Blush

## Description and Uses

A coloured powder, cream, liquid or gel used on the apples cheeks or cheekbones.

Gives the face a healthy red flush.

*Go here if you are looking for the Blush Category.*
*For Highlighter go here.*
*For Bronzer go here.*
**Blush** or Rouge is the colouring of the cheekbones or apples of the cheeks and can be used with Bronzers and Highlighters.

### Textures

* **Powdered Blush** - The preferred and most available form of blush in Western beauty. Apply with a Blush Brush in a dusting or sweeping motion.

* **Cream and Stick Blush** - Blush in cream formulas. Very popular in K-beauty and J-beauty. Can be difficult to apply on dry skin. Lipstick can also be used as a cream blush. Applied in a stippling or tapping motion with fingers.

* **Gel, Liquid -** Less available and tend to be chosen by personal preference. Gel products are becoming more available, but are often seen as novelties.

You can blend further with a medium to large size Blending Brush or Blush Brush.

### Techniques:

There are a wide variety of blush placement techniques. Some of these can be very sparing with blush, instead preferring highlighter to take the spotlight, and some prefer using multiple blushes around the face. Any of these can used, one or all of them:

* The apple of the cheek is a popular, classic placement.
* Blush can also be fanned from apples of cheek to the temples.
* A dot on the nose for a winter-chilled look.
* Fanned along the highest point of the cheekbones.
* Blush from the temples over a portion on the eyebrows with an upward point.
* Intense sides - from the temple to the bottom of the cheek, sweeping in at the cheekbone.
* Blush draping - using different shades of blush in the areas you would typically contour with bronzer. This is a retro 50s technique that is making a comeback.
* J-beauty - A popular J-beauty style is to dab cream blush around the lower outer area of the eye, above the cheekbones.

### Where to apply for Face Shapes:

* **Diamond Shaped Face** - Blend blush on the cheekbones, apples of cheeks and/or temples.
* **Heart Shaped Face** - Blend blush from the cheekbones, up to the temples and extend over the eyebrows towards the center of the forehead.
* **Oval Shaped Face** - Blush the cheekbones and sweep up a bit to the temples.
* **Rectangular Shaped Face** - Blend blush from the cheekbones up to the corners of your eyes.
* **Round Shaped Face** - Blend blush from the cheekbones, up to the temples and extend over the eyebrows and a touch of blush on the chin.
* **Square Shaped Face** - Blend blush from the cheekbones up to the corners of your eyes, a touch on the chin and center of the forehead.
* **Triangular Shaped Face** - Minimal to no blush on cheekbones; use a coloured highlighter or very pale colour instead.

## List of Blushes

*Note this is a list of Blushes currently on the wiki; including Face Palettes with Blush but not including Discontinued nor Limited Editions.*

### Powder

* Chanel:Blush N°20 Les Beiges Stick Blush
* Chanel:Blush N°21 Les Beiges Stick Blush
* Chanel:Blush N°23 Les Beiges Stick Blush
* Chanel:Blush N°24 Les Beiges Stick Blush
* Chanel:Blush N°25 Les Beiges Stick Blush
* Chanel:Elegance 370 Joues Contraste
* Chanel:Malice 71 Joues Contraste
* Chanel:Pink Explosion 64 Joues Contraste
* Chanel:Quintessence 440 Joues Contraste
* Chanel:Reflex 82 Joues Contraste
* Chanel:Rose Glacier 170 Joues Contraste
* Chanel:Rose Initial 72 Joues Contraste
* Chanel:Rouge Profond 320 Joues Contraste
* Dior:999 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Actrice 028 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Glitz 002 Backstage Glow Face Palette
* Dior:Hologlam 601 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Lolli'Glow 002 Rosy Glow
* Dior:Miss 047 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Origami 002 Blush Palette
* Dior:Petal 001 Diorskin Rosy Glow
* Dior:Poison Matte 962 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Rayonnante 330 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Rose Caprice Matte 475 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Rose Montaigne 219 Rouge Blush
* Dior:Universal 001 Backstage Glow Face Palette
* Kat Von D:Foxglove Everlasting Blush
* Kat Von D:Honeysuckle Everlasting Blush
* Kat Von D:Peony Everlasting Blush
* Kat Von D:Poppy Everlasting Blush
* Kat Von D:Rosebud Everlasting Blush
* Kat Von D:Snapdragon Everlasting Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Charmingly Sinful Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Hush Blush Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Mirror Mirror Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Nesting B!-%h Face
* Pretty Vulgar:Pretty Witty Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Prim Vixen Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Shameless Flirt Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Sweet Revenge Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Pretty Vulgar:Tickled Pink Make Them Blush Powder Blush
* Too Faced:Sugar Peach Face & Eye Palette
* Urban Decay:Fly Stay Naked Threesome
* Urban Decay:Naked Stay Naked Threesome
* Urban Decay:Rise Stay Naked Threesome

### Cream and Liquid

* Chanel:Beige Clair 150 Palette Essentielle
* Chanel:Beige Intense 170 Palette Essentielle
* Chanel:Beige Medium 160 Palette Essentielle
* Urban Decay:1993 Stay Naked Face & Lip Tint
* Urban Decay:Bang Stay Naked Face & Lip Tint
* Urban Decay:Bittersweet Stay Naked Face & Lip Tint
* Urban Decay:Kinky Stay Naked Face & Lip Tint
* Urban Decay:Ozone Stay Naked Face & Lip Tint
* Urban Decay:Quiver Stay Naked Face & Lip Tint
* Urban Decay:Streak Stay Naked Face & Lip Tint