Tips & Tricks Tattoo cover ups

In the next year I plan to do two costumes that will show my bare shoulders but I have a rebel insignia tattoo on the left one that would be inappropriate for either one.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it temporarily invisible?

 

I am fortunate in that I picked a tattoo that I think would work with any costume, if it showed.

It represents duality, being a Celtic version of the Yin/Yang symbol: good vs evil, light vs dark, Jedi vs Sith :

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Yeah makeup would work good, but to have an easier time at it you could first paint on your skin with liquid latex then apply the makeup

 

Check with a local theaterical supply store/costume rental store. I am fairly sure that Ben Nye make-up has a tattoo cover make-up. These are specially formulated to cover the types of color in a tattoo.

The latex cover method can have problems, such as if you are allergic to latex. Plus some make-ups don't adhere to the latex (there are special make-ups to cover latex). And if you sweat alot, the latex will pop off.

Also check the web for make-up companies to see who does have this type of make-up.

 

I would think makeup would work good, as long as it did not mess up your costume if some rubbed off on it.

my arms are covered in tattoo's so all my costumes are long sleave, it would take to much make up to cover

 

Not much help but there are makeups that can cover up the tattoo completely.

Some time ago, I was watching a show on Cable and it featured this woman who get her whole body and face tattooed as the "cure" for her blemishes/acne problems. One moment she looked normal with the usual Caucasian skin, the next she was shown with every inche of her skin covered with her tattoo.

 

Try liquid latex. Can be found at Halloween makeup stores.

 

Why not just do a temp tattoo over it of the international "no' symbol of a circle with a line thru it... no rebs!

 

"Dermablend" makeup covers up tattoos excellently.
http://www.dermablend.com/productDetails.aspx?prodID=17

I used this a lot in my modelling days (a looooong time ago). I still keep some handy in case I need to cover one of my tats up. Goes on smooth and you don't have to cake it on, either.

-Karma

 

Oooh...or be a rebel that has TURNED to the dark side. And uses the rebel tattoo to "trick" the rebels.

 

Any drug store or chemist should have "coverstick". It's good for hiding bruises (including hickies), birthmarks, tatoos, pimples, and other blemishes. It does wash off & eventually wear off, depending on how you treat it.