How To Find The Best Blush Colour For Your Skin Tone

Blush is one of the simplest ways to instantly revive your complexion, but the key to a flattering flush lies in choosing the right shade for your skin tone. Today, blush has evolved beyond traditional powders — with liquid formulas delivering a fresh, radiant finish that feels as good as it looks.

Our NEW ColorLuxe Liquid Blush makes finding your perfect match even easier, offering seven versatile shades designed to complement every complexion. Whether you’re fair, medium, olive or deep, we’ll guide you through the best blush colours for your skin tone.

Why the Right Blush Matters

Blush does more than add colour; it creates balance, shape, and warmth. The right shade can lift your features, complement your undertone, and make your skin look fresher and more radiant.

Powder vs. Cream or Liquid Blush: Which Is Best?

Both have their place in your routine:

• Powder blushes, like our PurePressed Blush, are ideal for oily skin types or those who prefer a soft-focus finish.

• Liquid blushes, like ColorLuxe Liquid Blush, melt seamlessly into the skin, giving a hydrated, dewy glow with adjustable coverage. You can sheer it out for a whisper of colour or build it up for bold radiance.

• Cream blushes, like our Glow Time Blush Sticks, are a multitasking blush + glow hybrid that offer a creamy, buildable glow with an easy application. Ideal for normal to dry skin types and can also be used on the eyes and lips!

Best Blush Shades for Every Skin Tone

What Blush shades work for light skin tones?

When you have fair/light skin, your best blush shades are soft pink, light coral, and peach.

For ladies with light skin tones and cool or pink undertones, you should wear the soft pink shades for a natural look and the peach/coral shades for a pop of colour.

If you have a light skin tone and warm or golden undertones, try wearing the peachy coral shades for a natural look and the soft pink blushes for a pop of colour.

Cream Blush for Light Skin Tones:

Mist (Cool) (Pictured)
Enchanted (Warm)
Balmy (Neutral)
Smolder (Warm)

Liquid Blush for Light Skin Tones:

Sugar Magnolia (Cool) (Pictured)
Sweet Jane (Neutral)
Dancing Queen (Cool)

What Blush shades work best for medium skin tones?

For those with a medium or olive skin tone, try rich pink, warm mauve, and deep peach blush shades.

If your undertones are cool or pink undertones, you should wear the rich pink or mauve shades for a natural look and the deep peach shades for a pop of colour.

Ladies with warm or golden undertones should wear the deep peach shades for a natural look and the rich pink or mauve blushes for a pop of colour.

Powder Blush for Medium Skin Tones:

Barely Rose (Cool) (Pictured)
Copperwind (Warm)
Clearly Pink (Cool)
Dubonnet (Cool)
Sheer Honey (Warm)
Queen Bee (Cool)

Cream Blush for Medium Skin Tones:

Aura (Cool)
Ethereal (Warm)
Afterglow (Warm)
Balmy (Neutral) (Pictured)
Fervor (Cool)
Smolder (Warm)

Liquid Blush for Medium Skin Tones:

Heartbreaker (Warm)
Cinnamon Girl (Warm)
Wild Child (Warm) (Pictured)

What Blush shades work best for dark skin tones?

Women with dark skin look wonderful in deep fuchsia, berry, warm brown, raisin and tangerine blush shades. Cream and liquid blushes are a great way to get high-impact colour that still looks natural.

If you have cool or pink undertones, wear the fuschia or light berry shades for a natural look and the tangerine hues for a pop of colour.

Those with warm or golden undertones, should wear the warm brown or tangerine shades for a natural look and the pinks and berries for a pop of colour.

Powder Blush for Dark Skin Tone:

Cream Blush for Dark Skin Tones:

Aura (Cool)
Glorious (Warm) (Pictured)
Ember (Cool)
Afterglow (Warm)

Liquid Blush for Dark Skin Tones:

Bombshell (Warm)
Wild Child (Warm)
Cinnamon Girl (Warm) (Pictured)

When to wear warm, cool or neutral blush tones

There’s a simple trick to deciding whether to wear a warm or cool-toned blush. For a natural look, choose a blush with the same undertone as your skin. If you want a bold-looking blush, pick one with the opposite undertone to your skin.

Therefore, if you have a warm skin tone (a yellow undertone), choose a warm blush shade for a natural look and a cool blush shade for a pop of colour. Vice versa if you have a cool skin tone (a pink undertone).

• Warm Blushes - look for these colours: Coral, Peach, Tangerine, Brown
  • Try these warm PurePressed Blush shades: Flourish, Whisper, Copper Wind, Sheer Honey, Sunset, Velvet Petal
  • Try these warm ColorLuxe Liquid Blush shades: Cinnamon Girl, Wild Child
• Cool Blushes - look for these colours: Fuchsia, Pink, Raisin, Berry
  • Try these cool PurePressed Blush shades: Awake, Barely Rose, Clearly Pink, Dubonnet, Queen Bee, Mystique
  • Try these cool ColorLuxe Liquid Blush shades: Dancing Queen, Sugar Magnolia, Heartbreaker, Bombshell
• Neutral Blush - look for these colours: Mauve
  • Try these neutral PurePressed Blush shades: Cotton Candy, Mocha
  • Try these neutral ColorLuxe Liquid Blush shades: Dancing Queen, Sweet Jane

Find Your Perfect Shade Instantly

Not sure which blush shade is right for you? Our Blush Shade Finder Tool makes it easy. Take a quick skin tone quiz or match your current foundation shade to discover your perfect blush colour — and see how it looks instantly with the virtual try on option. Simply select the 'Find My Shade' button on the individual product page.

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