A Guide on How to Apply Blush Correctly

 Do you often look pale and dull even when you are perfectly healthy and fit? Is your makeup not bringing that perfectly shaded glow to your cheeks? Here’s what you are missing – a blush! Applying blush is one of the most important steps in any makeup look. Why? Because it is the only product that adds a gorgeous hint of colour to the cheeks and that makes the skin look super healthy and full of radiance. It gives your cheeks a shade of lovely warm or bright colour. It makes you look younger, bright and naturally glowy. It adds plumpness to your cheeks and makes them so appealing!

Blush comes in different shades and formulas to suit every skin tone and type. For a blush to work well, choose the perfect shade and formula for your skin and apply it in the correct way to your cheeks.

How to Apply Blush Correctly

• Choose your blush shade according to your skin tone

While applying the blush, the foremost step is to identify which shade of the blush would go with your skin complexion. Applying wrong shades can literally make you look drenched out, exhausted and even funny!

To choose the best blush shade, go with the one that is closest to your natural flush. Look at your skin tone. For a very light, fair complexion, bright colours like pinks and lilacs work wonders. For light-medium skin tones, peaches and corals are the best. For olive or dusky skin tones, nude or bronzy shades like apricots, plum or peachy browns work so well.

• Choose the correct brush

There is a brush in makeup for every product that goes on the skin. For a blush, choose a blush brush, which is specifically meant for applying blush. It is fluffy, loose, soft and dense to easily pick less product and diffuse it on the skin seamlessly.

Swirl the brush on the product and tap off the excess. Then apply it slowly in a circular motion over your cheeks. You can also build the pigmentation over again.

• Apply the blush according to your face shape

Your face shape defines the way you should apply your blush.

For women with a heart-shaped face, apply blush in a C-shape, i.e., from cheeks to the temple. Take the blush and apply it starting from the cheeks and then move upward to the temples.

For women with round face shapes, apply blush on the apples of the cheeks to make them look prominently fuller and healthier.

For women with oval face shapes, apply blush all the way from the apples of the cheeks to the temples and blend it out towards the earlobes. This can accentuate their prominent cheekbones and narrow forehead and jaw.

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• Choose the product formula as per your skin type

Like all other skin products, a blush too comes in different formulas to suit every skin type. The three basic types of blush formulas are: powder, cream and tints.

If your skin is dry, go for a hydrating cream blush formula that will make your skin dewy and last longer. If your skin is oily, go for a powder blush as it will soak up the sweat and won’t feel greasy or hard to manage. If your skin is normal or combination, blush stains or tints will work best for you. They are light-weight, long-lasting and easy to build up.

• Choose the blending tool as per the product formula

To blend the blush seamlessly into the skin, use the tool that is suitable for that blush formula. Powder blush is best blended with brushes as they have more control over the pigment. Cream or gel blushes are best blended with beauty blenders and they buff the product easily into the skin. Lip Tints or stains work best with fingers as they need to be blended quickly and gently with a tapping motion.

• Blush placement makes or breaks the game

The placement of blush on the face changes your entire face shape. You need to check the place where you are applying your blush to get that perfect look you want. Applying blush on the apples of the cheeks makes you look younger. Applying it on the sides of the cheeks gives you the lifted look and applying it on your cheeks and nose tip gives you a sunkissed, healthy look.

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