How to Apply Blushe

By: Robert Baird


Techniques To Apply Blusher

There's no one correct way to apply blusher. The method you use depends on the type of look you want to create.

For A Natural Healthy Glow

Apply foundation (and if necessary powder) as normal, smile where your cheek is naturally at its fattest is where blusher needs to go to create a natural look.

Apply the blusher in a small circle blending well for the best results, try gel blusher powder over the top.

For Sexy Cheekbones

Using powder blusher.sweep colour in arc following the line of your cheekbone up from the apple of your cheek to your hairline. Keep colour light and blended you want a wash rather than a stripe of colour.

Add a little shimmer on the highest point of your cheekbone nearest your eye.

For a sun-kissed sheen

Using a blusher brush containing only a hint of bronze or pinky brown powder sweep colour along your cheekbone and then up round your hairline across your forhead. Again be careful that it doesn't look like a stripe. Just a brush of colour repeat on the other side so the colour joins.

If you have gone too heavy with the bronzer. Wipe the blusher brush clean and then use it to blend. This will soften the colour. Another trick which will help reduce the colour further should you feel you need it is adding a little translucent powder over the top. Be careful not to build up too much powder though, 25 this will just make your skin look caked with make-up.

Top 5 Tips For Using Blusher

The best way to work out where to put blusher is to go for a walk on a cold day. Where you flush is the most natural place for you to accentuate.

If you're using powder blush, brush it on only one way going over and over or round and round with the brush creates streaks.

When using gel or tint blushes to contour the face, don't just apply one big blob and try to blend it. Chances are the colour will take more where it's first applied and you'll find it hard to even things out. Instead apply a blob on the apple of the cheek and two smaller blobs graduating up the cheekbone, then blend upwards towards the hairline.

Gel or tint blushes are best used on bare skin. They tend to stick on foundation and can be hard to blend.

While the shade of blush you choose is generally determined by your skin tone bear in mind that dusky pink blush can warm up any tired looking skin.


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