Beauty Tips: 6 Blusher tricks for every face shape.

Blusher can make the most of your face shape. Try these cleverly-placed pigment techniques to sculpt higher cheekbones and balanced contours

#1  ROUND FACE SHAPE: The defining duo

Round faces are the perfect platform for letting your blush stand out, but if you want to add a little definition, try these quick contouring tips. Your blush should double up as a pigment and a luminous highlighter, so grab one with a hint of shimmer before you get to work. Stay away from the apples of cheeks, as you want to add angles, and start on cheekbones, lined up with eye pupils, streaking up to your temples.

#2 SQUARE FACE SHAPE: The softening sweep

If you want to soften square shaped faces, balance out those angular points; drawing attention to rounder features will make contours less severe. So grab a pretty pinky blush and pick it up with a larger brush, working it into the apples of cheeks with a dab of highlighter.

#3 DIAMOND FACE SHAPE: The blush balancer

Diamond-shaped faces come to a point at the chin and the top of the head, showing more width through the cheekbones that can be easily balanced out. Apply a cream blush with a fluffy brush starting on the ball of your cheek, and work it in a crescent-shaped, light wash up to your hairline.

#4 HEART FACE SHAPE: The low blush

Heart-shaped faces have strong jawlines that come to a point at the chin, so you want to balance out top-heavy contours by drawing eyes to your cheekbones. Apply your blush – we love a peach for this – in the hollows of your cheeks, much like you would a contour shade with a highlighter placed above.

#5 LONG FACE SHAPE: The widening wash

If you have a longer face, try this to add a little width; work a powder blush in a horizontal sweep from the apples of cheeks to your ears. This really helps to break up your features in an ultra flattering way, lending balance to long contours much like a fringe would do.

#6 OVAL FACE SHAPE: The aligner

An oval-shaped face is easy to work with as the contours are fairly balanced, but swept on wrong and your wash of blusher could add strength to your jawline. Keep your features in balance working on the cheekbones in a gentle, natural wash, but instead of gliding up to your temples, focus colour just under your eyes.