Monday 10 February 2014

How to Match Lipstick with Blushes

Hi Everyone,

I have been wanting to do this post from past few days. Finally got down to doing it. Isn’t it always confusing what blush to match with which lipstick. I follow just one rule – match your lipstick shade with the blush shade. It does not have to be the exact shade. You can pick a tone of your lip color and work your blush color around that. And this works almost always. well, there are always exceptions but this tip is pretty much fool proof.

Bright Pink Lipsticks : I love using pink lipsticks for day time. I feel they add freshness to the face . For day time, I’d go with the light pink blush just to get a bit of glow on my cheeks. For evening I’d go with a brighter shade of a blush, preferably shimmery.

Shown Below : MAC Blush in Pink Swoon, MAC Blush Dollymix, Inglot Lipstick 421

A soft Pink Lipstick : Even if I am going for a day time MLBB pink shade , I’d still go for a light pink blush. For day time I like that ‘naturally glowing’ face as opposed to a full on makeup look. And a soft pink blush works. For me I prefer the cooler tones but you can pick warmer toned blushes as well if that works for you.

Shown below : MAC blush in Pinkswoon, MAC Lipstick Mehr

Neutral Lipsticks : With neutral /N*de lipsticks I prefer coral or peach blushes. And I go a bit heavy with my blushes with a pale mouth. The same goes with brown lipsticks. I prefer to use peach or tawny shades with brown lip colors.

Shown below :MAC Blush Peach Twist , MAC Lipstick freckletone, Maybelline Cheeky Glow Blush in fresh Coral

Orange Lipsticks : With orange blushes, it’s mostly coral but I don’t mind going the orange or neutral blush way as well.

Shown Below : MAC Blush Style, MAC Lipstick Lady Danger, MAC Cheek Powder in My Paradise, MAC blush Blushbaby

Coral Lipsticks : With coral lipsticks I like apricot and coral shades of blushes.

Shown below : Chanel Blush Reflex, MAC Lipstick Crosswires, Chanel cream blush Presage

Red Lipsticks : I kinda took my own test and trials to figure out what works the best with red lipsticks. I personally just stick with bronzer or a shade such as MAC Margin blush, which pretty much is a highlighter with a hint of color in it. Well, you may definitely apply a deep red blush with it..just so softly.

Shown Below : MAC Blush Scarlet Fever, MAC Lipstick Relentlessly Red, MAC Blush margin

Bright Coral Lipsticks : I kinda like to mix a pink and a coral blush or I just go the coral way. I personally don’t like just pink blushes with deep coral lip colors. But you can always experiment and see what suits your skin tone more.