Originally Posted by Farasha Hanem

WHAT????

At one time I was a professional makeup artist, and unless blush formulations have changed since then, I was taught to never, ever, ever put blush in the eye area---it contains compounds that can damage your eyes!!! Besides, even if it is safe, the color shades that blush comes in will emphasize dark circles and any redness in the eye area itself. Even if you put eye shadow on top, the blush shade will change your eye shadow shade, and probably not for the better. Please, please do not wear blush anywhere near the eye area. A much better alternative is to cover the lid with either your face foundation, or with a concealer, then flick on translucent powder before shadow if you're wearing a powder shadow. If using a creme eye shadow, you can apply it right on top of the concealer. Foundation or concealer is a much better base for shadow than blusher, and will open up your eye area.