Mamamia’s Tried and Tested series is your weekly review of the latest to hit our desks in beauty, health and wellness. You won’t find any #sponsored content here, just honest, relatable and independent advice. This week, Senior Lifestyle Writer Amy Clark wants you to know exactly how blush can transform your face.

I was 27 when I started wearing blush for the first time and honestly, it was 27 years too late.

OK, a bit dramatic. Maybe a decade late considering babies don't... need blush. Moving on.

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My fear of blush came down to a few things. Like how my natural ranga colouring has its own inbuilt blush that pops up whenever I exert the smallest amount of energy.

And not wanting to resemble toddler-me, who sported two perfectly round red circles on her cheeks like an 80s prom queen. Or Chucky.

Once when I was working in hospitality, a lovely woman complimented me on my blush and asked for the brand and shade as she paid for her chicken sambo on rye. It was just… my face.

So, I stayed away. My bronzer and I were just fine without blush. But the more I spoke to beauty experts, makeup artists, influencers and friends, they all wouldn’t stop talking about how great blush is and I started getting FOMO.

Still, it wasn’t until I received a mini size of the Nudestix Nudies Bloom All Over Dewy Color Blush in the shade Poppy Girl when I interviewed the brand’s co-founder Taylor Frankel (who is a seriously kickass mid-20s Lady Startup) that I finally got it.

This particular cream blush comes in a double-ended stick with a blending brush on the bottom. Each of the different shades can be blended into the apples of your cheeks as a blush, across the eyelids as an eyeshadow, and over the lips as a lippie.

As soon as I blended this peachy, pinky tone on my cheeks and over my lips, I understood the transformative powers of blush and what a bit in the right shade, formula and placement on your cheeks can do for your face.

I like to think of it as the easiest way to make it look like you get 12 hours sleep every night, go for regular runs (and even went for a quick one just now), drink a sh*t tonne of water and have really great sex.

Here's a look at how I've applied and worn this blush — skip ahead to around nine minutes to see the Nudestix blush in action.