The Unexpected Product Redditors Are Using to Create Realistic Faux Freckles

In case you missed it, faux freckles have become a thing. And by a thing, I mean Google searches are up, products have been designed specifically to create them (see Freck), and I have spent many days staring at my own freckle-free face and wondering how I’d look with a seemingly random assortment of dots splattered across my nose.

Achieving the faux freckle look isn’t the easiest makeup technique to master, and requires a finicky combination of melanin-colored pencils and perfectly imperfect placement. In other words, it takes practice, which is completely out of step with the instant gratification world we currently live in. In my most recent lurking session on Reddit’s MakeupAddiction, I came across a faux freckle makeup look that was so realistic, and the product they (and a few other Redditors) used to create them took me by surprise. Rather than painstakingly dotting on freckles one by one, Reddittors are using L’Oréal Paris Magic Root Cover Up — a product formulated to temporarily cover roots — all over their faces to create the look. The process is super simple (it only takes one step), and the results are stunning (see the before and after for proof).