How To Cover Dark Spots and Hyperpigmentation
What’s the best foundation and concealer for hyperpigmentation? Discover my tips and tricks on how to cover dark spots and pigmentation with makeup.
- 27th January 2026
- By Charlotte Tilbury
8 minute read
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Darlings, hyperpigmentation is natural and nothing to lose sleep over! Looking in the mirror, you may notice that your skin tone isn’t the same in every area of your face – it’s so common for hyperpigmentation to appear around our eyelids, around our mouths, or in clusters across our cheeks… Especially as we age!
In my years as a makeup artist to the stars, I have discovered magic tips and tricks to even the look of skin tone, conceal the appearance of dark spots, and colour correct the look of hyperpigmentation to make skin look airbrushed and flawless. Darlings, let me share with you my expert makeup advice on how to cover dark spots and hyperpigmentation and some top makeup for hyperpigmentation recommendations including my fabulous full-coverage combination of AIRbrush Flawless Foundation and AIRbrush Flawless Blur Concealer!
But first, what are dark spots and hyperpigmentation? Knowing how to cover dark spots and hyperpigmentation with makeup tricks is one thing, darlings, but learning more about dark spots and why they appear can empower you to take steps to reduce and help prevent their appearance.
Discover my guide on how to reduce the appearance of dark spots + hyperpigmentation and learn how to target their appearance with my clinically proven Dark Spot Correcting Radiance Recovery Serum.
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1. Apply dark spot serum to target and visibly reduce
Every makeup routine should start with a skincare routine that’s tailored to the skin concerns that you are experiencing. If hyperpigmentation is one of your main skin concerns, adding a dark spot serum to your skincare routine can help to unlock a more even-looking skin tone and reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation. I created my Dark Spot Correcting Radiance Recovery Serum with Precision-Fade Evenskin™ Technology to specifically target and visibly reduce the appearance of dark spots; it works with laser-like precision, fading the look of hyperpigmentation and making skin tone appear 8x more even*. Apply dark spot serum in areas of hyperpigmentation on your face and body and fade the look of dark spots, fast!
2. Prime and shield with SPF primer
One of the main causes of dark spots and hyperpigmentation is prolonged exposure to the sun. Harmful UV rays can alter the pigmentation of skin over time, causing sunspots to appear. To protect your skin from sun damage, it’s important to apply a high-factor sunscreen every day. My Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer is formulated with SPF50 sun protection to shield skin from sun damage, which in turn helps prevent future hyperpigmentation from appearing. It also acts as a smoothing and blurring effect primer; when it’s time to apply foundation for hyperpigmentation, smoothing your foundation on top of my SPF primer will help to unlock a flawless application without balling, rolling or caking up.
3. Buff full-coverage foundation into your face and neck
To cover dark spots and hyperpigmentation with makeup, it’s best to reach for a full-coverage formula to effectively conceal their appearance. Complexions that experience hyperpigmentation have uneven skin tone, so applying a full-coverage foundation will help to create a flawless-looking makeup base that looks even and seamless. I always reach for my AIRbrush Flawless Foundation to cover dark spots and hyperpigmentation; the full-coverage formula delivers full, flawless-looking coverage while feeling light as air, allowing it to disguise the appearance of dark spots and even the look of skin tone without looking heavy or feeling like a mask. Find your flawless shade using my Foundation Shade Finder, then buff one pump of AIRbrush Flawless Foundation into your complexion with my Magic Complexion Brush to vanish the look of hyperpigmentation.
Tilbury Tip: When applying full-coverage foundation, don’t forget to apply onto your neck to make sure it seamlessly blends into your natural skin tone.
4. Build coverage in areas of hyperpigmentation with concealer
For extra coverage, pair your foundation with a full-coverage concealer. Applying a concealer directly to areas of dark spots and hyperpigmentation will build coverage in the areas you want to conceal. Reach for a high-coverage formula like my AIRbrush Flawless Blur Concealer to disguise and blur the appearance of pigmentation as well as concealing the look of darkness and facial redness with a flawless, full-glam finish. Colour corrector is another useful makeup trick for covering dark spots and hyperpigmentation; red and orange tones can neutralise the look of skin pigmentation, so applying a colour-correcting concealer like Magic Vanish in areas of hyperpigmentation can help to conceal and colour-correct the look of dark spots and unlock a more even-looking skin tone.
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5. Blur + set with powder and matte setting spray
Your foundation and concealer are doing the heavy lifting for covering the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation, but to help them last longer and to wear beautifully I recommend setting them into place with a setting powder and setting spray. Once you have customised your coverage, perfected the look of your makeup base, and concealed the appearance of dark spots, tap setting powder onto your face to set liquid foundation and concealer. I always reach for my AIRbrush Flawless Finish powder because it has a beautiful smoothing and blurring effect that makes skin look flawless and poreless. Finally, set your makeup for hyperpigmentation with setting spray – I recommend my AIRbrush Flawless Setting Spray Matte because the mattifying finish is perfect for blurring the look of your skin and making it appear airbrushed in real life.
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Charlotte Tilbury
Founder, President, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.
