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lightningandsnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 08:39 PM
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Awkward/embarassing question
How do you get rid of hickeys? Or at least cover them up?

Because I have quite a few... and I'm going to my grandmother's tomorrow. And, it being summer, turtlenecks are not an option.

Yeah. I said it was awkward.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 08:41 PM
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1. It's a bruise, so you can't really get rid of it.
Oil based concealer works better than water-based for dark marks. Hit the makeup counter at a high end department store and prepare to spend a fair amount for something that works.
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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 08:42 PM
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2. If it's fresh...
Ice. Or put a spoon in the freezer, take it out when it's frozen, apply back of spoon to awkward/embarrassing mark. ;)
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 08:45 PM
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3. you need to go to the ever popular Walgreen's or Cvs and pick up some heavy duty concealer
sometimes they have the stuff that you can cover up spider veins with. Apply it in layers so you don't overdo it and draw attention to it.
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 08:45 PM
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4. Wear a thin scarf around your neck and say you feel a little
sick today so you have to have a handkerchief near you.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:01 PM
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5. Lightweight batik scarf.
It has the added benefit of making you look like an adventurer. Adventures are fun...so are things leading to hickeys. It kind of fits.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:03 PM
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6. Be like my daughter and be proud!
I'm sort of kidding...

I don't think you can do anything but ice it if it's new, and cover it up if it's 24 hours old. I'm sorta happy for you, if you are. :hug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:12 PM
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7. Duct tape. n/t
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:13 PM
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8. Awww, our little AspieGrrl is growing up before our eyes.
:P

I keed, I keed.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:13 PM
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9. I was drunk one night
And I gave my boyfriend a deep, dark, big, purple hickey.I felt so terrible that next day that I cried. There really is no remedy for a hickey but time....
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:16 PM
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10. Why cry?
That shit is a badge of honor. I've had those...I even wore light-colored crew neck tees so I could show it off.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:57 PM
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13. Oh, I don't know
I always thought a hickey was for more of the younger crowd. My parents saw the hickey and that made me feel terrible.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 10:01 PM
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14. Well...okay.
I'm younger. I was younger still when I was showing them off.
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:30 PM
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11. You can get a could cheap concealer
It's for acne and other blemishes but can hide other things too. Just make sure it matches your skin tone. Or you could just say "Hey, grandma, I'm a big girl now and I do make out"

Khash.
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siouxsiecreamcheese Donating Member (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 09:33 PM
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12. aaah those were the days...
I used to get (and give) those massive dark purple ones that turned hard as a rock.. anyways, makeup is the only thing that ever really worked for me.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 10:17 PM
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15. I've never understood
Edited on Fri Jun-20-08 10:18 PM by hippywife
hickeys. Even when I was younger and I was a wild child. Making out is fine but sucking on someone's skin to produce a bruise? :shrug:
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 11:02 PM
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17. I dated a biter once.
Never had any hickeys, but I still had some interesting marks. :P
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AccessGranted Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 10:31 PM
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16. I'm Sure Your Grandmother Has Seen A Hickey Before
She'll probably just waggle her finger at you and laugh. She was young once.
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 11:04 PM
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18. You can get very lightweight sleeveless turtlenecks...or a scarf
is a nice option.
I've heard green makeup covers up bruises, and then you can use foundation over that to blend it in...
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-20-08 11:04 PM
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19. Consider truth
jest sayin...

:loveya:
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