How to wear makeup when you have acne-prone skin?

Acne-prone skin is often fragile and difficult to apply makeup. Fortunately, there are easy-to-follow tips that can help you even out your complexion for a perfect make-up in all circumstances.

Acne isn't just for teenagers. Adults can also develop this type of skin problem, which is characterized by red spots of varying size. Applying makeup with acne-prone skin can therefore seem more complex. But, in reality, it is entirely doable. You can hide your small imperfections by working on your complexion and highlighting your eyes, especially with successful eyebrow makeup !

What is special about acne-prone skin?

Acne usually develops on the chin, jawline and upper neck. Acne-prone skin is often characterized by the appearance of red pimples with a white head.

This type of skin is generally combination and oily in the T zone (i.e. around the nose and upper forehead) and very dry on the rest of the face.

Moisturizing care is therefore essential for this type of skin, but it is also crucial to cleanse it well daily, or even several times a day (morning and evening).

What care should you do before applying makeup on acne-prone skin?

For good hold of your make-up and effective correction of your imperfections, it is essential to prepare your skin well before applying your make-up.

First of all, start by cleansing your skin well to remove excess sebum. It is in fact important that acne-prone skin can breathe well and that its pores are as unclogged as possible.

To clean your skin, you can use micellar water or cleansing gel if you have very oily skin. Then, always before applying your makeup, apply your treatment if you have one. Otherwise, consider applying a specific moisturizer to hide redness. This type of product is usually green in color, as this helps conceal redness more easily before applying your foundation.

How to wear makeup to hide your acne?

Here, now, are our best tips for applying makeup with acne-prone skin.

Even out your complexion

After applying a moisturizing base and concealer, ideally with a green tint to hide your redness more effectively, apply your foundation. It is important that it is the same shade as your skin color. This will give a brighter and more natural result.

Above all, don't skip the concealer. Put a concealer suited to your skin tone on the area below your eyelids and even out your complexion with a brush. You can add powder or blush if you want a more sophisticated effect. Finally, for your lips, it all depends on the rest of your makeup. For fresh and natural makeup, you can favor nude shades, finishing with a gloss to give a shiny effect to your lips.

Redraw the lines of your eyebrows

For perfect makeup down to the smallest detail, eyebrow makeup is an essential step. For a successful eyebrow make-up, start by choosing your eyebrow pencil . This should, as far as possible, be the same color as the shade of your eyebrows or slightly darker.

The second step consists of redoing your eyebrows , following their natural line. To do this, remember to take as points of reference:

• For the head of your eyebrows: the imaginary line passing through the bridge of your nose and the inner corner of your eye.
• To form the arc: follow the line passing through your nostril and the middle of your pupil.
• For the tail of the eyebrow: follow the line passing through the bridge of the nose and the outer corner of the eye.

This way you can reshape your eyebrows and highlight them. This will widen your eyes and harmonize your entire makeup.

Highlight your look

Finally, to emphasize your eyes, choose an eye shadow that will match your iris color. Indeed, if you have light eyes or brown eyes, certain colors will be preferred.

Also remember to brighten your eyes by adding a touch of light eyeshadow to the inner corner of your eye. The gradient effect with a darker shade on the rest of the eyelid allows you to highlight your eyes for a guaranteed intense look.

To finish, remember to draw a light line of black eyeliner on the upper lashline and enhance your makeup by applying mascara. Your eyes will be enhanced for harmonious and luminous makeup.