5 Cosmetic Secrets For Freckles

Don’t cover up freckles with cosmetic concealers. Those spots define you. So wear makeup that celebrates them in the best light.

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If you have a full-freckled face, applying makeup can be a little tricky. Should you apply heavy makeup layers over or around your freckles? Do you focus on highlighting other features so as not to accentuate freckles? Should you conceal those areas on the face? Or do you forego heavy layers of makeup and leave your face bare?

Dermatologists can’t eliminate freckles. However, cosmetic dermatology procedures can reduce their appearance.

These pigmented spots are unique and beautiful. With the proper mindset, you can flaunt and show them off. But if you want to conceal freckles with makeup, choose the right products.

How Do You Get Freckles?

Makeup for Freckles

Both prolonged exposure to the sun and melanin can cause freckles. You get freckles when ultraviolet rays coming from the sun damage your skin.

Genetics determine the natural amount of melanin beneath your skin. People with dark skin have more melanin. This makes them less vulnerable to freckles and blemishes. The more light-skinned you are, the more likely you are to get freckles. Freckles are common among natural redheads.

How Do You Apply Makeup?

This article curates a list of the best cosmetology secrets. They will help you embrace your freckles with sheer makeup products. Let’s jump into suggestions that will work magic on your face without blending away freckles:

1. Begin with an SPF base

Use sun protection every day if you have a fair complexion and freckled skin. A freckled face is more prone to the ultraviolet radiation of the sun. Wearing a lightweight, transparent sunscreen with SPF-40 or SPF-50 shields your skin against UVA and UVB rays.

Sunscreens within cosmetics often include a limit of SPF-30. For more protection against pollution, apply sunscreen with higher SPF before applying makeup. This also smooths your complexion.

2. Match sheer-coverage foundation to skin tone, not freckles

A foundation is a liquid makeup that helps you create a uniform color for your complexion. Your skin’s undertone decides the color of the foundation. Choosing a foundation according to the undertone of your freckles is not the right option.

Generally speaking, your skin’s undertones are either warm or cool. The warm undertones are usually yellowish, and cool undertones are bluish. Figuring out your skin’s undertones is confusing when you have freckles.

If you have difficulty choosing the right foundation color, match it to your neck. This prevents your freckles from looking muddled.

Some foundation brands have product recommendations for undertone on the label. When the name includes the word “sheer,” it means a thin consistency does not conceal freckles. It enhances and brightens up your complexion.

3. Apply a precise concealer

Unlike foundation, which helps you create an even base, a concealer hides dark circles, pimples, or blemishes. If you want your freckles to be visible, apply concealer to those areas where you have blemishes or dark spots.

Precise concealing strategies are very important to cover a blemish without masking freckles. The best way to apply a concealer is by using your fingertips. A smaller and more precise concealer brush is perfect for concealing a specific bump area.

Seal the foundation and concealer with a translucent loose powder. A light and airy face powder gives your skin a velvety finish by minimizing pores.

4. Give your skin a natural flush with a tint or blush

A blush provides a natural pink color to your skin and lights it up. Use blush to add color to your cheeks. Cream blushes with pink color blend well on freckled skin, providing natural a look. They give the illusion of “living in the skin” rather than sitting on top of it.

Lip and cheek tints also provide a subtle glow because they blend in nicely. A fluffy-haired brush is perfect for applying blushers on the skin. They prevent your freckles from looking like muddy marks.

Apply the blusher across the nose and the forehead because this is where the sun naturally hits your face.

5. Light it up

Highlighters make your freckles beam with luminosity and provide a sheer glow. Use liquid highlighters and cream highlighters to complement your skin tone for sheen and luster.

Give your skin a youthful and fresh look by dabbing a cream highlighter on your cheekbone and letting your freckles show through.

Freckle face woman

Should You Contour Your Face?

You can easily overwhelm a freckled face by contouring. If you feel your facial structure needs more definition, choose a low-key contouring powder or liquid.

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Guest author Zarsha Noureen is a writer specializing in beauty, health, and wellness.

5 Cosmetic Secrets For Freckles

Publish 9 March 2021

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