Applying Blush and Powder
Applying Cream Blush
- Press your fingertip once into the blush container.
- Place your fingertip at the center of your cheekbone (the “apple”) and stroke it lightly upward and outward toward your ear.
- Repeat this motion 2-3 times on each cheek. Blend the cream blush upward and outward with your fingertips (at minimum, use the index, middle, and ring fingertips) to achieve a subtle effect. Use your right hand for your right cheek and your left hand for your left cheek.
Applying Powder Blush
- Stroke the brush 2-3 times across the powder cake.
- Place the brush at the center of your cheekbone (the “apple”) and stroke it lightly upward and outward toward your ear.
- Repeat this brushing motion 3-4 times on each cheek.
- Blend the powder upward and outward with your fingertips (at minimum, use the index, middle, and ring fingertips) to achieve a subtle effect. Use your right hand for your right cheek and your left hand for your left cheek.
- Use a clean tissue to dust away any excess powder.
Applying Stick Blush
- Roll up or twist up the blush stick and check with one finger to make sure the tip appears slightly above the container level.
- Place the tip at the center of your cheekbone (the “apple”) and stroke it lightly upward and outward toward your ear.
- Repeat this motion 2-3 times on each cheek.
- Blend the blushing cream upward and outward with your fingertips (at minimum, use the index, middle, and ring fingertips) to achieve a subtle effect. Use your right hand for your right cheek and your left hand for your left cheek.
Applying Powder: Tips for Self-Care After Vision Loss
- Stroke the powder puff or applicator 2-3 times across the surface of the powder compact.
- Touch the puff or applicator once on each cheek, the nose, the chin, and the forehead.
- Blend with the puff or applicator, following the same sequence as in applying moisturizer:
- Upward and outward from chin to ears
- Across and up from nose to temples
- Upward from tip of nose to forehead
- Circular motions on forehead to temples
- Small circular motions around sides of nose
- Circular motions on chin
- Upward on throat