How to Cover Up a Hickey Without Makeup

We've all been there. You're having a good time with your SO, really getting in the mood, and before you know it, you're waking up the next morning with a giant bruise on your neck. "I picked a pimple." "I burned myself with a hair dryer." "You haven't heard? Turtlenecks in May are the hottest new trend." All of those excuses have been used a million times over. But, you won't need excuses if the hickey isn't even visible! Celebrity makeup artist and beauty expert Neil Scibelli sat down with Seventeen to give the best tips and product recommendations to help you hide your hickey, or get rid of it altogether.

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How to hide a hickey with makeup

The easiest trick in the book? Using makeup to cover that baby up. Here are Neil's "three simple steps" for covering up your hickey (and the products that are going to do the best job).

"I think concealing a hickey is all about color correcting," Neil says. Your hickey is probably a myriad of colors from black to red so "go for colors like salmon and orange to help reverse the blues and purples." Neil suggests using a color correcting palette or concealers that have your undertones so they color correct while concealing.

Neil's Recommendations for Color-Correcters

Correct & Perfect All-In-One Color Correcting Palette

Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer

IT Cosmetics itcosmetics.com

$28.00

Next up, conceal. Neil recommends using a salmon-toned concealer if you have a lighter skin tone or more of an orangey-red for darker skin tones. Otherwise, just use a color that matches your skin tone without the undertones. Then, it's all about application. "My personal technique for concealing any stubborn blemishes, dark circles, anything of that is like a padding motion versus a sweeping movement of the brush," Neil says. He recommends using a foundation brush or beauty blender, but using your finger works too!

Neil's Recommendations for Concealer

Double Duty Beauty Shape Tape Contour Concealer

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind® Eraser Dark Circles Concealer + Treatment

Maybelline maybelline.com

$9.99

Hydro Boost Hydrating Concealer

Neutrogena walmart.com

$10.92

Finish up the coverage with a setting powder or spray. "This way everything will stay in place and won't transfer onto your clothes," Neil says. After that, you should be good to go.

Neil's Recommendations for Setting Powder and Spray

Loose Setting Powder

Laura Mercier amazon.com

All Nighter Setting Spray

Urban Decay Cosmetics urbandecay.com

$23.10

Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder

Charlotte Tilbury sephora.com

$45.00

How to get rid of a hickey without makeup

Okay, so maybe you don't have all that makeup on hand (seriously, who has a color correcting palette?). Well, don't worry, because there are ways to get rid of the hickey so you don't even need makeup. Most of these hacks take a while to take effect, however. So, if you don't have any makeup at all, for the time being, it might be good to keep on those turtlenecks and scarves until your neck is fully healed.

Use toothpaste.

It sounds kind of gross, but toothpaste actually does help get rid of hickeys. For the best result, do this ASAP after you get the hickey. All you have to do is smear some paste all over the bruised area. Keep it on for a few minutes until the tingling stops. Then, remove it with a warm washcloth. Finish up the process by massaging the area to help blood circulation.

Use ice.

First, a quick science lesson. Basically, a hickey occurs when the small blood vessels under your skin are broken due to sucking or biting. By putting ice, or something else cold, on the hickey, the blood vessels constrict and the bleeding reduces, helping to heal the skin faster.

To use this method, wrap some ice cubes in a washcloth and place it on your skin for about ten seconds at a time. Alternatively, you can place a metal spoon in the freezer and wrap that in a cloth instead. Avoid placing the ice or frozen spoon directly on your skin, because that can do more harm than good. The more you place the cold compresses on your skin, the faster your hickey will heal.

Brush it.

So, we've used toothpaste, now it's time to use a toothbrush. Grab a clean toothbrush and start brushing the affected area. This will stimulate blood circulation and while at first, the area surrounding the hickey might get red, eventually everything will become less inflamed. After, apply a cold compress to the area.

Carolyn Twersky Associate Editor Carolyn Twersky is an associate editor for Seventeen covering celebrities, entertainment, politics, trends, and health.

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How to Cover Up a Hickey Without Makeup

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