Blushes can happen to anyone at any time and while they’re usually harmless, they can make your appearance less than attractive in certain clothing that exposes your arms or legs. But with some clever makeup tricks at your disposal, bruises can easily be hidden!
If a bruise is blue or purple in hue, use a concealer with yellow hues (to cancel out its effects) while red or green bruises should be concealed using products with peach hues.
Concealer
Concealers are usually the go-to product when it comes to covering up bruises. A good concealer should be thick enough to hide even dark bruises while being easily blended into your skin so it looks natural. Select a shade slightly lighter than your skin tone for best results; using the color wheel as a guideline, green is great at counteracting red or purple hues on its color wheel; peach works great with light or medium skin tones while orange or red hues tend to work best with deeper tones.
If you want something heavier-duty, try full coverage foundation. This type of product will be even more effective at covering discolorations while creating an overall even appearance. Just be careful that too much foundation draws attention away from what it should actually cover! If using thick and full coverage products, apply sparingly or it could draw even more attention to an already discolored area instead of disguising it.
A tinted moisturizer may offer an easier and more natural solution for covering up bruises. Just be sure that whatever moisturizer you select matches up with your skin type and condition; lighter lotion may cause too much oil production while heavier moisturizers could lead to acne breakouts or other skin conditions.
Pressed powder foundation can also help conceal bruises. Select one that complements your skin tone so it blends seamlessly with non-bruised areas of the face, then use a makeup sponge to spread and blend out a layer of foundation over your bruise.
One way to cover up a bruise is through clothing or accessories. If the bruise is on an arm or leg, try wearing long sleeved shirts or pants; for facial bruises try donning a hat or scarf to hide them.
Finally, try wearing bold makeup to draw the focus away from your bruise. A smoky eye or winged liner can help make you appear more put together even while sporting a bruise. When it comes to lipstick, consider opting for vibrant hues like red or hot pink that can really draw the eye away from any noticeable wounds or bumps on the body.
Foundation
Life offers few guarantees, but one certainty is the occurrence of bruises on arms and legs, where they tend to appear most visibly. While the bruises will eventually fade away on their own, sometimes covering them temporarily with makeup may be needed in certain circumstances, such as attending weddings, family photo days, or professional presentations at work.
To cover a facial bruise, start with concealer that is one shade lighter than your skin tone, then layer on foundation. Bright lipstick or dramatic eye makeup may also be effective at drawing attention away from an unsightly bruise on the face.
Cover a bruise on your body using full coverage makeup like foundation and camouflage cream for best results. Optimal products would include waterproof and highly pigmented formulas to allow thick application, such as Kryolan or Ben Nye products often seen in professional makeup artist kits – find your ideal product!
Keep in mind that your skin may differ in color than the rest of your body, so when applying makeup it should match with bruised areas, recommends Bustle beauty and fashion writer Aly Walansky. Also avoid lotion as this could prevent makeup from adhering securely. Adding translucent powder will extend its wear-time.
Camouflage Cream
Concealers and camouflage creams are two ways of makeup that can cover a bruise, with these forms being applied with fingers, sponges or brushes. For best results when selecting concealer shades that correspond closely with your natural skin tone – this helps blend in more naturally. Furthermore, make sure the waterproof option ensures it does not rub off or come off during shower time!
Bruises are an all too familiar problem that affect people of all walks of life. Bruises may result from injury, falls, medical procedures or cosmetic treatments and they can often make us self-conscious about our appearances – leading to clothing covering up bruises or trying to conceal them with makeup. If someone else caused your bruise it’s essential that they be informed so assistance can be sought immediately.
When covering up bruises, it’s essential that you use hypoallergenic concealer. Color correctors are also highly recommended; professional makeup artists use color correcting techniques like this one to improve uneven skin tones and hide blemishes more effectively. Color wheel analysis will determine which concealers will neutralize bruising – for instance green concealer will neutralize red bruises while yellow will cover orange/purple ones; white will even neutralize brown ones!
If you have a dark bruise, using darker concealer may help cover it. Applying a highlighting powder or blush can also draw attention away from it; wearing bold lipstick could even distract people from looking directly at it.
RiparCover is a long-wearing waterproof concealer specifically formulated for tattoo coverage. Available at most major beauty stores and online, it comes in an assortment of shades suitable for every skin tone and comes at an unbeatably competitive price point.
Lipstick
Bruises happen regularly – whether from accidentally bumping into the coffee table in the living room, or striking your elbow on the door frame. While bruises don’t look pretty and may make you self-conscious when wearing clothing that shows the bruise or your arms, makeup products exist that can hide a bruise to make it seem as though nothing ever happened; such products include concealers, foundations and camouflage creams as well as lipstick which helps neutralize blue and purple tones that give your skin that “bluish hue”.
Makeup enthusiasts use concealer one shade lighter than their normal skin tone to effectively cover bruises with makeup products that provide neutralizing coverage, such as an oil-free foundation that matches their normal complexion and a neutralizing concealer that blends in seamlessly into their skin to hide bruised areas. Finish the process off by dusting translucent powder to set your look.
If your bruise is on the face or chest, try applying foundation that closely matches your natural skin tone to cover it up. However, if the bruise is more orange or dark in hue, concealment may prove more challenging with just foundation alone; camouflage cream might be a better solution since its highly pigmented nature allows it to cover large areas at once; professional makeup artists use camouflage cream in stage productions for complete coverage.
To use camouflage cream on a bruise, first moisturize the area using lotion or makeup primer that won’t budge on oily skin. Next, using another makeup sponge gently pat the camouflage onto the area until blended in with your natural skin tone as much as possible so it looks less obvious as makeup application.
