liquid latex as a cover up
let me start off by saying - do not believe the hype. dermablend does not work.
i'm trying to "get in" to a nice gown club, where the dancers make bank on dayshift (right next to downtown). when i met the manager i was told i'd be hired in a second if i could fix my tattoo problem - because their director would not "pass me" on the "appearance test" for that reason.
i went to macys and tried the dermablend. not only did i have to cake it on like crazy to get it to partially cover anything, it did not blend with my skin whatsoever and really did look like someone just splashed a but load of makeup all over me.
another dancer briefly mentioned liquid latex to me.
ive seen threads about liquid latex as clothing, with color, etc etc.
but what about flesh toned liquid latex as a tattoo cover up? has anyone ever seen this done before, or done it themselves? would you have to put on a layer of the latex, and foundation over that? how would it be applied, and would it be a successful cover up? would it look very obvious that it is on my body?
i have 2 major pieces to cover - across the top of my chest and on my hips.
any insight on this topic would be much appreciated.
Re: liquid latex as a cover up
Oh, yes I had to work in a club were it was mandatory to use liquid laytex to cover our tattoos: here is how to do it.
Buy a stick of foundation... MAX Factor makes one, but you can use any kind as long as it matches your skin well. If you can't find stick foundation (Foundation that literally is on a stick, like cover-up) you can buy a couple cover up sticks in your skin tone.
Apply the Foundation or Concealer over your tattoo. Use a reasonably heavy amount, and do NOT blend it in otherwise you will be able to see the tattoo.
Use the "clear" (it actually looks white in the bottle but it goes on clear) colored laytex. Put it on a paper plate, and dip a small amount onto a make up sponge. (use the kind that come in a big bag from Walgreens, they're white spongey material that usually comes in little triangles) Make sure that you use enough so it comes off easily though so you don't have to push down to hard on the make up and tattooed area.
Start using long, upward strokes from the sponge til the entire tattoo is covered. Generally, you will have to dip more laytex on after each stroke. You might need a friend to cover up the tattoo for you if you can't reach it.
The whole tattoo should be covered and it will look like a shiney white blob. Make sure that the laytex has not gone on too chunky. You might have to practice it a couple times, but the key is to put the laytex on the sponge and then run the sponge in an even line across your tattoo, then apply more laytex and do it to the next part that needs to be covered until you are done.
You can either let the laytex dry, it will take about 25 minutes and it will be fucked up if anything brushes against it, or you can blow dry it for about five minutes. The blow dryer gets a little hot, but I think it's worth it.
Finally, you will need to take some loose powder and a big loose powder brush. Apply the loose powder (which should match your skin tone and not be one of those generic works on every skin color powders) and apply it over the laytex in a slightly heavier fashion then you would apply say face make up.
You're done! Now honestly. it will look like you covered up a tattoo. There is NOTHING that will look like natural skin, I've tried it all. I have two tattoos and they are black, so hard to cover!! Also, if you use any make up like dermablend, it will come off on your clothes and the customer. The laytex and the powder do not come off even if they get wet!
At the end the nite just peel it off. IT hurts a little bit, but not too bad.
Re: liquid latex as a cover up
vegas - please make love to me. that was some awesome advice.
now, when you say
"Now honestly. it will look like you covered up a tattoo"
i can deal with a little bit of visibility (it's doesn't seem like a hard thing to explain to customers - and although the clubs care, most guys do not!!!!)
BUT - how obvious does it really look? will it be noticeable from a distance, or only close up? do guys really notice/point it out? do they even really care?
for now i'd be covering two fairly large visible pieces, my hips and chest, so i would prefer for it to be a little less obvious. if it weren't a gown club the hips would be easy to cover with a cincher or corset, probably.
my hip tattoos will be removed in time *they're terrible* but my chest is my pride and joy. although my professional life would be much easier if i had that removed as well, i don't want to sacrifice my identity (and fuck, all the shit i went through getting it on in the first place!), and all the money to remove that too, just for the sake of working in a nicer club (especially when others will still hire me with it).
on my PMS days it's a big crush to my self esteem and i actually get pretty upset about it. i'm too classy to succeed in a raunchy high mileage club, but i'm too tattooed to work in a nice, upscale club - where i feel i belong, as far as my talent, looks, and personality go.
Re: liquid latex as a cover up
cinema secrets rubbermask, and MUD's color corrector. Apply the color corrector (BC on blue tones, RC on red tones) with a brush (do it lightly tho, little of this stuff goes a long way), then stipple on the rubbermask over it, and if the tones are matched right it WILL look like skin