How to Hide Tatoos with Kryolan's Dermacolor Makeup
Instructions for covering tattoos with Kryolan's Dermacolor Camouflage system.
1. Ensure skin is clean, and free of oil (do not use a moisturizer under the Dermacolor, it will destabilizes and thin the cream).
2. Because of the strong colors - especially black - in tattoos, it is first necessary to color-correct the tattoo. Dermacolor D32 is the red corrector color. Apply D32 to the black areas and the powder with Dermacolor powder P1. If your tattoo has a lot of red - hearts, roses etc. then you will need to use green as the color-corrector.
3. Leave powder to dry for 10 mins before gently removing excess with a brush.
4. To match your skin tone, you may need to blend several shades. This may take time, be patient and try to work in daylight. Apply your chosen skin tone over the tattoo with a sponge using a stippling action. Do not rub or drag as this will pick up the corrector color. Blend edges of make up into the skin.
5. Finally powder with P1 powder. Leave powder to set for 10 minutes before brushing off.
Please remember tattoos can be very difficult to cover. Depending upon the density it is possible they may start to appear through the cream after a few hours. So if covering for a wedding or other large occasion apply cream as late as possible.
The purpose of the powder is to fix the make up and make it water resistant. As an alternative especially for the summer there is the fixer spray with the added advantage of factor 25 sun protection. If this is for a short time a general powder can be used, however it's not ideal and doesn't make it water resistant.
