A Crying Disguise - Really

It begins with a lump forming in your throat as you let out a slight sniffle, followed by a strained face while thinking “not here, not now”—ultimately provoking those big, mascara-stained tears to come streaming down your soon-to-be puffy cheeks.

You can’t always control the when and where of your emotional outbursts, but you can control how you maneuver the facial aftermath. In this video, celebrity makeup artist Jo Adams teaches you how to quickly disguise the fact that you’ve been crying. The video shows you what to do when your tears catch you off guard (use the warmth of your fingers to “wake-up” makeup and push it over the tear tracks) as well as what makeup essentials to bring to an event where there will be guaranteed sniveling: eye drops, off-white eye pencil, creamy concealer, and blotting tissue.

So the next time your tears catch you off-guard, instead of burying your face in a wad of tissue—causing major red face and makeup smudging, which, upon seeing yourself makes you only cry more—follow Jo’s easy steps to erase those tear traces and continue on with your day. Here’s to closet cry babies everywhere. —Jennifer Appenrodt