How to Apply 1950's Pinup Blush

Video Transcript

"Now that the foundation is on and looks perfect, we're going to move on to blush. For this look, the blush is not nearly the most important part of the look, but you still need a little contour in your cheeks. I always go with really neutral rosy color. The skin is going to be really sheer and matt, and you don't want too much color on the cheeks because then you're going to look like a clown. You want to take a nice angled blush brush, a nice soft brush, and you want to dip into your rosy color ever so slightly and just add a little more as you need it. Start out really sheer and just see how it looks on your skin. Elizabeth is pretty pale so I don't want to do too much because then she's going to look like she has clown cheeks. That's the look we are trying to avoid. Now I'm just buffing it or stippling it into the cheek bone. You just want to do the apples of the cheeks and up the cheek bone. Just follow the natural contour of your cheek. That's the only place you want to put blush for this look. You want to keep the rest of the face pretty matt. Again, on the other side, apples of the cheeks. We're stippling it or buffing it into the cheeks. You don't want to swipe it because then it just swipes right off. You really want to get into the face. It'll help it stay on longer and it'll make it look a lot more natural. The blush on your cheek should look like a natural rosy glow, like you were jogging and that natural flush. That's the exact look we're going for this. You can also use a stain, a cheek stain, a liquid stain, but just be very careful. Make sure you practice. Practice, practice, and make sure you blend. That's the blush."