Blush for an Inverted Triangle Face: Step-by-Step Placement
An inverted triangle face is widest at the forehead and narrows to a small chin. Blush works best kept on the centre of the cheeks, soft and rounded, so it adds fullness to the lower half instead of widening the top.
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Where to put it
- Find the apples. Smile lightly; the apples are the round high points that lift.
- Place colour on the apples and just below. Tap or press it on in a soft circle rather than a long stripe.
- Blend down and slightly back, not up. Keep it below the outer corner of your eye and well away from the temples. Blush swept up to the temples adds width where the face is already widest.
- Keep the edges soft. A diffused round shape on the mid-face draws attention to the lower half and makes the chin look less narrow.
Contour and highlight that go with it
- Contour lightly at the sides of the forehead and temples to narrow the top.
- A little highlight on the chin and along the lower jaw adds width at the bottom.
Choosing the colour
Shade depends on undertone, not face shape. In the Makeup Check AI analyzer, warm results get peach, coral or warm apricot blush; cool results get cool pink, rose or soft mauve; neutral results get soft rose or muted pink. You can try these on your own photo with the virtual try-on.
Checking your shape with the analyzer
The free analyzer above measures your face from a selfie but has six shapes: oval, round, square, heart, diamond and oblong. It has no separate inverted triangle result. A face that is wide at the forehead and narrow at the jaw comes out as heart when the forehead is more than 12% wider than the jaw and the jaw is under 82% of cheekbone width. The heart advice it gives matches this page: blush on the apples, kept lower and rounded, with contour at the sides of the forehead. See the heart face guide for the full placement.
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Where exactly should blush go on an inverted triangle face?
On the apples of the cheeks and just below, in a soft rounded shape, blended down and slightly back. Keep it away from the temples.
Why avoid sweeping blush up to the temples?
The forehead is already the widest part of an inverted triangle face. Colour swept up there adds width at the top instead of balancing the narrow chin.
Will Makeup Check AI say I have an inverted triangle face?
No. Its analyzer has six shapes, and a wide forehead with a narrow jaw usually comes out as heart. The heart placement advice is the same as for an inverted triangle.
Which blush colour should I use?
Choose by undertone. Warm undertones suit peach, coral and apricot, cool undertones suit cool pink, rose and mauve, and neutral undertones suit soft rose and muted pink.