Blush Hack Tutorial: How to Get Airbrushed-looking Skin

Tools and materials:

• Primer 
• Color corrector
• Liquid foundation 
• Flat foundation brush 
• Deep toned concealer    
• Lighter toned concealer 
• Makeup sponge 
• Liquid blush 
• Setting powder 
• Tapered tip powder puff 
• Setting spray

Good makeup starts with skin prep! 

1. Apply primer

Use a silicone free primer on your clean skin. 

2. Color correct

To hide uneven skin tone, apply a peach color corrector. Use it selectively in areas where you have a particularly uneven skin tone.

For me that’s around my mouth and under my eyes. The peach color effectively cancels out the blue undertones.

You can already see a difference!

3. Apply a golden foundation

Apply it mostly toward the middle of the face, starting out with dots. Blend them out using a flat, foundation brush. The aim is to get full coverage.

Once the foundation is well blended on your face, use what’s left on the brush on your neck to even out the transition.

4. Add contour with a deep shade of concealer

Place a small amount of the concealer on the back of your hand, then dab onto a foundation brush, applying to the circumference of your face.

Add some to the sides of your nose to give definition.

5. Add a lighter concealer

Now, choose a concealer that matches your skin tone, or slightly lighter.

Apply it under your eyes and around your mouth to cover the peach tone from the color corrector. 

The trick here is, after applying the concealer, wait for about 30 seconds to 1 minute until it’s a bit dry. Then blend it out with a makeup sponge.

6. Apply liquid blush

Start by taking a bit of the blush on the back of your hand.

Next, transfer it to a damp makeup sponge, then dab it along the highest parts of your cheekbones.

That’s the placement I prefer, but you can apply it wherever you normally would on your cheeks. 

7. Set with powder

Using a tapered tip powder puff or just a sponge, begin by setting the concealer under your eyes.

Then, slowly go over the blush. It gives a seamless look. See the image below to compare the set and unset side of my face.

Next, set the other side. Keep in mind that this brightness will mellow down as your skin absorbs some of the makeup.

8. Lock the makeup in place

Use a generous amount of setting spray on your entire face.

It will set everything in place and almost melt any extra powders sitting on the top layer to give a skin-like finish.

Then lightly dab your face with the sponge one last time.

9. Finishing touches

Here I’ve decided to do my brows, curl my lashes and apply lipstick.

How to get airbrushed-looking skin

This flawless skin makeup cannot be beat! Now that you’ve learned how to get airbrushed-looking skin, feel free to share your before and after photos in the comments below.