Blusher or rouge is a makeup product that many people see as old-fashioned yet is a product that most women still use. Most women who wear full makeup still wear it. However, they use it more subtly, so consequently it is not so obvious that they are wearing it, hence the perception that it has gone out of fashion.
The History of Blusher
Blusher is used to redden the cheeks. The idea is to achieve a healthier, younger appearance. However, these days, it is more commonly used to heighten the cheekbones. Doing so lifts the appearance of the face, so in a way it is still being used to achieve a more youthful look, but not so much a healthier look.
There is evidence that the ancient Egyptians were the first people to wear blusher. Historians believe that it was mostly women who wore it, but it is possible that Egyptian men did too. The Egyptians also applied it to their lips. However, it is not thought that the blusher they used was in powder form as it is today. If it were applying it to the lips would not have been practical. Exactly what they used to make their blusher is not known. However, we do know that the ancient Greeks used strawberries and mulberries to make theirs, so perhaps the Egyptians did the same.
In Europe, the wearing of blusher did not really become popular until Regency times. However, when it did become fashionable to wear it, once again both men and women wore it. In the Victorian era, it went out of fashion because it was perceived that only loose women wore it. Blusher was not widely worn again before the 1920s. Its use really took off again in the late 1930s. In other parts of the globe it never went out of fashion.
Today blusher comes in many different shades of red and other colours. Buying it is easy because anywhere that sells cosmetics sells a range of blushers. The fact that you can buy it online makes finding the right shade for your skin tone and the look that you want to achieve far easier than it used to be.
At Save on Makeup we sell a great range of blusher and other foundation products. All of the products we sell are branded, so are of the highest quality.