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MVPs for every
acne haver
Bright-red
pimples
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Whiteheads Don’t try to bury these in a ton of
Popping these bbs (sooo makeup—they’ll just look weird
tempting!) makes them harder to and cakey. Use a color corrector
cover. Stick a clear hydrocolloid (green if you’re fair; yellow or
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pimple patch right over one, then orange if you’re medium or dark)
smooth a tiny dot of thin liquid designed to counteract redness
concealer onto the patch to make and/or discoloration. Then add
it nearly invisible. (Emphasis on a cream concealer on top.
“tiny”—excess product can get
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gunked up around patch edges.) 3
7. Dior Fix It 2-in-1 Prime &
T R Y Color Correct, $36, dior.com
8. Bobbi Brown Instant Full
1. Hero Cosmetics Invisible+ Patch, Cover Concealer, $31,
$18 for 39 patches, herocosmetics.us bobbibrowncosmetics.com
2. BareMinerals BareSkin Complete
Coverage Serum Concealer, $22,
ulta.com 4
Open wounds
Spray a liquid bandage on a
Blackheads Q-tip and apply it to the erupted
zit. It’ll dry down into a clear,
No extracting! Squeeze and you’ll
protective layer that keeps germs 5
be left with a bunch of open pores
out—and is a lot less noticeable
and an uneven, difficult-to-conceal than, you know, putting an actual
surface. Instead, slather on a mat- bandage on your face. Once it’s
tifying primer with salicylic acid. dry, use your fingers to tap long-
It’ll blur spots and help dissolve wearing concealer on top. 6
them over time. Finish with an oil-
free foundation and you’re g2g. T R Y
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9. Nexcare Liquid Bandage, $9,
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3. First Aid Beauty Hello Fab 10. Dior Diorskin Forever Undercover
Pores Be Gone Matte Primer, $28, Concealer, $34, sephora.com
sephora.com 8
4. L’Oréal Paris 24HR Fresh Wear
Foundation, $15, drugstores
Scabs
Pat a silicone-based primer
Raised bumps directly over the crusty area and
let it set for two minutes. Silicone
Hold ice on the mini mountain
creates a film that softens and 9
for five minutes, then dab on
smooths, meaning it gives
hydrocortisone cream (the combo
will bring down redness and cover-up an actual chance. Then 10
use a stippling brush with densely
swelling). Next, apply a matte
packed, fine bristles to smooth on
concealer on top of and around
a waterproof concealer.
the bump, scroll through Insta for
20 minutes to let it set, and use T R Y
your fingers to lightly blend it out. 11. Maybelline New York 11
FaceStudio Master Prime Hydrate +
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5. Aveeno 1% Hydrocortisone Anti- 12. Sephora Collection Pro Small
Itch Cream, $5.50, drugstores Stippling Brush, $15, sephora.com
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6. Covergirl Clean Matte Concealer,
$5, ulta.com
SOURCES: MAKEUP ARTISTS MELISSA STREET (@EPICMAKEUP) AND ROBIN BL ACK (@BEAUTYISBORING)
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