Camouflage make up to cover self harm scars

Self harm is not something you do for fun, or for attention or to look cool. There are lots of different reasons people self harm and I will go into more detail in another post. I am embarrassed and in some ways ashamed of my scars although I have had supportive people tell me I shouldn't be. There have been some situations I wear them uncovered where there are all adults but in other situations such as where there are kids or where I'm in a position of responsibility such as when I worked as a support worker or when I taught horse riding I felt I needed to cover them. I have worn support bandages sometimes which I have known other people wear too to cover tattoos etc. I also have some prescription camouflage make up which does cover them to an extent. I'm going out to a funfair with my adult nephew and his girlfriend but obviously there will be children there so I have put make up on as it is a hot day.
I thought I would make some of my posts a bit informative as I know other people have similar scars so thought I would do a bit of a tutorial on here on how to apply the camouflage make up.

  1. You need a darker make up cream, a lighter make up cream, fixing powder and make up brushes.
  2. Apply the dark cream in lines over the scars then rub in.
  3. Apply the lighter cream on top in lines in the same way and rub in. Blend the 2 until they look skin colour.
  4. Apply the fixing powder and brush excess off.
















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