There are times that make up games really pay off – like when you wake up to discover you don’t just have a tender spot on your face – you have a full blown acne emergency. Relax if you can, and certainly don’t pick! Popping that pimple or zit might make things worse by opening up the sore to infection or making the infected area bigger and redder.
Wash and Wear
If you can, you should take your lumps and leave the zit exposed to the air. Air without any kind of make-up or clogging material is the best way to treat a zit short of a special acne medicine. If you’re tough enough, take your lumps in the best way possible – throw on some mascara and lip gloss and pretend it’s not there.
Conceal It
But if you just can’t stand it, concealing a zit isn’t too challenging if you know what you’re doing. Your first step will be to rummage through your make up to find a yellow-tinted concealer. Yellow will help make the red appear less, so you want to find a concealer close to your skin tone without being more than one shade off in either direction. And that concealer should have a yellow tone, even if your skin doesn’t.
Wash your face and treat with any acne medicine. Some people put a bit of toothpaste on a zit to dry it out, but I’m not going to recommend that. Once your spot is clean, don’t pop the zit. Instead, carefully dab a bit of concealer on after applying your base. Smooth the concealer out around the edges to blend with your makeup and dust over everything with powder. The spot will likely still be raised, but it won’t be a glaring red sign of acne any more.
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