Does anyone use lipstick as blusher?

[summersoonsurely]

And if so, how do you apply it?

I have tried and failed to find a cream blusher I like but it occurred to me earlier I have lipsticks in every shade imaginable.

I wouldn't use them for both.

My nan told me she used to do that just after WW2. Cosmetics were expensive, scarce.

Cream blusher? Never actually heard of this! Any reason you don't use a powdered one with a brush?

I agree- I wouldn't use the same lipstick as a blusher at the same time. I'd assume you use your finger on the lipstick and try to rub it over your cheek to spread it around?

I have. Works well. Just dot it on cheeks and blend in with fingers or brush if you prefer. If you wear powder it goes over the top.

No issues with using same lipstick for lips.

No, I use bronzer instead of blusher. My oily skin wouldn't thank me for putting lipstick on my cheek.

I do,I also sometimes use it as eyeshadow too( sounds repulsive as I type it out)

I do, but I don't like the colour on my lips, so it's just a cream blush really.

Yes I do, I think it looks good. You can actually get products that are 'lip and cheek' too so it's definitely a thing. I usually dab my finger on the end of the lipstick then dab it where I would apply my blush.

Lipstick works!
quite a few brands do a crème/liquid blush - laura Mercier do one in a tube, NARS do one in a pot and Clinique to their chubby stick version.

My mum does and always looks great, just a dab on the cheeks and blend. I doubt anyone’s cheeks are any more dirty then their lips so can’t see a problem
She’s been doing it my whole life and isn’t old now so it’s not an old lady thing

Yes absolutely, love products that do double duty. I have a clarins cream blush that actually looks like a lipstick except chunkier, called my little blush, and a stila one called convertible colour, which is for both lips and cheeks.

This is an "80s" thing I used to do it on a brush from the stick . Actually might start doing it again.

I do. i just dot it on the cheekbones then blend.

To apply both - dot on with fingers or from the tube in the case of the clarins one, then blend

my nan always did this, she looked great

I do it and I also use an ILIA multi-tasking product for lips and cheeks. It works well as your face looks more harmonious.

Trinny London do cream blushers...

trinnylondon.com/uk/collections/cheeks

Yes I do, it gives a dewy finish. I don't like powder products.
Use fingers. I think the first make up professional I saw do this was Bobbi Brown.

Thank you for so many responses so quickly!

It's not that I can't find cream blushers.. I can't find one I like the colour of..

I think the comment of being more 'coordinated' is really interesting. Makes perfect sense to me.

Sorry, the word was 'harmonious'

Yes - recently discovered mixing a bit of concealer or thick foundation with a good smudge of lipstick on the back of my hand and it works fabulously! Really glowy

Yeah if it looks good on your lips it's probably a good shade for your cheeks too. I love blusher it, my skin is so sallow without it I look like a corpse without it. Gives a healthy glow. Just make sure you start with a tiny amount and build up if needed.

I have tube lipsticks I might try it like that. ..

Trinny London's "Lip 2 Cheek" is exactly this - cream blush and lipstick in one.