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How to Apply Blush | Applying BlushBlusher (YOUR INSTANT, HEALTHY-LOOKING GLOW) More than simply colour for the cheeks, a well chosen, well-applied blusher can endow skin with a fresh, young-looking bloom that enlivens the entire face. "I always take my blushers every where I go. They cheer me up because they give me a healthy look. I feel and probably look prettier," says American make-up artist and cosmetic queen, Bobbi Brown. Most women whatever their age need a blusher to freshen their complexion, especially when they are tired or under the weather. Then, as skin loses pigment and pinkness with age, blusher becomes essential. The perfect one-stop cosmetic, lightly dusted on cheeks, browbones, chin and hairline. Blusher transforms "bare" foundation basics into a face full of warmth and vitality. How to Apply BlushApply blusher over foundation. Apply a cream blusher before face powder and a powder-cream or powder blusher after face powder. Pick up less blusher on the brush than you think you will need sometimes just touching the compact gives you enough colour. Remember it's easier to add than to dilute blusher once it's on the skin. Dust over cheeks in a circular motion. Sweep upward from just under cheek bones to blend the edges. Echo the effect more faintly on brow- bones, temples and hairline. Where to Apply Blusher / BlushFINDING THE HIGHS AND LOWS Blushing is a subtle and selective business which aims to mimic the pinched-check freshness of a brisk walk in the country. Check your face after exercise, making love or laughter: that is the look you need to recreate. Make a note of where the natural pinkness is most intense, that's the point at which you start blending. Blusher looks most youthful when dusted on the cheek muscles. Before applying blusher, UK-based make-up artist Ariane Poole asks her models to smile to push up the cheek muscles - a useful tip if your face lacks prominent cheekbones. Apply blush to the browbones to give warmth to the eyes, and across the brow close to the hairline to relieve a high forehead and gaunt temple hollows. A touch on the chin softens a pointed, or chiselled jawline and balances the face. Blush Powder SHADING - IS IT NECESSARY?The seventies trend for striping the face with bands of blusher, highlighter and shaper was surely one of the most time-wasting, disaster-prone and potentially unflattering phases in cosmetic history. If you feel your face lacks shape bronzing powder is the best answer. It's easy to use, does the trick subtly and gives your skin an extra healthy glow. Start from slightly under your cheekbones and dust upward. A touch along the jawline detracts from jowls or a double chin and a very faint whisper softens the tip of the nose. Add your regular blusher to cheek apples only. BRUSH SENSE - CHOOSING THE RIGHT ONEMost blush mistakes are made because the brush is wrong. Brushes provided in blusher compacts are a waste of space - too thin, not wide enough and guaranteed to give you stripes. The ideal brush is fat, round and soft enough for the bristles to flex with your facial contours. YOU'VE OVERDONE IT: Powder over the top to dull the blush. Still too much? Use a damp cosmetic sponge to blend in a touch more foundation. Then re powder to give a natural flush finish that blends edges imperceptibly. Too FAINT NOW? Lightly retouch cheekbones only with the colour remaining on your blusher brush. DO BROKEN VEINS ON YOUR CHEEKS SPOIL YOUR BLUSH? Make them work for you. Calm veins with concealer, then powder. You will be left with a faint rosy glow. Dust similar toned blusher very faintly on cheek domes for a more controlled flush. |
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