How To Give Your Cheeks That Natural Blush Look

If you want to blush from the inside-out, adopt some healthy eating habits for clear and glowing skin. Ensure you give these products your close attention:

• Plant oils, such as olive, almond, and sunflower, help to enrich your body with nutrients, which can promote naturally blush cheeks. 
• Add pigment-rich vegetables to your diet, such as carrots, capsicums, tomatoes, and beetroot.
• Eat fruits like melons, grapes, pomegranates, grapefruits For an extra burst of fruity freshness, use Lakme Blush & Glow Berry Smash Gel Face Wash with berry extracts. This face wash and scrub promotes gentle cleansing, which refreshes and blushes your skin. Enjoy its fruity fragrance without suffering an aftermath of dry and tight skin.

For rosy cheeks, you'll need the help of vitamins C and E — not only in your diet, but also from skincare products. Vitamin E is renowned for rescuing skin from inflammation - such as sun damage – as well as providing anti-ageing properties.

Due to its antioxidant capacity, Vitamin C has multiple benefits, too, such as reducing fine lines and other signs of ageing. Vitamin C can help your skin shine by remedying dark spots and loose, dull skin.

Want to see vitamin C in action? Try Lakme 9 to 5 Vitamin C+ Facial Serum for smoothing, nourishing, and moisturising your skin. This product helps to improve your skin's texture and create a natural glow. Apply a few drops of serum to your face and neck to enrich your skin with antioxidants, and then cover with moisturising cream. When applying products with vitamin C in the morning, don't forget to protect your skin with sunscreen.

We know you've heard it before, but drinking water really is key. Hydrating your body can result in healthy, blushing skin.

And if you need further convincing, check out all the other beauty benefits of drinking water.

If keeping fit and releasing endorphins (AKA happy hormones) is still not enough motivation for a work-out, then here's yet another reason. Sweating after exercise helps to clear your skin and accelerate blood circulation. So, guess what? Encouraging blood-circulation to your face will help you achieve that pinky blush.

Exfoliation helps to get rid of dead skin cells and improve blood circulation. Your refreshed skin will start to shine brighter, and a blush will appear.

But remember: never exfoliate your face too vigorously or too often - once a week is usually enough. For dry and ageing skin, use acid exfoliators; for young, thick, or oily skin, physical scrubs are most effective.  

Enriched with walnut shell, St. Ives Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub will help you achieve soft, smooth, and glowing skin. Its classic formula provides deep cleansing action for your pores. The natural particles within this scrub are finely milled, meaning they provide gentle exfoliation without damaging your skin.

Rinsing your face in warm water can help achieve a pink splash on your cheeks. This is due to warmth being a factor of encouraging extra blood circulation to your skin. What's more, facial rinsing with cold or hot water promotes a variety of health benefits, as well as leaving you with that great refreshing feeling.

To naturally brighten and blush your skin, why not try skin brightening remedies?

• Cider vinegar helps to detox, clear, and brighten your skin. Mix with water and apply to your face carefully. Wash it off with immediately with water to avoid irritation.
• Lemon juice is a well-known lightening and brightening skin remedy, due to being rich in vitamin C. It can even help reduce dark spots and soothe your skin. To create a mask using lemon juice, squeeze half a lemon and mix its juice with one tablespoon of honey. Apply evenly on your face and neck and wash off with warm water after 20 minutes. 
• Flour and turmeric can create a face mask perfect for brightening skin and getting a glow into your cheeks. Simply take one tablespoon of flour, one tablespoon of curd, and one tablespoon of cream. Add a pinch of turmeric powder, mix and leave on your face to dry. Wash your face thoroughly with water to remove.
• Rose petals can give your skin a desirable blush. Harness their power by creating a homemade rose petal mask. Crush rose petals and a few ground almonds with a teaspoon of honey. Mix the ingredients together and apply to your face and neck for 20 minutes, before washing off with water and cleanser. 
• Beetroot juice can be applied to your face to brighten your skin and give it a pinky blush. Leave it on your face for 15 to 20 minutes, then properly wash off.  Remember, it's important to ensure that you are not allergic to any of the ingredients you are using. Always conduct a patch test before applying anything to your face, by dabbing a bit of your homemade remedy to a small section of your skin. If you have an irritation, wash the mask off and throw it away.

Beetroot has a number of health benefits and can even make your skin blush due to its bright red pigment. To maximize on this, we recommend drinking a glass of beetroot juice every morning. This juice is rich in iron and helps to accelerate blood circulation.

To prepare one glass of beetroot juice, you'll need 2-4 beetroots, depending on their size.

Peel your beetroots and juice them with juicer or blender. If you don't like the taste, mix with apple juice, water or ginger.

Stress can be highly damaging for your skin. It can cause a dull complexion and encourage breakouts, as well as accelerating the ageing process.

Break this cycle by researching techniques to manage stress and anxiety. Studies have also found that activities like meditation can help those struggling with some skin conditions, such as psoriasis. Getting enough sleep and sticking to a healthy diet is also known to be factors in reducing stress.

What are your favourite techniques for a natural blush look? Let us know in the comments...