Cheek Challenge Fall 2024: Fall Flushing Forward

[danielledanielle]

HELLLLLOOOO HELLO 👋🏽 my Cheeky Coquettes!  It's the Awesome Autumn Advent of the cheek challenge.  We're again, choosing our own adventure.  I'm calling this one ..Fall Flushing Forward!

This is where I encourage you to lean into your blush blindness by using a product you thought you could never use or can't figure out.  But, fear not we're still mixing it up mediums and technique wise, but with the seasonal spin.

"But danielledanielle I want inspo and not just options"

I got you, I goottttt youuuuu.

I have kept the suggestions and descriptions below, and added a few updates!   BUT, I still encourage everyone to choose what they like, you don't even have to go in order. Want to be bronzy STILL? Be about the bronze ‌🥉‌ ‌😎‌ and apply it in any and every method.  Want to stick to your tried and true, check out vibrant...... Or, wanna take something that didn't wow you?  Check out the prompt Tried and Through take 2.

I woke up (blonzed)** like this aka Blush and Bronzer  (Sephora 22-28; Fall Equinox is 22nd)

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Yet, another  old/new thing IMO. Placement of blush matters. The idea is to get that snatched face - it still looks like you've been in the sun but less - you're applying product to apples of cheeks, temples and nose bridge like before, however use bronzer or a blush that warms you up.  Again, for myself, I go upward and towards my eyes to avoid looking heavy and out of preference skip the nose bridge unless I'm using an actual matte bronzer. I love NARS Laguna Talc-Free Bronzer Powder , the predecessor with Ami Colé Desert Date Cream Blush & Lip Multistick Dune for this

BOYFRIEND BLUSH
Tomboy Blush (Sep 29-Oct 5th)

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Shout out to Patrick  Ta's first NYFW, where he penned this.  I think this is another tik tok thing that is only a thing on tik tok 🤷🏽‍♀️, but it's on par with current gen z styles: glowy skin, little to no eyes makeup and a simple lip.  Much like boyfriend blush, but the idea is to achieve a healthy flush, so the blush is the main focus once your complexion is applied.  Patrick uses the creme over powder method for that extra dewy look.  So of course, PATRICK TA Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo highly recommended.  A lash curler also makes an appearance as well as his PATRICK TA Major Glow Balm , but I am going to sub in Ami Colé Light-Catching Highlighter Balm Glaze or PAT McGRATH LABS Skin Fetish Highlighter & Balm Duo for that

Tools suggested: PATRICK TA Dual Ended Blush Brush , PATRICK TA Precision Dual Ended Sculpting Brush , Beautyblender ORIGINAL Beautyblender Makeup Sponge Original 

 Glazed Cheeks AKA Blushlights (Oct 6-12th)

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This is mixing a liquid blush and liquid highlight for dewy glow. If you have a pearlescent product, your essentially creating a blushlight. Rare Beauty's liquid blush, highlighter and blush brush are PERFECT for this.

Vibrant or Tried and Through, Take 2- one and done (October 13-19th)

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With the onslaught of dewy blushes, ‌‌🙌🏽‌‌‌‌🙌🏽‌‌, a bold color is both a statement on its own and evokes feelings of summer. Use fingers to tap, or go in with a brush of choice. Half Magic's Baby Paw Blush blush or something similar (angled, dense not not tightly packed) recommended.

OR, that blush not  blushing right with you?  Try using that blush in a new way.  Powder lipstick ? Color corrector? Eyeshadow/eyeliner?  Make the unworkable werkkkkkkk

(If using on the eye, make sure it's eye safe)

Fenty's Powder blushes didn't do it for me initially, but some setting it for glazed cheek applications and as eyeshadow for a 90s vibe, YESSSSS

Fall Foliage Face AKA Sunset Blush for the season (Oct 20-26th)

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This is what I call layering blush and highlight, or what Wayne Goss called the cloud burst look. What's old is new again 🤷🏽‍‌♀️‌. Using colors of sunset ( this time go for orange, brown, red and gold) create an ombre effect that mimics t the e change of seasons (in applicable areas). You want the highlighter as the outmost color and your horizon as the deep/pop color. I think fan brushes are super helpful here, they can layer the highlight and help with the blends.  This is a rework of previous year's Fierce Foliage.

Blontour**, the cooler the better (Oct 27-Nov 3rd)

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This is inspo from Dior with their Fall makeover refresh class in August.  They used DIOR Rosy Glow Blush 020 Mahogany  for this look, but any blush that you can build up can do, but I would stick with a cool one.  NARS Talc-Free Powder Blush Dolce Vita – 888  works well for me for this, but I would say stick with matte vs shimmer.  The blush placement is definitely dependent on your face shape, I suggest tilting your head to see where your shadows fall and use a small blush to help shape your face until you feel snatched.  Posted/posting a walkthrough with screenshots from Dior in 🏫🎓BIC University 🎓🏫 

**Side quest:

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for both blonzer and blontour.. Use the blush or bronzer for a contoured eye look, too.  It's one and done, "but make it blush"

Hottie Toddies! November 4-10th

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This is my fave from last year's challenge,   Warm me up with a smoky look, brown\based blushes, smoky eyes and monochrome welcomed!  Add some shimmer for the upcoming holidays.

Methods:
"Diffuse the doozy" aka blend with color
Instead of a blush brush, use a tapered brush with a highlighter or a lighter color blush to blend out the stronger/pigmented one. If using liquid products, see Glazed Cheeks.  The idea is to system harsh edges with a lighter blush.

Update - Diffuse the Doozy when color on color

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Use two blushes with the lighter blush placed closer to your nose and the deeper towards your ear.  Use your complexion tool (sponge or brush) WITH your leftover complexion product to marry/blend the lighter blush and bring it in further without too much color or harshness, IMO

It's a lighter diffused look than boyfriend blush, but it mimics that flushed look

Brush Army

Use multiple brushes in your application. Think powder, fans, tapered, stippling. Go beyond your favorite blush brush or use this as rationale to get new brushes, just sayin'


Bounce, bounce bounce

You guessed...it sponges. Do you go for the beloved #Beautyblender ORIGINAL Beautyblender Makeup Sponge Original #Beautyblender ORIGINAL Beautyblender Makeup Sponge Original #or something else? Bounce to it


All Hands on Deck
Fingers are nature's brushes, and nothing blends better than the warmth of your hand.

Side Quest:
Apply blush to the back of your hand, then press or "stamp" to your face and blend out with your fingers.     I haven't tried it yet, but saw a comment on Reddit about this.  I usually tap out blush with my two fingers (index and middle), but this seems interesting ‌🤔‌

Pressed, but never stressed
This is inspo @furbie when she asked what a powder puff was for. I think I said for powders, but I never considered using it for other powders (blush, highlighter) until then. This takes something baked like #Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Demi'Glow Light-Diffusing Highlighter #Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Demi'Glow Light-Diffusing Highlighter # to next level space shine ‌🌟‌‌🌌‌🌟‌

Double Dip with optional swirl

This is @sister13 's technique where she so kindly let me name it with this level of ridiculousness I like to do.  This works really well with bold, complimentry colors (color theory y'all), the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter duos are great for this as well as the highlights.  The optional "swirl" sister used can involve tapping both colors in a flipping the blush, or a general swipe while blending, which can make bold colors and little more uniform
She used SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Powder Brush #50  for the Killawatt, namely mimosa sunrise

Photo cred STABILO, GIPHY

[PDXXXX]

I thought I'd share my Blontour fail today in case others want to learn from what I did (or didn't do). This is my attempt using Hourglass Unreal Liquid Blush Whim topped with Jones Road Beauty Peachy (a powder blush). It's amazing how much blush it took to not look like I'm wearing blush:

First I want to share an article I found with some great blontour looks and tips: https://www.glamour.com/story/contour-blush-draping

In my case, my biggest fail I think was using a liquid as opposed to cream blush. A cream blush would have been SO MUCH BETTER.

Regardless of color payoff, two things I did like and learn from this, (1) it really does lift, and (2) bringing it up into your eye socket is a really fun way to play with a gradient eye look (I pulled my blush up to my outer eyes all the way to the brow, went over my lid with Jones Road Just a Sec cream shadow in Golden Peach and then used the darkest shade of the old Smashbox contour palette that was a trio of shades).

I am really looking forward to seeing how others make this work. It's a look I'm so into but I definitely will need some help to pull it off!

[peculiarzmakeup]

Lovely blontour look, I think it looks amazing I like how you assessed what works and what doesn’t for you I love that about these challenges I always am learning! Thanks for sharing the link and I’m looking forward to trying this 🫶 @PDXXXX 

[Titian06]

I think your blush looks great, @PDXXXX ! 😍  It may not be what you had envisioned, but that doesn't mean it was a fail.  Ask me how I know! 😁

The details you provided and the article are sooo helpful.  I did not understand blontour at all.  I even Googled it and came up with nothing (very unusual).  My try at this wasn't even close.  Now I know what to do on my next attempt!  Thanks! 😘

[PDXXXX]

@Titian06 I'm glad I'm not the only one who has more to learn on this one! It seemed like it would be one of the easier challenges and it was so challenging for me! I love the look though so it was super cool to learn about and I'm looking forward trying again. I hope you try it too and share if you find some tweaks that make it work from you if you get it down!

[danielledanielle]

@PDXXXX, first and foremost... There are no fails here.  Just experiments!  We are Cheek-quettes of science 🧪

Second, you look great!  You tried it a different way, and learned a preference (liquid vs cream)

Third, I felt the "how much blush it took to not look like you're wearing blush." This is my experience everytime with "no makeup" makeup.

Fourth, I think liquid blush can work, you might need to do underpainting, aka reverse contour if the blush is strong on pigment.  The other thing you can use is a beauty blender, or even a triangle sponge with your foundation to help soften any edges

[PDXXXX]

@danielledanielle ooh, I just had to look up underpainting and I'm very excited to try it - thanks for the tip! I'm going to continue to play with this one. I get so much motivation to push out of my comfort zone with these challenges so that is always a win!

[peculiarzmakeup]

It looks like sunset blush in person blush 🧡

P.S. it’s pout season because Halloween is only one day  hehe 

[danielledanielle]

I saw the post initially, and I'm here for the pout🙌🏽 @peculiarzmakeup , but I can also see a pop of red on the cheeks.  Camera compression keeps doing is dirty.

[peculiarzmakeup]

Thank you! I’m so glad it’s a little visible I think my camera and the lighting in my residence doesn’t do so well I might try going outside next time that could be neat. I appreciate it ❤️ @danielledanielle 

[Titian06]

Your blush looks great, @peculiarzmakeup ! 😍  I love your lipstick too!💄

[peculiarzmakeup]

Thank you so much 😊 I appreciate it 🧡❤️🙌 @Titian06 

[CynthieLu]

Sunset bush with a bold red lip, that's a stunning combo! @peculiarzmakeup Did you get this bold and beautiful pout from DM's lip and cheek palette? 😍

[peculiarzmakeup]

Thank you so much! I actually got a little Fenty red lip in an Ipsy bag it’s so pretty it’s called Semi-Matte I normally am not a red lippie gal but I really loved this one! The cheeks are DMB you got a great eye 🙂 @CynthieLu 

[itsfi]

Ahhh, I'm on target this week! Going to try blontour tonight @danielledanielle, and also during this coming week. Going to squirrel through my stash for a couple of options for colors and formulations. 

[danielledanielle]

@itsfi, hurray!  I'm thinking of showdown this week for Capsule Makeup Collection Challenge , so I need to figure out which blushes I want to on against each other.  One is bound to be a Nars.

Apparently, past self was thinking of NARS Talc-Free Powder Blush Dolce Vita – 888 and DIOR Rosy Glow Blush 020 Mahogany .  Past self knows what she was talking about

[itsfi]

@danielledanielle, your past self deserves a pat on the back. That pairing will be / is gorgeous. Rich with fall feels! 

[CynthieLu]

Sunset Blush 🌇 

I used:

🩷Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Flushed - Matte Color for Cheek & Lip Primado... 

❤️Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Flushed - Matte Color for Cheek & Lip Golden ... 

🧡Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Flushed - Matte Color for Cheek & Lip Bellini

And tools:

My clean hands along with Beautyblender Beautyblender® pro one pro beautyblender 

I used a dot of each blush on my cheeks in a gradient from lightest to deepest and blended with my sponge and fingers. 

Lightest was my innermost shade and deepest towards my temples.

And because the timing was right and it crossed my mind 😉 I took a bonus shot with some sunlight coming in the windows 🌇  🌞  I was not this orange irl, the sun light just had a really great vibe.

🧡🌞🧡

[peculiarzmakeup]

Gorgeous sunset blush look, I’ve been eyeing those DMB blushies they are so pretty, this is such a stunning look 🌼 @CynthieLu 

[lmaster]

That's really pretty! @CynthieLu 

[danielledanielle]

Extra kudos on technique here! I usually gravitate towards powdered blush for this, so knowing it can be done with a cream 🙌🏽 @CynthieLu