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Summary: Learn how to apply blush makeup for a glamorous glitter look with expert cosmetic tips in this free beauty video clip.
Kelli LaBar is a practicing aesthetician and makeup artist in Wilmington, N.C. She graduated from Miller-Motte Technical College as a certified aesthetician, and she currently works as...read more
"I'm Kelli. On behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you some tips and techniques that you can use to create a glitter and glam makeup look. Now that we've applied her foundation and have her skin really nice and even, we're going to give her a little color using just a really nice neutral shade of blush. We're going to use our angled contour blush brush. We're going to take a little bit of our blush on our brush. We're going to start on the apple of the cheek and just give her a nice soft pop of color. Blend it lightly up the cheekbone. Smile for me. You want to concentrate most of the color right on the apples of the cheek, which which is this nice round part you've got her where you smile. If you're concerned or confused about where you should start your blush, rule of thumb is about 2 fingers away from the nose. You just want to make sure that you're even on both sides. You have the same amount of color on both sides. That will give you just a really nice soft pop of color right on the apples of the cheeks. That's how you would want to go about applying your blush. "