Even if you’re slapping everything on in a five-minute haze before running out the door, makeup is still an art form. Your face is the canvas, your products are the paint, and your brushes are your tools. How technical you want to get is up to you.

Oftentimes, makeup is simply a matter of enhancing and accentuating with a variety of hues — and some proverbial painting techniques have more transformative effects than others.

Since it’s all about color theory, you can usually use products beyond what the label says: eyeliner can become lip liner, lipstick can double as eyeshadow, and — as I recently learned backstage at New York Fashion Week — blush can work as a color corrector.

The Transformative Power Of Blush

Everything during NYFW typically runs late, but I learned this game-changin

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