There are no rules to your blush—even applying onto your forehead, the tip of your nose, or on your neck can be a motive to balance, lift, contour, and soften the face. Blush is an easy makeup product to have fun and experiment with. Pictured above, is my bride, Brianna Marie. I blended to create a soft contour and before she walked down the aisle I added a touch of tJordan cre’me (cameo pink) to highlight her cheekbone.
To make your forehead look smaller, use a darker color to create the illusion of it being smaller. Dip your brush into loose face powder, tap the excess, and then dip into desired blush product. This helps the color not to grab onto the skin and allows for blend-ability. For a quick eye shadow, apply onto your eyelids. Use a cream blush for dryer skin types, or for if you want that fresh dewy look. You can also layer using both cream and dry blush. If you have a round face with full cheeks like Jennifer Lawrence or Emma Stone, apply your blush a little bit lower than your cheeky apples. For square-shaped faces like Demi Moore, focus your color closer to your nose, the apples of the cheeks, and lightly blend towards the hairline and even towards the brow. This technique will off set the strong jawline. If you have an oval face like Salma Hayek or Angelina Jolie, start the pigment in the middle of the cheek and blend at an upward angle towards your ear. The trick is to establish more width. For heart-shaped faces like Halle Berry’s, start below the apple of the cheek (using most of the product here) and create a blended “C” shape toward the hairline up through the temple. To eliminate the purchasing of a collection of blush colors, apply a dab of your matte lip color onto the apple of your cheek and blend. This will tie the colors together and I do this all the time to my on-camera actors.