The celebrity: Reese Witherspoon
The hack: Layer blush and then seal it in with your hands
The pro tip: "There is dimension to our real faces," explained Molly Stern for Laura Mercier. "I'm big on using multiple colors for things, because we have a lot of different colors [in our complexions]."
DIY it now: To fake Reese's gorgeous bone structure, take a deeper blush, such as Laura Mercier Blaze ($25), and put that all over the apples of the cheeks, blending it into the hollows every so slightly. Then layer a brighter color, like Laura Mercier Blaze ($25), right at the apples. "That way you are getting depth from deeper color and pop from brighter color," said Stern.
Bonus: To seal the deal, press the palms of your hands and fingertips into your cheeks. "You are basically equalizing the oils in the skin by touching your own face — it brings your personal chemistry together," explained Stern. "It gets your natural oils flowing and connecting to your own body versus the brushes and sponges. It’s an old-fashioned tip: before there was blush, women would pinch their cheeks to get it to flush. You have to get human! You’re not wearing a mask here, ladies!"
