When "blush blue", "blush purple" and "blush yellow" frequently become popular search terms on social platforms, you will find that the use of "heterochromatic blush" is no longer a niche expression for individual makeup lovers.
But obviously, different-color blushes are not so easy to control compared to conventional shades such as pink and orange.
How's the effect?
how to use?
Is it exaggerated?
Which skin tones are suitable for?
The endless variety of strange colors provokes people's urge to try new things, but it also inevitably makes people fall into difficulty in choosing.
If you are already "eager to try", then you must not miss this issue of the different-color blush play makeup guide.
Text and photos / All media reporter Chen Xin of Guangzhou Daily (except signature)
Blush
- Create a sense of clarity and three-dimensionality
Usage: A small amount of times, topical use.
Sweep on redness, yellowish areas (such as around the lips), neutralize and brighten, and enhance the cool white tone of the complexion.
Hit on the protruding parts of the face such as the forehead, bridge of the nose, apple muscle, etc., to play a blue highlight effect and increase the three-dimensional effect.
Note: Do not hit on depressions such as eye sockets, as it is easy to highlight facial defects and feel tired.
Try to choose cheek blue with low saturation and low color rendering for better control.
Suitable for skin tones: Fair skin tones; olive skin tones with green tones; warm yellow skin tones looking to enhance cool white tones.
Makeup Matching: Clear lip makeup and eye makeup, consistent with the transparency created by the blue cheeks.
Blush purple
- Brighten dullness and plump up the face
Usage: The blush purple with a high color sense is suitable for swiping on the face, while the blush purple with a low color sense can replace the highlight to make the face swell and plump up, and can be used to brighten the dark areas of the face such as nasolabial folds.
Note: Blush purple with high saturation can be a challenge for beginners, especially warm yellow skin tones.
For large areas, it is recommended to layer with blush.
And the cheek purple with low color sense should not be applied beyond the cheekbones, it will easily reduce the three-dimensional effect of the face.
Suitable for skin tone: cool white skin tone, yellow one degree skin tone; warm yellow skin tone should look for blush purple with low color rendering and highlighting effect.
Makeup Matching: Lip makeup and eye makeup can use low-saturation pink and earth tones, and color masters can try low-saturation pink-purple to create a romantic atmosphere by echoing with cheek purple.
Blush
- Covers dullness and brightens transitions
How to use: It can cover the dark circles under the eyes to a certain extent, as well as cover the depressions under the cheekbones, improve the brightness of the face, and make the contour lines softer.
It acts as a natural transition between eye makeup and blush, making the makeup more rounded and more holistic.
Note: It is inevitable to use blush alone in daily life, and it is more natural to use it with blush.
Suitable for skin tone: cool white skin tone; warm yellow skin tone and dark skin tone should avoid using blush yellow with high brightness. It is recommended to choose blush yellow that is more orange or brown. Of course, it is best to test the color on the cabinet before making a decision.
Makeup Matching: Orange-pink lip and eye makeup, together with blush yellow to create a fresh and energetic makeup effect.
[Single product recommendation]
Givenchy star four palace blush #lavender mousse
Photosensitive color rendering formula, the color changes with the intensity and nature of the light.
Cheek color is light and natural with sheer color.
Synthetic fluorphlogopite, transparent mercerized.
Ultra-fine air-feeling powder, light and cloudy texture, delicate fit, easy to smudge.
Color superposition is not deposited, and blind shooting is not wrong.
Laneige two-color repairing blush #pink peach sweetness & smart elf
The blush powder adopts high-pressure grinding technology, and the texture is smooth and delicate, and the complexion is more natural and bright.
The formula uses a highly skin-friendly cross-type powder structure, which adheres to the skin, and the makeup looks bright and long-lasting.
The two-tone blush can be mixed and matched for a variety of looks for a vibrant, three-dimensional look.
Tips
1. Layering is the way to open the color blush
Purple + rose powder: After swiping a layer of blush on a large area of the cheeks, apply a fresh and natural rose powder in the center, evenly blending, and the cheeks immediately have a natural "blood color".
Blue+Purple+Peach Powder: Blend blue and peach powder into a transparent blue-pink and sweep it on the apple muscle from the inside out.
Layer a layer of low-saturation blush purple to create a clear and white high-quality texture.
Yellow + Coral: First swipe a layer of coral blush on a large area of the face, and then apply an appropriate layer of blush.
For warm yellow skin tones, the addition of blush yellow will make the rosy skin fit more closely with the skin, full of natural and playful vitality.
2. Ingeniously match expansion and contraction colors
As the name implies, the so-called expansion color is the color that makes the visual effect of the object larger; the shrinking color is the color that makes the visual effect of the object smaller.
The swelling colors in the blush are mostly light tones lighter than the skin tone, such as lavender, light blue and other low-saturation heterochromatic blushes.
Most of these expansive colors can play a highlighting effect, brighten the skin, and make the forehead, nose bridge, apple muscle and other facial bulges more plump and transparent.
Blush that is darker than the skin tone is a convergence color, such as milk coffee color, brown and so on.
Corresponding to the highlight effect of expansive colors, astringent blushes can generally have a shadow trimming effect, create a sense of contour, and make the face more three-dimensional.
When using different-color blushes, it is recommended to use expanding and shrinking colors according to personal conditions, and skillfully adjust the light and shadow of the face to make the makeup more delicate and round, with a high-quality texture.