Omg you're so pretty 🥺 I love it on the apples of your cheeks, if you want you can bring it up further into your temples. I've been doing this lately and I think it's so cute

Like another user said. Go upwards towards your temples and the cheekbones. Then blend out the ends so it's not so overwhelming for you.

You have really great bone structure, you could honestly get away with using your blush like contour, which I find to look quite pretty and natural

I think it looks good but you could apply it higher up where the bottom of your glasses are.

You have amazing skin!

That placement (staying above nose level) is just a generalized thing that's suggested to beginners, who often find blush easily overwhelms the rest of their makeup - or they smile when they put on blush, and that gets much lower when the face is at rest, which doesn't look right, for a lot of people.

One of the reasons for that rule, I think, is because having volume on the cheeks there is desirable - but you already HAVE that volume naturally, so if you didn't blend it downwards, it would maybe make your cheeks look too defined, and separate from the lower half of your face.

It also depends what kind of effect you want from your blush. If it's just to accentuate your existing face structure, then the way you're wearing it suits your face shape really well! ☺️ Some people look better with an area of more concentrated colour at some point, but you've used a wash of colour, which I think works perfectly. Go with what you think looks good, "rules" are only to get you started.

A lot of people use blush kind of high, and diagonally, and even over the temples these days, in the same places we're told to use highlighter - that gives the impression of sharper and higher cheekbones, which is trendy RN. It's not necessary to follow trends, though 🤷🏽‍♀️

It’s too high and too forward. Draw a line from the top of your ear to the corner of your mouth. Put the rouge just above that line going from the outside of your eye to the temple

Honestly you face shape is short inverted triangle people with a heart shaped face have a widows peak

honestly i didn’t even notice you were wearing any in the pictures, you could be a bit more heavy handed with it. i would recommend the rare beauty liquid blush, it’s very pigmented and blends so well into foundation/concealer. also a little blush on the bridge of ur nose would be adorable!!!

I like it how you have it! Try moving it down lower but still angling it upwards if you want to switch it up

Your face is round, I would bring the blush down & not so high up. Your cheekbones are high, so I would bring the blush down for that reason.

Blushing to your temples is your choice though. Do whatever for that

I don't have advice, just want to say I love your eyebrows and your fresh look.

Is this a boy?

Apply highlighter on top of cheekbones. You can also apply on your brow, nose, and chin. Blush apply that on cheekbones too. First use the blush then highlight on cheekbones.

Try placing the blush aligned with your pupil on the apples of your cheeks

since you have an oval face shape (from what i see) i would search up on pinterest “blush placement for oval face shape.” i’m sorry if this doesn’t help. have a good day https://pin.it/4MUh2deRR

I would experiment to see what you like, but maybe not so high on your cheekbones. Try a lower placement like on the apples of your cheeks.

I'd recommend looking at different placement options online, and just trying them out and taking photos. Scroll back and decide which one you like most! There are "recommended" areas for oval faces, but at the end of the day you should stick with whatever makes you feel the best. I think some experimenting is in order :)

This guide might help: https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianBeauty/comments/vftpu2/guide_a_mini_guide_to_approaching_the_basics_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

I need to put it higher up on my cheekbones to look good personally. 🤷 Not temples, not apples.

As I’ve gotten to be an old woman, I have a hard time adjusting where to place blush. My once oval face is now long and narrow with very defined high cheekbones . I wear curtain bangs, so temple placement is out and if I put it on the apples when smiling, it ends up dropping down almost to my mouth. I’m really stuck on this issue if you have any experience.

I experience the same feelings for apples of the cheeks application.

So I've experimented with blush by applying it where I apply my contour. Sometimes for a deeper definition I apply contour first then lightly apply the blush over and slightly at the bottom of the apples of the cheeks. It takes some time to get the hang of where, just remember to move your face at different angles to see what looks better.

I like to put my blush where a lot of folks would put their highlighter. It adds color to your face without looking doll like and gives more of a lifted look

Being entirely genuine, if you said you were 23, I’d believe you. The blush looks super cute as is, it suits your face :-)

https://preview.redd.it/ik6fxgpjsq5b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=8c66a7c9ec3305479819ffa4a3251bf8d328b0be

Here is the photo. Sorry I didn't have permission to add it to the post. First ever post and noob problem. How is everyone adding photos?

You look glowy and wonderful, I really think makeup is such a personal thing and not a paint by numbers situation. You certainly don't look hollow (I'm thinking that weird buccal fat removal trend), not on the cheeks or under your eyes. I wouldn't change a thing.

I love to play with my makeup and usually at night when I'm about to double cleanse, get my pj's on and turn in. I'll do a some new technique, or a smokey eye just for shits and giggles. I'll take it off 10 mins later but it's fun to experiment with those colours in the palette you never touch and if your eyeliner is wonky it doesn't matter. It's a good non intimidating way of trying new looks with no pressure.

I'm in my mid 30s and prefer this placement too! Looks great!

High blush placement doesn’t look good on everyone, despite what people say. Put it where it works for you.

For a short, wide face, placing blush slightly higher on the cheekbones and blending it upward toward the temples can help elongate your face. Avoid bringing it too close to the apples of your cheeks, as that can make your face look even rounder.

It sounds like your face is similar to mine. I've been liking it high and to the outside, like this image: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2130/2551/files/designfiles-tutorials-highres-facediagram-highprofile-blush_480x480.jpg?v=1632940196 (I hope it shows). High up on the cheekbones and temple. About as far away from the apples of my cheeks as possible.

Am i the only one who dislike the blush high on cheekbones towards the hairline trend? It is a very unnatural place to have pink shades, just looks weird imo

Try applying blush in a diagonal sweep starting just above the outer apples of your cheeks and angling toward your hairline. This creates the illusion of more length and definition while keeping the center of your face looking open.

I'm a newbie myself but I'm watching some of Wayne Goss on YouTube and I remember him making a video about this icecream look with highlight blush and contour or bronzer. For me personally I'm now experimenting with cream blush bronzer and highlight. I add darkest first and blend then go back and blend the edges with my foundation brush (residual foundation from my application when I started my face) and repeat with blush and highlight. Hope that helps and good luck!

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I'll give this a go thanks :)

I have a roundish baby face with very full cheekbones. I try to avoid placing blush directly on the apples of my cheeks because it will further emphasize my facial roundness (unless I'm specifically aiming for an innocent, babydoll look). Instead, I place blush two finger widths from the side of my nose and blend upwards, for a light draping effect.

I do what I like to call the clown method. I use a heavy pigmented pink and blend in on the apples of my cheeks and then on my nose. I don’t feel normal without excessive blush

The idea of starting at the hairline and blending inwards sounds so bizarre to me. Everything has always said to start on the cheeks and blend into the hairline. I’ve never seen anyone do it the opposite way.

What in the hey Arnold is a "pyramid" shaped face??

Thank you so much for sharing this!!

I was gonna say! Where's the one to simulate that you have a perpetual cold?