Before the Blush
Before you apply, blush, your face should already be primed and ready to go. Apply a makeup primer for long days, or events which demand fewer trips to the powder room.
When you apply your concealer, BeautyBanter.com recommends blending a light concealer to the top of the cheekbones. Your liquid foundation and powder, or your powder foundation should also be applied before blush. The eyes are next, followed by blush, and lips are last.
How to Apply Powder Blush
Buy a blush color that is as close to your natural blushing color. After you exert energy or exercise, note the color of your cheeks. You can also use your natural lip color as a guide to choosing a blush color.
Use a contoured or rounded brush to apply your blush. The brush that comes with the blush may be too flat or not big enough to create a natural blushing look.
Apply blush to the apples of your cheeks. If you are unsure of where they are, smile and they will show themselves. Brush the blush up and towards the ears.
Play down a round face by creating a contoured look. Apply blush not to the apples of your cheeks, but directly behind them. Add a bronzing powder under your cheekbones and towards your ears. There are beauty products which include blush and highlighter in one convenient compact.
Patty Bell, Film & Television Makeup Artist recommends E.L.F. Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder, which is part of her professional makeup kit. Bell compares this cheap ($3) product to her favorite blush, NARS Orgasm/Luna (which retails for $25).
If you tend to add too much blush, tap off the excess blush before you apply it to your face. Pat a dry tissue on your cheeks to remove some excess blush.
Night on the Town
Freshen your office to Martini bar look with shimmery highlighting power brushed on your cheekbones.
Cheeky Makeup!
Blush is not just for cheeks. Day, Atlanta-based celebrity make up artist recommends Blunt Blush by Mac, "a wonderful contour to use in the eye crease, the cheeks and around the perimeters of the face (for browner complexions)."
Buy a blush color that is as close to your natural blushing color. After you exert energy or exercise, note the color of your cheeks. You can also use your natural lip color as a guide to choosing a blush color.
Use a contoured or rounded brush to apply your blush. The brush that comes with the blush may be too flat or not big enough to create a natural blushing look.
Apply blush to the apples of your cheeks. If you are unsure of where they are, smile and they will show themselves. Brush the blush up and towards the ears.
Play down a round face by creating a contoured look. Apply blush not to the apples of your cheeks, but directly behind them. Add a bronzing powder under your cheekbones and towards your ears. There are beauty products which include blush and highlighter in one convenient compact.
Patty Bell, Film & Television Makeup Artist recommends E.L.F. Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder, which is part of her professional makeup kit. Bell compares this cheap ($3) product to her favorite blush, NARS Orgasm/Luna (which retails for $25).
If you tend to add too much blush, tap off the excess blush before you apply it to your face. Pat a dry tissue on your cheeks to remove some excess blush.
Night on the Town
Freshen your office to Martini bar look with shimmery highlighting power brushed on your cheekbones.
Cheeky Makeup!
Blush is not just for cheeks. Day, Atlanta-based celebrity make up artist recommends Blunt Blush by Mac, "a wonderful contour to use in the eye crease, the cheeks and around the perimeters of the face (for browner complexions)."
