The right way to ‘blush’

Want to know what is the right way to blush? How to apply Blush correctly? Here are some tips from We Women Today for those who want to know the right way to apply blush makeup.

To blush is to display redness in one’s face. Though the term is usually used when the redness Inatural) is a result of an emotional response like associated with being in love. But the blush makeup is used by women all over – right from Hollywood to Bollywood. Continue reading for the right way to ‘blush’:

Here’s How:

Right way to apply blush

1. Choose the color using your natural skin tone colour as your guide. The trick is to find a color that matches your cheeks when they’re flushed after exercise or being out in the cold. Fair skin looks great in rose, olive in peach & dark skin in apricot or even red.
2. Powder based blush is typically the best for oily & combo skin. Cream based blush is great for dry skin. Liquid and gel are great for oily skin.
3. Apply foundation, eye color & lipstick. While blush is usually your 2nd-to-last makeup step (before powder), you should experiment with what works best for you.
4. Put the blush on your brush, tapping off any excess or put a dab of gel on your fingers. Look into the mirror and smile. This helps you figure out where the ‘apple’ of your cheek is. It’s best to apply blush only to apples of your cheeks. Keep color light & blended. If you’re using gel or cream, dab it on with your middle finger, and then blend with your ring & middle finger. The clean finger will pick up any excess blush.
5. If you’ve gone a bit too heavy on the powder blush, a bit of translucent powder over it will calm it down. For cream blush, blot the color off with a tissue. Since gel & liquid blush ‘stain’ the cheeks, the only way to lighten them is it wash your face, moisturize and reapply your makeup, this time more sparingly.
6. Finish your look with a sweep of translucent powder and blush beautifully.

Tips:

1. Clean your brushes with baby wipes. If you don’t keep your brushes clean, they’ll gather germs and bacteria and transfer it to your skin.
2. For a sexy look, dab a little shimmery blush on the highest point of your cheekbone nearest your eye.
3. Using powder blush? Always sweep it in one direction. Going over & over or around and around causes streaks & can hurt your brush.
4. Dusky pink blush will warm up any tired-looking skin.