I don’t mean to sound silly, but discovering blush was a real revelation to me. Some might consider being pale as an equivalent of true beauty, to me it was always a matter to avoid, and since I first came across this pink-pressed wonder, it became one the most important steps in my beauty regiment (and a bit of an obsession, I usually have at least 7 different shades of blush in my make-up kit…).

So although this is not a “legit” beauty tutorial, since today I discovered I need to replenish my blush supply asap I though I’ll share with you a neat trick (of giving your face a tiny bit more definition in a matter of seconds) I learned from one of the most talented make up artists I have ever worked with, Alona Belayeva (she is the one credited for the make up in all of these… The photo above is from a lingerie shoot we worked together a while ago and despite the fact that the make up is very subtle, I think the blush work is on the dot.

So… The trickery is actually quite simple. All you’ll need is two shades of blush, both on a natural palette, one is soft pink (I use “Barely Buff by Revlon) and the other more on the brown side (for ex, “Toast of New-York” also by Revlon) , both have to be matte . The bronzy/purly blushes won’t give you that natural effect… The pink shade goes on the apples of the cheek and the darker shade goes a little bit below the cheek bones in a long “swoosh” towards the sides of the face, that way you create an illusion of much more defined bone structure. After you apply, just blend the two and Voila! Seems pretty simple, but I have never done it that way before Alona showed me…

{Oh, and another favorite is definitely by Vincent Longo, it comes in two divine shades of naive pink and peach!}

The top photo by Eldad Carin