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by Shirley Bragg
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How To Avoid Making Mistakes With Your Blush

You think that you look great, but what does everyone else think? Here are some potential problems to avoid.

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Here's How:

1.   All colors are not going to work for you. I recently saw a woman wearing brown blush and it (sorry to say), made her look old. Choose a color that is most like your skin tones after exercising. It should be a soft red, pink or plum shade.

2.   Don't sweep color onto your face in a visible line. Try a few different placements and then soften it by pressing your fingers onto the cheeks. The color seems to melt into your skin.

3.   **I don't want to see where your blush starts and where it ends.

4.   Look at photos in beauty magazines. Now copy the placement. Ignore the bone structure the model might have and give it try and see how it works. You might be amazed.

5.   Try mixing your own shades. Two colors that don't seem to work, might look great when mixed.

Tips:

  1. Bronzers don't work on all people. Trust me!

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