Paint your way to a rosy glow with new watercolour blush

FOR most women of a certain age, the concept of liquid blusher brings on visions of Eighties’ clown faces and savagely dark cheek stains. But there’s a new way to warm up your face — with incredibly soft and delicate ‘watercolour blushers’ which let you slowly build colour that’s even more subtle than a powder blush and won’t settle in any fine lines and wrinkles or make your skin look dry.

Instead, they leave you with a soft dewy finish that’s been embraced by actresses Emma Stone and Angelina Jolie. For a blusher suitable for all skin types and colours, opt for Perricone MD’s No Blush Blush. It adapts to your skin’s chemistry and has protective SPF30 (£29 for a 10ml bottle from net-a-porter.com).

For a look fit for the red carpet, use Nars Orgasm liquid blusher — worn by Emma Stone as she accepted her Oscar for Best Actress this year (£23 for a 15ml bottle from spacenk.com). For a softer shade, try Benefit’s Dandelion Dew liquid blush, £24.50 for 30ml from benefitcosmetics.com.