Faking Freckles
If you were born with freckles, you've probably spent your whole life cursing them, covering them up, slathering yourself in sunscreen to stop them multiplying or, if you're really a boss about it, looking at more permanent solutions to make them RIP . We get it – idyllic freckles are those that are scattered lightly across the bridge of the nose on an otherwise perfect complexion.
If you were born with freckles, you’ve probably spent your whole life cursing them, covering them up, slathering yourself in sunscreen to stop them multiplying or, if you’re really a boss about it, looking at more permanent solutions to make them RIP.
We get it – idyllic freckles are those that are scattered lightly across the bridge of the nose on an otherwise perfect complexion. They’re also the kind that pretty much no one is actually born with (hey guys, no one said life was going to be easy).
And while we’ve always been advocates for raw, real, untainted beauty, we haven’t begged for a full face of freckles since The Parent Trap – that is, until Preen went one better and covered their models head-to-toe in them this season.
We know we’re always banging on about tips and tricks for an even complexion, and we don’t mean to do a complete 180, but when we learned that the one-and-only Gisele instructs her make-up artists to draw her freckles back on after foundation because it tricks people into thinking she’s wearing less make-up, naturally, we followed suit.
All you need is a couple of eyebrow pencils and a minute to spare. Prepare to be amazed…
By Carmen Hamilton.
Freckle-free.
Smooth out your skin tone by pressing a sheer foundation onto your face where needed.
Begin to draw dots onto your cheeks and nose using a light brown eyebrow pencil (we used MAC Eye Brows in ‘Fling’). Don’t worry about getting it neat or evenly-spaced – the more random, the better.
Tip: vary the intensity here and there to keep it real, and make sure you take a couple all the way up into your brows.
Now do the same with a darker brown pencil like Bobbi Brown Brow Pencil in ‘Grey’.
Don’t be too precious with your placement. If a few overlap it looks more believable.
When you think you’ve done enough, gently press them into your skin using your finger. This will smudge them slightly and fade the pigment so they look au naturel.
You’re done!
Oh, and if you’ve got a spot that’s relentless even after a ton of concealer, try dotting it with a pencil so it blends in with your freckles. Nothing beats the good old tricks of the trade.
