I think large sunglasses are a better bet. I don't think it could really be hidden without professional makeup applied heavily, like for the camera? Ouch. Sorry

Can you do a hairstyle like Veronica Lake?

;)

I plan on using glasses as much as possible but I need to do the eye scan at the airport for Clear and remove glasses for TSA so I need a little something.

It feels fine but really looks terrible.

Dermablend makeup is made to cover things like this. It's available at Ulta. used it after bouncing off of a glass wall that I thought was an open door. (It was really clean!)

@terezosa/terriks

Is this what you used?

https://dermablend.com/products/cover-care-full-coverage-concealer?variant=44289669431603

Expect to have someone (or many) quietly ask you if you are ok.

Years ago, I traveled with a black eye. There are kind people out there who approached me when they thought my purple face may have been from abuse and not from my klutziness.

I have no make-up hints, hopefully you are not in pain.

I dont have any products to recommend, but I have read that a peach color is best for covering blue (dark circles, tiny veins) and a greenish color is better at covering yellow.

The problem is, you won't know ahead of time which shades it will turn...or perhaps all of them!

Just color the other side in similar shades. Anything goes w/make up these days. ;)

Hope it doesn't hurt.

I'm so sorry, that's awful. I had a thought that if the makeup isn't going to do the trick, you might buy a bunch of really large rectangular flesh-colored bandaids. I know someone who had eyeball and some bone removed, and she covered all that up pretty nicely with a huge bandaid.

The Dermablend that I used was in a stick. I bought it quite a few years ago, so it may be a older product. Or msybe it's the body stick. I also have the setting powder.

I would go to a make up counter to get some professional help.

eld, I'm in the boonies right now and there are no decent department stores nearby. Ulta is the fanciest option.

I found some Tarte concealer tucked away that I don't use because it's too thick and heavy. I'll apply some today and see if it has staying power.

I used dermablend on my mom’s shiner but when i went to replace i was told it was no longer made, although when i google it, it seems to be available. It does work well.

So sorry you were hurt!

Ok...ready....? First put moisturizer on your whole face. I use spf 50. Then...put red rouge on the shiner. (red is easier to cover than black). Then....put a heavy skin tone foundation cover up on top of that. Theatre make up works well....it's thick. Dermacol works well. You can order it, have it in 3 days.

When thugs, go to court...they need to cover up their black tattoos to look presentable. This is NOT just tricks for a black eye. Every makeup artist prides themselves in the "how-to's" of cover up. (I have dark circles under my eyes and my mother sold Mary Kay when I was growing up...make up tricks were "my" speciality). Link to video

oh boy. Sorry for the pledge overspray. Can I just share that at the beginning of Covid, my sister did that and not only had the beautiful shiner, but ended up fracturing her hip. The physical therapy was at home and she healed perfectly.......so hopefully your shiner dissipates soon. Feel better.

I fell on my face, literally, several days before Christmas many years ago (it was rainy, I was in a hurry, my shoes had weird soles). Good sunglasses and a snappy come-back were my best defenses. I think trying to cover it with make-up is worse than just rolling with it…with sunglasses, of course.

Do you have a nanny cam and have pictures as a consequence to prove that it was an accident?

Barring that You could get a t-shirt that says my husband sprayed the floor with pledge. It could have an arrow pointing to your husband with a t-shirt with him in a jail on it saying yes I sprayed pledge all over the floor and I'm paying for it. Yes to no more pledge. Or words to that effect.

And ouch ouch sorry it happened!

Yes to Nicole's technique. Worked for my sister-in-law who was traveling to Mexico and didn't want to be asked about it at every turn. People did not seem to even notice. At least she got none of the usual curiosity and questions one would get.

I agree with bbstx...a good cover story is most important....skiing in St. Moritz...working undercover as a spy for the CIA...saving orangutans in Borneo....

It looks much better today, the purple is less vibrant but also migrating down my cheek which will be easier to manage than spreading concealer all around my eye. Hopefully, by Tuesday morning it will be fairly easy to cover.

Ulta has make up people (Clinique, etc.) who can recommend a product an apply for you.