who share 5-year-old daughter Daisy Dove, are said to have ended their engagement but are holding off announcing the sad news until Katy has concluded her world tour.

The Roar hitmaker, who was once married to Russell Brand, began dating the Pirates of the Caribbean in 2016 and the pair got engaged in 2019, the year before they welcomed their daughter into the world.

But after almost a decade together, it’s claimed the famous pair have decided to call it quits following a tough few months professionally for Katy.

The mum-of-one, 40, suffered humiliation when her latest studio album was panned by critics, and her recent trip to space also saw the I Kissed A Girl singer slammed by many.

An insider claims Katy’s album 143 flopping impacted her relationship, with the source noting: “Orlando was supportive, but it caused some tension.” PageSix reports that Katy and Orlando are waiting until her current tour, Lifetimes, concludes on December 7, before making their split public news.

“It’s over,” said the source. “They’re just waiting until the tour is done before they split.” The Mirror has contacted representatives for Katy and Orlando for comment on this story.

Despite rumours of a separation, Orlando was on hand to support Katy during her space venture in April. Katy kissed the ground and held a flower in the air as she returned from her Blue Origin trip to space and revealed she will write a song about the experience.

The 40-year-old sang Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World as she and the six-woman crew, also made up of CBS Mornings presenter Gayle King, former rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, astronaut Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn and Jeff Bezos’s partner Lauren Sanchez, entered space.

A video of the crew was shared by Blue Origin on Twitter showing the six women as they reached zero gravity and were able to float around the spacecraft before looking at the camera and saying in unison, “taking up space”.

Katy is also seen holding a daisy which she later held to the air after emerging from Bezos’s New Shepard NS-31, to honour her daughter Daisy, before kissing the floor, and Bezos then congratulated her to which she replied: “Thank you.”

Speaking after her return to Earth, the Roar singer said: “I feel super connected to love, so connected to love. I think this experience has shown me you never know how much love is inside of you, like how much love you have to give and how loved you are until the day you launch.”

Speaking about the tribute to her daughter, Katy explained: “Daisies are common flowers, but they grow through any condition, they go through cement, they go through cracks, they go through walls, they are resilient. They are powerful, they are strong, they are everywhere.

“Flowers are to me, god’s smile, but it’s also a reminder of our beautiful Earth and the flowers here, and god’s smile and the beautiful magic that is everywhere, all around us and even in a simple daisy. So to really appreciate it and remember it and take care of it, protect it.”

Molly-Mae Hague’s sister Zoe has opened up on a distressing moment when an airport passenger brutally mocked her appearance after she suffered a reaction to Botox

Molly-Mae Hague’s sister has revealed she had a furious bust-up with a fellow airport goer who savagely mocked her. The former Love Island star’s sister Zoe, 28, was the butt of the jokes for one airport passenger who took aim at her appearance.

Zoe is suffering from a droopy eye after getting Botox. It’s the second time in a year that she’s suffered the mishap following the procedure.

However, despite trying to cover up the issue with chunky sunglasses, Zoe removed them to share an “eye update” with her YouTube followers. In the clip, Zoe claimed it looks “a lot worse on camera” but admitted she doesn’t know if that’s just because she is now used to it.

But she admitted the issue has caused problems for her, including an “upsetting” incident while heading to Portugal with pal Fern. “It’s not been good. It’s been causing me a lot of upset.” she confessed while admitting she was glad it is “sunglasses season”.

Opening up on an unpleasant moment from the trip, Zoe expanded: “Just as we landed in Portugal, there was a queue going behind me and a horrible woman – I don’t know if she was drunk, she must have been – was trying to get past me.

“She’s like, ‘Why you just stood there like a d**khead?’ And I was said, ‘Why did you just call me that?'” Zoe explained how her husband then came over before they had a bit of “back and forth” about the whole scenario.

She went on: “He looks at me and goes ‘Sort your daft eye out, you c***’.” Trying to make light of the situation, Zoe said it was just what she needed after trying to cover it up.

“I could have got angry, I could have got upset but yeah fair enough, I couldn’t agree more!” she continued. “But also just like, really just kick me when I’m down, you know? At least let the dust settle – give it another week and then maybe chuck some insults at me!”

Last month, Zoe was on the verge of tears as she updated her fans on her failed procedure. It came after Zoe announced in February that she was experiencing the same symptom as a side effect of having Botox in her face.

The symptom, known as ptosis, can occur if Botox passes into other tissues close to the eye muscles, according to NHS Highland. It suggests that the “temporary droopiness of the eyelid” may last for up to 3 weeks but “will always recover spontaneously”.

She said in the emotional updated in May: “Honestly guys I’m so sad. I’m literally so sad. I went to the same place but she was so so careful and she said that she didn’t put it in the areas where it was gonna cause this ptosis.

“It’s worse than last time so that’s great. I’ve had to cancel some things coming up this week. I had shoots. I had other bits to do but my eye is fully closed, pretty much.”

She went on: “Like, I actually could cry. It’s my own fault I know it is. And like I know I said I wasn’t going to get it again but I just [thought] like ‘surely it can’t happen again? Surely it’s a one-off?'”

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