A Makeup Artist’s Trick To Apply Cream Blush For A Natural Glow

“I take a tiny dab of creme blush and instead of putting it on with my fingers, I put it on my palms – just the fleshy part under the thumb joint,” she explains. Then "it's just a quick squeeze on the skin to make it look like a perfect natural flush." Like stamping the color on your cheeks and dragging it away with the perfect diffuse blush.

How it works: That fleshy part at the base of your thumb (called the thenar if you want to get technical) is relatively the same size as most people's cheekbones. So if you bounce it into the skin, it will match your bone structure at a similar, oblique angle.

If you rub the two palms together, the blush will also premix. So all you have to do is press lightly on your skin for a light color wash. Even if you get yourself a highly pigmented number (this buildable lip and cheek tint is a personal one-stop shop), it will melt into your skin with a mere, moist payout. Your fingertips (or, in this case, your palms) are the best blender, especially with cream confections. The fingertips heat the formula. When you press it into your skin, it melts like butter.

The result, says Irwin, is a natural-looking flush – as if you were exuding joy.