The Art of a Natural Flush: Your Ultimate Cheek Makeup Guide
Having a glowing, youthful complexion is more than just makeup but rather, it's about healthy skin that appears to be bursting with life. This healthy skin doesn't just happen because of a good diet or plenty of sleep, but happens naturally based on how we treat our body through lifestyle choices.
At The Glow Rituals, we believe that your makeup should not hide your complexion, but should enhance and highlight your natural appearance as well!
Here is your step-by-step guide to achieving the coveted "natural flush" look.
Step 1: Prep for Perfection & Protection
The foundation of a natural look is healthy, protected skin. Before you even reach for your color, you need luminosity and defense.
Pre-Makeup Lift with Jade Stone Gua Sha
The Jade Stone Original Gua Sha is the first part of your ritual. Gently run this tool across your jawline and cheekbones to create circulation, decrease swelling, and raise your cheekbones naturally. You will get some color to your cheeks from inside before you apply any other products! reduce puffiness, and give your cheeks a natural lift and subtle color from within before any product is applied.
The Glow Rituals Skin Glow Sunscreen
To achieve perfect skin, the most important thing one can do is hydrate their body and protect their skin from the sun's damaging UV rays. Our Skin Glow Sunscreen is packed with SPF 50+ and has a non-greasy formula with a unique blend that offers both water-resistant properties and protection against UVA and UVB rays.
The combination of carrot and chamomile extracts in our sunscreen formula provides the best possible protection against future skin damage while also providing comfort to the skin and being rich in antioxidant properties.
Illuminating Primer: The Canvas for Color
A great primer will also help your blush last longer and blend well with the skin. Our Glow Rituals Illuminating Primer with Licorice Extract will create an even, light-reflecting base for your foundation.
This will ensure that the color you choose to apply to your cheeks will glide on perfectly without any patches, allowing for that "lit from within" look.
Step 2: The Art of the Natural Flush
A creamy layered tint will make your face look much more believable than a powder blush if you want to have an illusion of being lush.
The Multi-Purpose Cheek Tint
Instead of reaching for that powder blush with big pigment, try using a light, nutrient-rich cream. We recommend trying out either of our gels: the Pomegranate or the Nude Mauve tint for the answer to "What should I use for cheek makeup that looks like I didn't even try?"
Nude Mauve and Pomegranate are both made from natural sources, and do not contain any synthetic ingredients and are also non-comedogenic. Each of these products contains several great moisturizing and skin-softening agents such as Cocoa Butter and Sunflower Oil.
When applying Natural Blush:
- Prep: Use a small amount of the Pomegranate Lip & Cheek Tint and put it on your ring finger before putting it on your cheeks. Use the heat generated from rubbing your fingers together to help blend the product nicely into your cheeks.
- Find the Apple: While you smile, notice the largest part of your cheek (the "apple") - apply the tint directly to this spot.
- Blend Upward: To ensure that you achieve a seamless complexion without any harsh lines, always blend upwards towards your hairline when applying eye shadow, blush or lipstick. By blending these products you help to eliminate the demarcation between your skin colour and your hair colour to give the appearance of an overall 'glow' or flush to your entire face.
The quickest method to achieve this is to choose one makeup product that works equally well on all three areas - cheeks (blush), lips (lipstick) and eyelids (eye shadow).
Conclusion:
The Glow Rituals are dedicated to offering you authentic, apex-quality products. Whether you're choosing our multi-purpose Lip & Cheek Tints to fulfill your need to buy cheek makeup, or incorporating the skincare benefits of our Illuminating Primer and Skin Glow Sunscreen, we are here to help you feel confident in your own skin.