Evian spray is a God-send
After you apply makeup, spray Evian water spray on your face to get the perfect dewy non-cake face. Get Evian spray at any drugstore. You can also apply a pea-sized dot of moisturizer on a sponge and lightly apply to forehead and cheeks.Get rid of the "ashy" look
If you have dark skin, you may notice your skin can get ashy. Combat it with a cream highlighter. Apply concealer to upper corners of lips where skin tends to be darker.
Tone down ruddy skin
If you have ruddy (red) skin, tone it down with a yellow- or green-based foundation. Pink-based foundations and tinted moisturizers will only worsen your red complexion. Also, try yellow-based blushes, such as apricot, instead of a pink tone.See my list of the best foundations.
Highlighters add depth to skin
I love the way highlighters can minimize your worst features while enhancing others. Apply just above the eyes for a wide-awake look and use to contour around the cheeks. A makeup artist's favorite (and mine, too) is Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat concealer. Makeup artist Jo Strettel swears by this in Elle Magazine because it's easy to use: You simply paint it on the face.Create instant cheekbones
Add contour and depth to cheekbones by applying a bronzing powder over cheeks, forehead and nose (where the sun naturally hits), then applying a cream blush on cheeks over this. Instead of applying blush into the apples of your cheeks, dot the cream along your cheekbone, then blend in well.See my list of the best bronzers.
Darken your ultra-white skin
Does your skin get super white? Add color and shimmer to it with Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse.Yes, everyone can wear blush
I have ruddy skin and thought I never needed blush and the makeup artist at Bobbi Brown agreed, until she applied a tinted moisturizer first. The moisturizer toned down my ruddiness enough that she NEEDED to add a blush which subsequently gave me a healthy flush.
See How to Apply Blush.
