Look Good with Freckles

Some people love freckles as a romantic facial feature, and some people would rather hide them. Freckles have recently been named one of the newest fashion trend. Even runway models are applying fake freckles to get in on the romantic look. Whichever your freckle preference, there are ways you can look good with them. Looking good with freckles involves knowing what type of makeup to wear, how to wear it, and how to dress to impress.

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Picking and Applying Makeup with Your Freckles

1. Draw attention to your freckles. Freckles are unique and can be quite beautiful! Instead of hiding your freckles, try letting them stand out on your own.
   • One way you can do this is by playing up another facial feature like your eyes. It will draw people’s attention to your eyes and they will be more likely to notice the freckles on your cheeks.
2. Do not match foundation color to your freckles. This will make your freckles look dull and your complexion look unnatural. Instead, match your foundation and your makeup to the skin tone between the freckles. This is your natural skin tone.
   • If you are having trouble matching your skin tone on your face, try matching foundation with the skin color on your wrist. The inside of your wrist is the same skin tone of your face.
3. Use primer before foundation. Foundation straight on your skin may not truly cover your face. Primer will help give you a basic tone for your foundation to rest on. This will help hide or tone down your freckles.
4. Use blush. Beauty expert Robin Black recommends to use blush to bring out your features, not your freckles. If you pick a blush the same color as your freckles, she says, it will make them look gray.
5. Go with a smokey eye. A brown or black smokey eye can really make the freckles on your face pop and draw attention to your eyes.
   • Cosmo suggests following a “map” tutorial when creating a perfect smokey eye.
   • To do this, first use multiple shades (3-4) of eyeshadows from the same color family. This may be shades of brown or black for a classic look.
   • Then, starting with the lightest shade first, apply a layer of eyeshadow on the inside half of your eyelid (closest to nose).
   • After that, apply the next darkest shade on the outside of your lid.
   • You should apply the darker shades in equal parts on the outside of your lid all the way to the bottom of your eyelid.
   • Apply a nude pencil line between your eyebrow and the top of your eyeshadow.
   • Apply your favorite eyeliner and mascara.
6. Apply less foundation, not more. Use a lighter shade of foundation -- such as one that promotes to be “barely there” -- to avoid making your skin look gray.
   • Other foundation products you might try are “neutralizing” products that will help moisturize your skin without covering up your features.
7. Use a translucent mineral powder to stop shininess. Not being able to use a heavier foundation may cause the problem of your skin looking oily or shiny. To avoid this, use a translucent mineral powder. This will help your skin, but not hide your freckles!
8. Use tinted moisturizer on your skin. If you want to skip makeup, try just using a tinted moisturizer or a BB cream. This will keep your face moisturize but give it a little bit of made-up look.
9. Borrow a look from your favorite freckled celebrity. There are many freckled celebrities that embrace their beautiful features. Lucy Liu, Emma Watson, and Morgan Freeman are all known for the freckles!
   • Makeup may not be Freeman’s forte, but he rocks the freckles with pride!

Applying Fake Freckles

1. Apply a freckle pen. There are freckle pens available on the market that work much like a brow pencil. It has a fine tip that you can use to apply freckles to your face in whatever pattern, or color, that you like.
   • You can purchase darker or lighter shades depending on your intended look.
2. Use freckle temporary tattoos. Much like eyelashes, you can purchase fake freckles to place on your face. These can be applied in the winter when natural freckles fade, or for a pop of glamour with a summer look.
   • Temporary freckle tattoos may be hard to find or rare. However, they are projected to be the next big fashion trend!
3. Determine where to place your freckles. You want your freckles to look natural, so however you decide to place them, you should place them in more natural positions.
   • Square -- To get a natural “square” look to your freckles, apply freckles starting with the bridge of your nose. You want to space them equally from bridge of nose outward toward your cheek bones. You want to stop the freckles at your hairline, or even taper off the freckles past your eyes.
   • Heart -- For a heart-shaped look, sprinkle freckles sparsely from the top of your nose and around the top of your cheek bones. Less is more in this look.
   • Round -- To go with a rounder look, scatter freckles where the sun would naturally hit your face (usually the top of your cheekbones). This will give you a sunkissed look while also looking natural.
   • Oval -- For the most natural look, sparsely place freckles under your eyes, around your cheeks, and over the bridge of your nose.

Dressing Cute with Freckles

1. Be confident in your own clothes. The key to being confident is to not focus on the negative or things that you cannot control. You cannot control if you have freckles, instead focus on what you can! Be confident in the clothing you own.
   • Practice outfits you think you want to wear and stand in front of a mirror. Determine if they show off your freckles (or downplay them) in a way that you want.
2. Dress to show off, or to hide your freckles. You can minimize or dramatize your freckles depending on what type of shirt or blouse you wear.
   • For example, if you want to show off your freckles you can wear a simple t-shirt, boat neck, or square neck shirt to show more skin and more freckles.
   • If you want to hide your freckles, you can wear longer-sleeve blouses or high-necked shirts (like a turtle neck).
3. Dress up your hair. Or, get a haircut that flatters your face. A haircut is a great way to change your look. If you want to draw attention to, or away, from your freckles, doing your hair in a specific style might be a great way to do so.
   • To draw attention to your face, try a short cut like a bob or a pixie cut.
   • To draw attention away from your face, try a sweeping updo or keep your hair loose and long.

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