Applying Blush Like a Pro: Tips for Every Face Shape

How can tired, pale skin be transformed into a fresh complexion in seconds? With rouge! A touch of color on the cheeks gives the face contour and makes it shine immediately. No matter whether narrow, round, or heart-shaped, with the right color nuance and technique, the facial features can be perfectly highlighted. This article explains how to apply rouge correctly depending on the shape of your face plus the right color and texture for every skin type.

These types of rouge are available.

Cream blush

For anyone who wants an uncomplicated, particularly natural look and tends to have dry skin, cream blusher is the right choice. It gives a fresh complexion, provides moisture and can be used directly on bare skin or over day cream. Cream blusher can be applied easily with your fingers – a brush is not necessary. This means that a quick touch-up on the go is no problem. Be careful with oily skin: creamy blusher can quickly look patchy.

Liquid blush

If you want the touch of colour on your cheeks to last particularly long, a liquid blusher is the right choice. It is usually applied with a brush and blended as needed with the fingers or a beauty blender . Since the texture dries quickly, you should apply it quickly and precisely. Liquid blusher is often waterproof and difficult to remove. Important: Do not apply the product to powdered skin – otherwise the result will look patchy.

Blush Sticks

How to apply blusher?

It’s very simple: always start at the sides of the cheekbones and blend the colour from the hairline over the cheeks towards the corners of the mouth. The best results are achieved with a slanted blusher brush and a small amount of colour applied with light pressure. If you want the result to be stronger, simply increase the pressure. If you use too much blusher, you don’t have to remove your makeup immediately. Simply put some loose translucent powder on a thick cosmetic brush and gently brush it over the cheeks. This will tone down the colour.

Where you should apply blusher depends on the shape of your face. For example, to make a round face appear narrower, a different make-up technique is required than for angular facial features that should appear softer.

Oval face

An oval face is considered the ideal face shape. However, you can still optimize the contours a little with a blusher: apply the colour to the highest point of the cheekbones and let it run from the tip of the nose to the ear. Apply a little blush above the temples and along the hairline. This emphasizes the harmonious proportions and makes the complexion look particularly fresh.

Round face

If applied in the right places, the blusher makes a round face appear narrower. To do this, apply powder or cream blush below the cheekbones (around ear level) and blend well upwards. Then spread the colour towards the corners of the mouth.

This technique also makes heart-shaped faces shine. If you want to conceal your tapered facial contours, you can also add a little blush to your chin.

Square face

With angular faces, the cheek area is very pronounced. This makes the facial features appear immediately softer: apply blush vertically along the cheekbone and blend towards the ear. Then apply some blush to the outermost parts of the forehead.

Narrow face

Long, slim faces can quickly appear hard and strict. Rouge makes the contours appear softer and optically shorter with just a few brush strokes. Simply apply blush horizontally from the highest point of the cheekbones to the hairline. For a natural look, add a little color to the forehead.

A blush stick is basically a cream blusher pressed into a stick shape, but with a slightly firmer consistency. The blusher is applied directly to the cheeks – always working from the inside outwards. Then, if necessary, spread the colour lightly with your fingers.