Looking at the most popular makeup brands on social media such as Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez, the infamous clean beauty brand Glossier and Fenty Beauty by Queen Rihanna herself, many products are advertised such as blush, highlighter and bronzer to be worn daily, but not necessarily together.
Millennials are used to sweeping some bronzer over their cheeks and heading out the door but makeup trends are leaning more into blush and the occasion highlighter. Can these products essentially do the same thing? No, but they can provide a different effect separately, or achieve a contour altogether.
Before heading off to upgrade your makeup bags with the latest matte and cream blush, bronzer and highlighter, read up on the powers of these products separately, and how they can yield different daily looks.
Blush
Blush has really made a comeback in the last year as a favorite makeup item for many people, this is largely to do with the monochromatic trend where you use the same color product for your eyes, cheeks and lips. Anything from rosy glow to embracing bronze or deep red works with this trend.
The ideal product for achieving this, and the preferred blush on the market would be in cream or a stick product. The cream blush blends beautifully into freshly prepped skin, but especially with foundation trending down, and going natural or using a BB or CC cream trending up, cream products in general have a much longer lasting effect.
Find your favorite blush colors such as the Rare Beauty Liquid blush, which is perfect for achieving the monochromatic look or the Glossier cloud paint which smooths on light and natural.
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Bronzer
Bronzer is a classic product, and most people can't live without it as it provides the perfect contour to your features and facial structure. The biggest difference between blush and bronzer is blush adds some color, whereas the point of bronzer is to define.
Bronzer can be applied anywhere that you want to add some emphasis into your skin, and you can blend it in to look natural and glowy depending on what product you use. It is also gaining traction in the cream and matte form over the classic powder for the same reasons as blush, it has a long-lasting effect.
You can add bronzer to anywhere you want to create definition, and it might not be the same for any two people as everyone has their natural beauty but some common areas include under the cheekbones, on the sides of the nose, temples, below the lip, below the chin and the outer points of the face.
In general apply bronzer to crevices in order to see that definition in color contrast. Check out the best bronzer products on the market.
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Highlighter
Do you use a highlighting product? This might be the next thing you need to add to your makeup bag for multi-use and creating the effects of definition on the face. While bronzer is essential for creating some definition, highlighter can do it in a more natural way for everyday looks, or work in combination with bronzer for a fuller look.
One of Selena Gomez's favorite tricks from her like Rare beauty is to apply highlighter anywhere on your face that you literally want to highlight, and then apply the tinted moisturizer over it for a glowy and complete look.
In this situation, highlighter is working to define your face in a way that you might normally use bronzer, but on a lower level making it quick and easy for an everyday look. And while highlighter has always been typically a cream product, it is also being sold in the stick form for easy and direct application, like a shimmery matte.
For a fuller makeup look, let highlighter be the last product you put on top of your contour.
Using Them Together
It is no surprise that you can use all three of these products together for a full-glam look, but they are also buildable. If you get your makeup routine down for your face, it can take only a few minutes to get a complete look.
First prep your face with your daily skincare routine, moisturize and primer are essential for creating a barrier to the skin to prevent breakouts or irritation. Then apply your foundation, or tinted moisturizer, before using bronzer to add definition, blush to add a touch of color and highlighter as the icing on the cake.
You can make this routine as simple as a few swipes of each product for a daily look, or use a brush or sponge to blend it out.
Find the best bronzer, blush and highlighter that work for you and you can have fun deciding which one is better for yielding your favorite looks.
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Georgia Sheppard graduated from the University of California with two degrees in psychology and molecular biology. While finishing her studies she became an editor for City on a Hill Press where she began her writing career. She then went on to teach English and work for various companies as a freelance content and blog writer. She is excited to continue her passion creating diverse content as a staff writer for TheTalko.
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