Sephora Cheek Stain Versus Tarte Cheek Stain

Most women have more than one blush in their make-up bags or drawers. They may be cream, they may be powder, they may be a liquid like Clinique's Colour Rub. But more and more of us are turning to cheek stains, a gel blush in a handy tube. Two of the best known are by Sephora and Tarte.

Sephora is a store, both real and virtual, that sells its own brands along with limited selections of a large number of mainly high-end cosmetics and fragrances, from Bobbi Brown to Laura Mercier to Yves Saint Laurent, along with L'Occitane, Tarte, Smashbox, and Bare Escentuals. It's a candy store for make-up junkies, and even I, who am not a junkie, can't resist their wares.