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someone guide me on the best way to hide 5 o' clock shadow

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Shawn Sunshine:
I think i am doing faIR by using a nice coverall/coverup foundation and shaving really close with my hydro shick 5 power razors and using noxema and skintimate cream combos, but its not enough, i still see hair and i cannor afford laser surgery yet for my face, so what can i do in the meantime to hide that problem hair....i get my shadow at around 9 instead of 5 but it is still there...

Jayne:
Get yourself some orange lipstick, make sure it doen't have glitter in.


Cover your 5 O'clock shadow with the lipstick & wait a while for it to dry, then apply your foundation on top & hey presto your shadow will be much harder to see. You may need to experiment with how much to use & what shade, personaly I find a darker orange works.
Red lipstick also works if you're desperate but you may look slightly pink if you're not carefull.


A bit of powder on top of the foundation may also help but a friend warned me that powder can often look false, she also pointedout that if you're not carefull putting powder on then you may accidentaly remove some foundation.


The reason this trick works is something to do with orange being opposite in the colour spectrum to the bluish/black of stubble so cancels it out.
I'm sure there are others who can explain this better on this forum.


Also, I recently bought a Phillips electric shaver (I can't wet shave), it uses the lift & cut system & give a very close shave, it certainly helps & i'm glad about that because it was pricey


I hope this is of some assistance


All the best
Jayne

JennX:
What brand/type of foundation are you using now? You might need something with more coverage. Dermablend and Estee Lauder Double Wear foundations come to mind as these are about as heavy coverage as they come.

Oriah:
apply a coat of blush on top of shadow before applying foundation and/or coverup

Shawn Sunshine:
well all I have is pink (cotton candy colors now for lip stick) and then I have purple and blue and pink (glitter) and white eye shadow....i tried the pink underneath the foundation and it helped a little, but I may not have any money until next week to buy some more makeup and then I should try a nice sherbert orange color for the lipstick

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