How To Cover Up Raw Skin On Face With Makeup

Dominique Lerma scab makeup tutorial

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Literally every dermatologist ever says y'all shouldn't pop your zits. But...we're all human, and sometimes, the urge to give that sucker a skilful squeeze takes over every other instinct. (It happens, don't @ me).

Only the other affair that happens mail service-pimple pop: scabs. They're your skin's natural way of healing itself. They're also not exactly the prettiest matter to look at.

Enter Marianna Hewitt, founder of pare care brand, Summer Fridays, and Dominique Lerma, MODA Brush Practiced—two pro makeup artists who are here to evidence you exactly how to cover up any scab in just five easy steps:

Stride one: Clean and moisturize your skin like normal.

Dominque Lerma scar makeup tutorial before

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One of the most important things you can do for your scab concealing process actually begins earlier picking up a single makeup product. Later cleansing, Lerma recommends applying a hefty amount of your fav moisturizer over the scab to hydrate it to the core and help it look less dry and cracked.

"Whatsoever you lot do, don't pick information technology off," says Hewitt. "You really desire to resist the urge so that you don't end upwardly with a dark spot."

Pace two: Prime the scab (along with the rest of your face).

Don't skip this stride. "A thin application of primer helps all other makeup glide on flawlessly past filling in any fine lines and rigidness from the scab," Lerma says. Her get-to: Peter Thomas Roth Skin to Die For No-Filter Mattifying Primer & Complexion Perfector.

Step three: Conceal your scab.

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"Using the pointed cease of a Beauty Blender, lightly tap concealer to encompass the scab," Hewitt says. Liquid or cream is best—Hewitt says that powder will brand the scab await drier and way more than noticeable.

If your scab also happens to be super ruby, commencement cover it with a green color-correcting concealer (like BECCA Backlight Targeted Colour Corrector). Trust—the dark-green really cancels out the angry red color underneath. (Just remember what Jonathan said on Queer Middle: When it comes to dark-green concealer, less is more!) Then top with your regular flesh-colored concealer per usual.

Step 4: Apply foundation.

Only like if you were covering upwardly any other blemish, employ foundation after your concealer (not before!) to smooth things out. She recommends using a full-coverage foundation (she likes Also Faced Cosmetics Built-in This Mode Foundation) rather than a more sheer option to make certain that the scab is well and truly hidden.

And since you lot've already used concealer, at that place'due south no reason to go overboard with your foundation. The concluding affair you lot want is for it to cake up over your scab, drawing even more than attending to information technology. Lerma uses well-nigh a pump and a half of foundation and applies with a brush to make things really even.

Pace v: Conceal some more than.

If you detect that your scab is notwithstanding peeking through ever and then slightly, take Lerma's word and use a precision concealer brush to employ a little extra hydrating concealer—she likes the Kevyn Aucoin The Sensual Peel Enhancer–to get the job done.