Elle Fanning Has Blush Blindness (and She's Not Afraid to Say It!)—This $13 Product Is Key

Elle Fanning Has Blush Blindness (and She's Not Afraid to Say It!)—This $13 Product Is Key


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Elle Fanning is known for her elegant, sophisticated style—it’s no wonder she’s portrayed royals like Maleficent’s Princess Aurora and Russian empress Catherine the Great—yet her sartorial choices also tend to include a wink of playfulness. Her beauty looks, she tells me, totally fit in with that aesthetic. “I love Grace Kelly. I love that classic look,” the 26-year-old star says over Zoom as she preps for L’Oréal Paris’s Women of Worth event. Think a sleek cat eye (which she wears now), fanned-out lashes, and a velvety-matte red lip. As for the extra touch of whimsy? Fanning loves blush—and lots of it. “I have blush blindness for sure,” she laughs. “More, more, more—there can never be enough!”

For those who haven’t yet come across the TikTok term, “blush blindness” refers to the inability to tell when your natural flush has become… a bit overkill. As the tidal wave of blush trends—”sunburn blush,” “boyfriend blush,” etc.—starts to settle, people are beginning to realize just how much rosy pigment they’ve really been applying.