I've finally found a foolproof blush
Regular readers will know that I have always — literally my whole adult life — had difficulty applying blush. I know where to put it. (The older you are, the higher it goes is the rule. Not the apples! Otherwise you look like your cheeks are weirdly low down when you're not smiling. You want to put it on the actual cheekbone). I know how to apply it too, and yet the finished effect is never quite what I want it to be. It is usually either too present or not present enough. It looks like make-up. I mean, it is make-up, obviously, but although I am a fan of make-up that looks like
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