How to apply blush to your face shape

Blush plays an important role in creating beautiful makeup. They help to refresh, improve the appearance, highlight the advantages and hide the flaws in the appearance. There are several rules for applying blush on the face, adhering to which you can achieve amazing results.

How to highlight cheekbones with blush

Using blush, you can emphasize the cheekbones. With proper use of the product, you can easily achieve the desired result. Your face will take on a sophisticated look, it will look thinner.

Blush gives the face a fresh look, you do not need to apply them in a thick layer. It is enough to apply a small amount with a brush. Excess dry blush can be removed, or powder can be used, liquid blush must be washed off.

For applying makeup on the cheekbones, a dark blush and a special brush, slightly beveled on one edge, are ideal.

1. To determine the make-up area, pull your cheeks in as much as possible and open your mouth slightly, as if you are saying: "Oh".
2. Draw a line below the cheekbone from the temple to the chin.
3. Now darken the area slightly, blending the blush and smoothing out the transitions.
4. Apply a pink blush to the upper protruding part of the cheek. It is important to do this carefully so that there are no sharp transitions from one color to another.

Carefully applied and well-blended cosmetics will give your face a stunning look and unique relief.

If you are doing evening make-up, use cosmetics with glitter. They give the skin a unique light glow.

How to apply blush to narrow a round face

Cosmetics are applied to the face depending on the shape. There are several types of faces. For example, if your face is about the same height as your face and its widest part is at your cheeks, you have a round face.

Maxim is an obvious representative of such a person.

Correcting this shape, it is necessary to visually narrow it, remove excess roundness in the cheek area. To do this, use a blush of calm tones:

• beige;
• gray pink;
• terracotta.

1. Begin your makeup by adding a blush to the contour, apply vertical lines.
2. From the ear, go down to the chin, then go up from the temple, continue to work relative to the hairline. In the same order, blend the resulting lines, there should be no clear boundaries here.
3. Now draw a light line from the middle of the nose to the tip, blending it, smoothing the borders.
4. Pull in your cheeks as much as possible, define the "dimples", and brush over them with a brush.
5. Under the lower lip, make a dot and blend it.

To make the makeup look beautiful and natural, you need to choose the right color, which should be a little darker than your skin by about 3-4 tones.

How to apply blush to a long face

Elongated face... The clear owner of this form is Ksenia Sobchak. Pay attention to the face on the chin, cheekbones and forehead. If the width and length are equal, your face is elongated.

When working with this type of face, pay special attention to the horizontal lines. Start applying cosmetics in the center of the forehead, without departing from the hairline, then in the chin area, slightly below the cheekbone line, move to the ears.

How to apply blush on a thin face

Too thin shape makes the image tired. When adjusting this shape, it is necessary to give the face a little freshness and volume. To do this, you need to use a blush of warmer tones:

• pink;
• peach.

1. Start working on the forehead, along the hairline. Apply a horizontal line with a wide brush and blend it. All boundaries should be smoothed out and not harsh.
2. Now work on the chin. Using the same technique, draw a line along the outline of the chin. Blend the middle to the indentation under the lip.
3. Add guidelines for the areas along the wings of the nose and in the corners of the lips.
4. Don't forget to feather the marked areas.
5. Finally, apply a brighter shade of blush to the cheeks.
6. Blend the resulting borders working upward.

How to apply blush on a square face

If your face has an angular forehead, brightly protruding cheekbones, and the height and width are approximately equal in size, then the shape of your face is square. This form is clearly expressed in Kirsten Dunst.

It is not difficult to correct it.

1. Start working in the corners of the forehead, applying makeup in relation to the hairline.
2. Then apply cosmetics to the jaw, to the prominent areas, and from the chin to the ears. Don't forget to feather the lines. To give a square face a delicate and feminine outline, use shades of pink.
3. Imagine the lines going from the middle of the chin to the ears. The areas that remain outside these lines, paint over with neat strokes using makeup.
4. Apply small spots to the corners of the eyes. Blend everything well.

How to properly apply blush on an oval face

When making a make-up for this type of face, you need to choose the right shades of blush, relative to the natural complexion. For girls with light skin, light shades are better suited, for owners of dark skin - crimson, beige, pink tones.

If your forehead is slightly wider than your chin and your cheekbones have a slight bump, your face is oval. Julia Roberts is a representative of this form.

In this option, you do not need to make additional adjustments. Dab a little makeup on the raised areas of your cheeks, this will give your face a little freshness.

For an evening make-up, blend the cheeks up to the temples.