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Refinery29 called in makeup artist James Vincent to show us the best way to build colors, textures, and luminosities in order to achieve a look that says "kissed by the sun" — rather than a look that says "I don't know how to wear makeup.
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00:10I've always thought that shimmery blush was a little bit tacky so today I'm
00:13gonna face my fears and learn how to put it on I hope. Scared of shimmer blush am
00:19I right is that what this is about? Yes you are right. I have to be honest I'm
00:23not a fan of shimmery blushes and bronzers but what I want to do is show
00:28you how you can take these blushes and bronzers and make them look really
00:32wearable and natural indeed. That sounds great. So I'm gonna start with cream
00:36blushes it becomes all about placement if you're working with anything peach or
00:41orange or coral we're gonna use that in the highest points of the face where
00:45heat would rise. Next our pink if you're using anything that has a pink feel to it
00:52or red or anything that feels like blood coming to the surface that's gonna be
00:57focused more towards the apple of the cheek. Our next step is switching over
01:02to powders and I'm going to start with a beautiful powder bronzer and we're gonna
01:07use that only where sun hits the face. Forehead, down the nose, highest point of
01:12the cheekbone and the chin and any other exposed skin. Next are blush tones. I'm
01:20gonna take a bit of pink and a bit of peach and just sculpt back over where we
01:25used our creams. Now I'm going to finish it off by going in with my more intense
01:30shimmer products and I'm combining a soft gold shimmer with a soft silver shimmer
01:36and what that's gonna do is give me a really beautiful combination. I'm going
01:40right to the highest point of the cheekbone above my blush and you can see
01:45immediately how this gives you that beautiful shimmer look that works for
01:51daytime or nighttime without looking too cartoony or too Kardashian-y. Some women
01:56might want to take this even further so I want to show you a little trick and what
02:00I'm going to do is take a bit of golden cream on my finger and I'm going to work
02:04this in as well and while this might give you a little more shimmer the color will
02:10give you the look like you've been kissed by the sun and it lifts everything up so take a look
02:14at this and see what you think.
02:18I do look kissed by the sun. You do look kissed by the sun. Now you're kissed by me as
02:23well. Yay! I think this is such a beautiful look. It's a great way for women to sculpt their face
02:28and it's a great way to bring summer right into fall and the holiday season. Thank you so much for
02:34showing me how.