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Summary: Covering up acne with makeup requires hydrating the skin, using a medium coverage liquid foundation and setting it with a little bit of loose powder. Use the "less is more" theory when concealing acne with information from a practicing cosmetologist in this free video on makeup.
Chelsea Bagozzi started doing makeup seven years ago when she attended hair and makeup school. Bagozzi has worked for Paul Mitchell, Salon RZ and Mac and has been featured in Cut and...read more
"Hey, I'm Chelsea Bagozzi with suburbanheresy.com and I'm here with my model Diana and we're talking about beauty and makeup. Right now we're going to talk a little bit about how to cover up acne and Diana has beautiful skin. She doesn't really have a problem. But I know a lot of girls that do and a few tips; when you're covering up acne and blemishes and zits and all that stuff, you want to make sure that you realize that less is more. The more you cake on your skin, the more obvious it's going to be that you have a problem. The best, the best idea is just to cover it up with a little bit of concealer and maybe some liquid foundation and set it with a light powder and that will give you a nice even coverage; it'll help even out your skin without looking caky and dry. Powders will make acne look ten times worse. So you're going to want to stay away from that. Just use a nice medium coverage foundation; a liquid that you can cover the acne with and then brush a light, a loose powder over the top of that and that'll help set it and, and leave it at that and make sure that you're washing your makeup off every single night so that your, your pores can breath. So we're going to start out right here, I'm going to use a little foundation and we're going to start on her nose, right here and right here. We'll just apply this all right here and you can see that she has some freckles so you can just kind of imagine that that is acne in covering that up. The best way is to just do it lightly. A lot of the time acne gets very dry looking especially when people use medications and using a powder will make your skin look like it's peeling and make it look even more dry and bring out those blemishes even more. So that's why it's important to make sure your skin looks hydrated because when it looks hydrated that looks healthier. So when covering over acne you want to make sure you apply your foundation first and then you're going to apply a little bit of concealer. So I've got a little bit of concealer on this spatula here and we're going to use it right here on her chin; we're just going to cover up any little spots that we need to; do on the bridge of her nose. And the good way to get it blended is to use the back of your brush and just roll it back and forth and that'll blend that color right in. And then last thing, we're going to take a loose powder and I'm using a loose powder because a loose powder has the lightest amount of coverage. I don't want any coverage from his powder; I just want it to set the foundation so it doesn't smear off. So I've got a little bit on here, I'm going to flick off the excess so it don't get any on her clothes. Now I'm just going to buff it into her skin."
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