7 Reasons Your Faux Freckles Look Drawn On (and How to Fix It)

If your faux freckles came out looking like marker dots, it wasn't you. It was the tool and two small steps.

1. Freckles look real when they're soft and uneven

In July there were freckles across your nose. By October they've faded with your tan and your face looks a little flat.

What makes freckles look real is variety: some small, some bigger, random spacing, soft edges. Sharp, identical dots are what make them look drawn on.

2. A pen made for dots, not lines

Brow pencils and eyeliners are built for lines. Their dots come out stiff and waxy, too dark or too sharp, and they smudge when you touch your face.

Freckle tattoos go the other way: permanent, with healing time, for a look you might only want this season.

3. Change the size with pressure

The fine felt tip changes the dot with pressure: barely touch for a tiny freckle, press a little more for a bolder one.

Then tap each dot with a fingertip. The edge softens and it starts to look like it came from the sun.

4. Freckles in under a minute

Dot lightly across your nose and the tops of your cheeks. Vary the size and spacing, then tap.

Let it dry and it's smudge-resistant and water-resistant through the day. At night it comes off with makeup remover.

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5. How to keep them from looking fake

Being straight with you: press too hard and you get big dots, and touch them before they dry and they can smear. Go light and give it a moment.

Pick light brown for fair to light skin, dark brown for medium to deep skin or darker hair. Face only, not lips or the eye area, and patch-test first.

6. No commitment

Want them for a weekend, a Halloween look or every day? Your call. They come off with makeup remover.

One small pen lives in your makeup bag and covers a lot of applications.

7. Two pens for the price of one

Every order is Buy 1, Get 1 Free: two pens for $20, which works out to $10 a pen. One for you and one for a friend, or one at home and one in your bag.

Pick light brown or dark brown on the product page. Bigger bundles: 4 for $40 or 6 for $60. Every order has a 30-day money-back guarantee.