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Summer Skin – Time to Change Your Blush!

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As our summer tan is well underway, your winter blush seems to be lacking pizzazz. By definition, blushes are supposed to give you those rosy cheeks that add glow and a healthy feel to your complexion, and as your skin gets darker with every day you spend at the beach, it’s fine time to rethink your shade of blush. How to choose the one that will be a real game changer? Many factors come into play and here are some guidelines to make the right choice!

Let’s start with the texture! Should you go for a cream, liquid or a powder blush? Here’s the thing: while the 3 options work on a normal to combination skin, acne-prone and super oily complexions look better with the effect of a powder blush and drier ones call for a liquid blush.

Moving to the color, the game gets a bit tricky here. Initially, you must know your skin tone very well. By skin tone, we don’t only mean the surface that can be ivory, light, medium, dark or tan for instance, but we’re also talking about the color underneath the surface. So, to know if you’re skin’s undertone is cool, warm or neutral, the easiest way is to check your veins. Your veins looking blue means that your skin’s undertone is cool, while green-looking veins indicates the warmth of your skin tone. Another easy test would be the sun’s effect on your skin – if your skin gets burned and turns pink when you are exposed to the sun, your skin tone is cool and if it turns golden-brown, it’s warm.

Now that’s you’ve taken the 2 most important factors into account, let’s tackle the blush hues that enhance your beauty. For cool skin tones, pinkish blushes look amazing – noting that the darker your complexion is, the darker your blush should be. As for warm skin tones, it’s peachy hues that work best. And hey, the options remain numerous and it’s for you to decide which one makes you look good and feel confident!

Article Written by Mirella Haddad



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