Cheeks Must Have's

Part 2 of 5, of the 5 essential Must have's :)

Cheeks! 

Now for Blusher's it really depends on what lip colour you are going to be applying, as my blush often compliments my lipstick choice.

For those of you that are going to be daring this autumn/winter, like myself and opt for the Plum shades on the Lipstick colour spectrum! I'd recommend, a plum/brown blusher, I think the colour i'd use to describe the perfect blusher for this look is MINK, like a Malt Chocolate colour, with the prime colour being brown, but with subtle plummy undertones..yummy, sounds almost edible...pink's and peaches work just aswell with this look, and I think I would often, if not feeling daring, opt for a subtle peach/pink blush :)

Sooo my recommendations for the daring amongst us is, Either Mocha, or Prism by MAC, apply this to your cheekbones, which will act almost as a contouring medium, and it will really add some depth to your cheeks, and then take a highlighting powder or a lighter (pink) blusher and dust it over your upper cheekbone, up towards the outer corner of your eye, also paying attention to the apples of your cheeks! 

For those of you that will be opting for the natural lip with this look, I'd advise using either a peachy tone or a soft pink. Melba, by MAC would be my choice for this alternative look. Still concentrating on the lower part of your cheek bone, and also apply a dusting over your upper cheek bone and the apple of the cheeks as well, for a soft, warm glow :) enhance the upper part of your cheekbone with highlighter if needs be! 

If you are going to be contouring, with a darker medium, then application of blusher to the lower part of the cheekbone isn't necessary, just apply your blusher to the apples of your cheeks, in a sweeping motion towards your temples :)

So now that you have a lovely glow to your cheeks, a highlighter can be used to enhance the cheek/brow bones! Giving you some extra lustre, more app at night as apose to during the day!

ELF do a brilliant highlighter, that can be applied with ease, and blended into the area using my brush specified in the previous blog, the flawless concealer brush from ELF. 

Benefit also do a lovely highlighting powder called 'luster duster' that can be used in the same way as the cream based highlighter, it often depends which medium you prefer working with, I often think that if my face MakeUp is cream based stick with cream based blushers, and cream based highlighters, but if you have gone for powder products, then stick with a powder highlighter! :) Makes sense, otherwise you may find that a cream based product, used over a powder, can cause unwanted movement of the powder, which will alter and essentially ruin your flawless look :( however powder over cream works, as the denser medium is the cream, so the powder effectively just sits on top of the creamy face MakeUp!

So for the Ultimate Cheek...I'd suggest purchasing a Peachy Blush, a Plum Blush, a Highlighter, a Contouring Brush, and a Face Brush! Different combinations of the above products will give you soo many different looks, that can be combined with an array of different eye MakeUp looks as well! Versatile MakeUp choice, is the ultimate skill to have, if you have an eye for different colours, and different mediums that you think will combine well together, then you have a head start, when aiming to achieve these day to night MakeUp looks :)

Up next...Eye's Blog!

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Alexandra Louise

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