Blush shade help for Indian skin tone

Nidhi

I have an average brown Indian skin tone - neither too chocolatey nor fair-skinned. I think wheatish is the right word to describe it? Not very sure. I have hardly used blush earlier thanks to the fact that I grossly misjudge the shades that suit me and end up looking like a clown with unnatural pink spots on my brown cheeks. I would like to set that right and add a nice and natural looking blush that can be used on my face without looking "made-up". Any shade suggestions? I have an oily T-zone and the skin on my cheeks is normal - so powder based as well as cream based should work for me.

13 years ago

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Have you looked into Iman's makeup line? She has some great shades(medium to dark) for ethnic skintones. As for color, judging from your description, I would go with natural rose shade(kind of like rose with hint of brown type color). I would think that brighter pink shades wouldn't be right for you

13 years ago

Vildy

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Take a look at the technique in this video. I swear by it. No, I don't have your color skin, nor does she, but the principles work. She uses two colors. A slightly duskier over the entire cheek area and a slightly brighter on the apples. I use that rounded tip brush she recommends and I smack it 5 or 6 times to get the excess off. Then I start with the apples and then flick it around over the whole cheek area and up the temples.

Me, I use Cover Girl Cheekers (with my own brush) Golden Pink, which has that base
of brownish pink on my skin.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life.....ty-blusher

13 years ago

Sylvie

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Do you have access to Nars? I am of Indian origin and find Nars Deep Throat works very well for my skin tone.

13 years ago

Nidhi

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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I checked out Iman and Nars online and they do seem to have a promising collection. Vildy , you go tme interested on the technique but the video isn't accessible

13 years ago

ManidipaM

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Go for approximately the colour of the inside of your lower lip, and apply with a light hand. Works as a natural blush for most people that way.

13 years ago

Vildy

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well, basically what I said then: use a medium brush with a dome (rounded) tip.
Scrub it against the blush and then tap it hard 5 or 6 times. Smile and circle it around
the apple of your cheek. Then stroke blush over whole cheek shape and up into
temple area. This is an even lighter coating and shouldn't show any strong demarcation. Use a blush with whatever is a somewhat darker and browner shade for you. I guess could be rosier or peachier. You get all over color, but a browner color.
Then just on the apples, repeat technique with a "brighter" shade, she says. Just gives you a little highlight of color. I'm thinking that brighter means simply a shade without the browning down and a little more cheerful. That Cover Girl product I mentioned stays on for an eternity. If you don't take it off, it'll be there next day, too.

13 years ago

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