Blush is a quick and easy way to impart a healthy and vibrant glow to your skin, plus it creates depth and contour to your cheekbones. For those of you who are intimidated by cream blushes, cheek sweeps, liquid tints and even standard powder blush application, fear no more. Blush application can be really simple. Once you find the best blushers for your skin tone, half the battle is already won!
According to Jane Richardson, a makeup artist with Nars Cosmetics, "The most important thing to remember is to follow the natural shape of your face and place the blusher where it is most flattering. Never apply color below the mid-line of your face (place a pen from your nose to your ear as a guide) or too close to the nose."
For four easy steps to follow for foolproof blush application, read more
- Step 1: First, you need the right tools. If you are using a powder blush, use a full, round blush brush for your application. This will make blending much easier.
- Step 2: Swirl the brush over your powder blush and tap of the excess blush. Now, take a look in the mirror and smile. Start by placing the brush on the apples of your cheeks and sweeping it up your cheekbones towards your hairline. This will give you an instant face lift! If you are using cream blush, lightly dot the blush on the apples of your cheeks first and blend upwards along the same route as with a powder blush.
- Step 3: For daytime, apply your blush a little bit lighter and focus more on the apples of your cheeks than on the upwards sweep. For evening, dramatize the sweep and highlight the tops of your cheekbones with a little bit of shimmer. Tip: if your face is full, concentrate the blush more on the outside of your face near your hairline. If your face is long, accentuate the apples of your cheeks and the beginning of the sweep.
- Step 4: To make your blush perfect and symmetrical, use whatever blush is left on your brush and blend down the sides of your cheeks and across your nose for a natural looking flush. Just be sure to avoid following the bottom of your cheekbones (in other words, don't go below the round apple-part of your cheeks). It's unnatural and negates your contouring.
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speaking of blush, my sister bought this gogi berry blush http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P174211&categoryId=B70 and it's so rad. It's a clear gel that uses your skin to calculate the exact shade of blush for your skin!
1thanks for the tips!
2I don't know how to use blush, I hate blush, I'll never learn : x haha
Okay maybe I'm exaggerating. I'll use my mom's Bare Essentials today.
3thank so much for the tips, they help me a lot
4too much blush makes girls look like miss piggy
5i usually just wear blush @ nights out or something
daytime i just use some bronzer if anything
when i was a cheer coach last year, one of my 15 year old girls said, "i hate blush. i never wear it. it makes people look like a clown." i thought that i might retort, "you think i look like a clown?" because i was wearing it, but i thought better because that's walking right into a joke. but then i thought she wouldn't have said that if she thought i was wearing blush. so the best way to wear blush, IMO, is to look like you're not wearing blush.
i was walking through south coast plaza a couple weeks ago and noticed some make-up girls walking towards nordstroms and THEY looked like clowns. and miss piggy. their blush was really dark!
6'some make-up girls walking towards nordstroms and THEY looked like clowns. and miss piggy. their blush was really dark!"
LOL i know what u mean. its like you can only fake your cheekbones/bone structure so much..some girls take it too far.
7and most of the time, they look better with less.
LOL at Miss Piggy!
I do think some people wear too much blush, but for most people, a little bit of blush makes you look so much healthier. When I don't wear it, I don't look terrible—just a little pale. A quick sweep of blush always makes me look fresher and less Morticia Addams.
8I love make up tips. Keeps me fresh and up to date.
9Lancome has a great powder blush that you can not over do. The color is Miel Glace and it is soft and subtil. You will not over do this one-no miss piggy cheek, just a flush of color.
10Thanks for this! I suck at putting on blush.
11I don't know about the blush tips, but the model in that picture is seriously scary! Stepford wife eyes!
12Hmmm...since my skin is kinda getting lighter then I think I'm gonna start using blush. And thanks for the tips! They would help A LOT!!
13Thanks for the tips!
14a little blush goes a long way
15I'm a biggie on concealer- and because of my regular breakouts tend to stay away from mineral makeup- but maybe I'll try this out (:
16This is so useful. Blush is such a tricky cosmetic to use because blending is so important!
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