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How To Make a Pimple Disappear With Makeup — Really

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If It's 3-D Acne
This tip from Desi Perkins, whom we're dubbing the ULTIMATE acne camouflager, just might change your life. Perkins disguises raised acne (you know, the cystic, sticks-around-for-weeks, under-the-skin type) as beauty marks. GENIUS.

Image via You Tube/Desi Perkins

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Mix Your Products
Full-coverage foundation does cover marks, but when applied with a heavy hand it can look like you're wearing a mask. YouTuber Raven Elyse fixes that by mixing two different full-coverage foundations with two primers to make them more blendable.

Image via You Tube/Raven Elyse

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Finish With This Product to Evade Cakey Makeup
Super heavy makeup may hide the color of your acne, but it doesn't do much for the texture; in fact, it may make your acne more noticeable. YouTuber Carly Humbert keeps her acne coverage looking cake-free with a setting spray. Her choice is NYX Matte Finish Makeup Setting Spray, $7.99.

Image via You Tube/Carly Humbert

BY EMILY WOODRUFF | OCT 19, 2017 | SHARES
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