Often coming to us live from her bathroom at home in Los Angeles, makeup artist Nikki DeRoest is using her time in lockdown to share the savvy makeup secrets she’s been using on celebrities for years.
Her latest savvy trick? A back-to-front technique which she describes as “game changing for spot treating”. And true to her signature style of fresh, glowing skin – this technique will disguise any blemishes while leaving you dewy and radiant.
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After prepping her skin with moisturiser and an SPF, Nikki enthusiastically introduces us to her pimple, which has kindly popped up on her face just so she can take us through a cover up tutorial.
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Image credit: @nikkideroest
After using a sulphur spot cream overnight to “reduce redness,” she then goes in with a liquid illuminator around the cheeks and eyes, “just because you have a zit doesn’t mean you don’t want to have glowing skin. You want even more glowing skin to take attention away,” she explained.
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After blending in what she refers to as a “glow cream”, Nikki applies the IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream, which she recommends for its non-comedogenic properties, “there are no pore cloggers in the product so it’s safe to use on sensitive skin or if you are acne-prone”.
Moving on to contour and bronze her cheeks, we begin to wonder if Nikki realises she has missed the reason we are all gathered at her IGTV – to watch her conceal her pimple.
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And just as if she has read our minds, “now are you thinking what i’m thinking, why did you do your cheeks, you forgot you still have a zit, that was on purpose, because I knew in doing my cheeks and doing my sculpt I would brush over the blemish”.
Approaching the pimple, Nikki takes the “tiniest little brush” (in this case it is the Chanel Eye Contouring Brush $56, Chanel) but she explains “anything will work”. “I want to save the blemish for last so I can pin point conceal it and get it perfectly covered”. In a gentle tapping motion she touches up the spot with a concealer until it is “virtually invisible”.
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The biggest takeaways? “Keep your skin fresh, glowing, light reflecting, and do everything on your makeup application as normal and save the blemish for the end.” But most importantly, “don’t be too hard on yourself because we all get them”.
Watch the full video here.
Main image credit: @nikkideroest
Have you ever tried this technique? If not, will you?
Hmm kinda need to see the before and after photo of the zit, can’t really see if this works otherwise 🙂
OK. Take away from this, blemishes are survivable and easily corrected.
Looking for the pimple…
great to hear the the IT Cosmetics product doesn’t clog pores. I do have some of that and now I’m even more impressed with it. I love it’s high spf too
Had no pimples for months now. I think my skincare routine now and no more overly heavy snacks (hehe, nut addict) made sure that skin is smooth and blemish free. atm
I love her advice. I’m sure I’ll be needing it soon with masks becoming the norm and I can feel my skin around my chin suffering because of all the moisture getting trapped under my mask.
Great informative Article on how to cover up pimples could also be used to cover-up other imperfections on your Skin as well.
Same here!
I can’t even find it on her face, she did a good job!
I can’t see any blemishes on her skin. Thankfully I don’t often get them.
I will probably need to use this technique once lockdown ends and I start wearing makeup again!
Turning a blemish into something better
Pimples are not really something that I need to worry about but in the supplied photos her skin looks amazing with no sign a pimple anywhere.
I can’t even see the pimple!
I might try concealing afterwards because when I do it first, I can’t put anything over the top of it without it looking obvious. Good tip!
Yes, I pored over the pics & I couldn’t see where there was supposed to be a zit either.
Good advice : don’t be too hard on yourself because we all get them
I’m glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t see a pimple … I even got out the magnifying glass trying to detect it.
easy to cover when there is no pimple
pimple is in the video, shame they didn’t embed the insta vid here.
She did a good job because I can’t see it.
Good technique, but really hard to see the pimple, in the first place. I don’t get them often, but when I do, it’s usually a huge, blind doozy.
I don’t think it exists lol, when I get one, its massive
There was no zit!
Blemishes diminish and disappear given time
Great idea but next time we might actually need a big zit to cover 🙂
Where are you?????
Where was the “blemish”???
I think a before and after shot comparison would have been helpful because agree can’t see a thing. Maybe that’s how fabulous her work is afterall!!!
Er………blemish? What blemish?
just leave it!
Very happy to try this.
I can’t see the blemish.
could not tell the difference.
Like this advice
While I couldn’t see the zit or blemish in the pictures, I am keen to try this technique out to see if it works. Waiting for an occasion where I may need to try this out.
I don’t understand how this is back to front either – I was told you always leave concealer till last?
great tips!