How to completely hide a tattoo
Also called cover cream, camouflage makeup is an opaque cream used to cover up a tattoo or hide marks on the skin.
To get a perfect match with your skin, you must use a palette to mix the precise colour needed.
For best results, use a contrasting colour first to cover up the tattoo or mark, then mix a matching skin colour to blend the area in.
If you need to use camouflage makeup under your eyes, soften it first by mixing a small amount of Under Make-up Base or Cleansing Milk with it on the spatula and then applying it thinly with a brush or by dabbing it onto the skin with your finger.
- Start by cleaning the area with cleansing lotion
- The next stage is to cover up the tattoo or mark with a contrasting colour. If it is a dark colour, use the white (001). If it is red, use the light green (408).
- If the mark is a strong, simple shape, paint the contrasting colour over it with a brush. For large or complicated shapes, use a latex sponge (or your fingers) to cover the whole area.
- Do not powder the makeup yet, but use the skin colours from the palette to mix a match for the surrounding area. The back of your hand is ideal as a mixing area because it warms the makeup and is the right colour!
- Stipple the matching colour over the mark so as not to disturb the hiding colour.
- Set the makeup with fixing powder applied with a powder puff.
- Leave the fixing powder for 10 minutes and then flick off excess powder with a pony hair brush.
- Pat over with damp cotton wool to avoid a powdery appearance.
- After rain or swimming always dry off water by dabbing - never rub the make-up.
- Remove with multi remover.
- After removing the makeup, use Skin Care Cream if required.
