How To Use Concealer To Cover Scars?

Concealer is a fantastic solution for hiding scars. It hides any discoloration and integrates beautifully with your natural skin tone because to its high pigmentation. When it comes to concealing scars, finding a concealer that matches your skin tone is even more important.

Because of the scar’s rich pigment, you must chose carefully. If you can’t locate what you’re looking for, buy a couple different colors of concealer and mix them together to get the perfect match. We’ll go over the best ways to disguise scars with concealer in this article. Let’s look into it!

Concealer to cover scars

Although we are all aware that foundation and concealers can even out skin tone and disguise blemishes, using them to conceal a scar might be intimidating. Covering a spot usually necessitates a little more effort than concealing a tiny imperfection. Let’s talk about how to choose concealers to cover scars.

Neutralize the color of concealer

It’s possible that if you use a light-coverage concealer over redness, it will seem pink. If you use a color-correcting concealer, you’ll still need to go over the area with a natural skin-toned product. Otherwise, colourful patches will cover your skin.

Avoid light color concealer for the raised scars.

Avoid light-colored concealers for covering a raised scar. It’s likely that they’re too bright for your eyes. Try to apply  a concealer that matches with your skin tone instead.

Use a correct tone of concealer for each type of scar

If the scar on your face is red, use a yellow or olive-toned concealer; if it’s grey-black, use a richer apricot or terracotta-toned concealer. When concealing indent scars, use a slightly darker concealer than the rest of your skin. If your skin is matured, use a mature skin concealer to hide your imperfections. 

Steps to apply concealer on your scars

You can use face concealer to disguise or reduce the appearance of spots on your face or body, regardless of where they are located. Choose a waterproof concealer and long-lasting and matches your skin tone. Following are the steps you should take to hide your scar through makeup. 

  1. Remove any filth or oil that may be preventing the concealer from sticking to your skin by washing and drying the scar area.
  2. Use a green concealer if your scars are reddish, and a yellow concealer if your scars are purple. Aplly it on skiing and rub gently.  You should avoid excessive usage else your skin will turn a different color if you use too much.
  3. Allow the concealer to sit for a few minutes before applying the foundation as usual. Because this will remove your concealer, do not rub the foundation into the covered area.
  4. If your scars are uneven, use concealer to fill in the pitted scars first, then conceal the rest of the scar. Repeat until you’ve got the desired result then use a makeup sponge to smooth outward to soften the edges of the hidden location.

Conclusion

To protect yourself from a scar that makes you feel uneasy, you may take safeguards. You should determine the type of scar you have. You can focus on covering it with the suitable materials once you know what you’re up against.