If you decide to place the hickey on your neck, do so on the sides of the neck avoiding the area underneath your chin, and directly in the middle of your neck (on or surrounding your esophagus). A hickey located on the sides of the neck will help make it more believable.
As you prepare to make your hickey, it helps to stand in front of a mirror so you can see what you’re doing.
Keep in mind that the less air there is in the bottle (the more you have squeezed the bottle), the more suction there will be on your skin. This increased suction will lead to a faster forming and more intense looking hickey.
Since mouths have more of an oval shape, widening the hickey will make the look of the hickey more realistic.
If you decide to make your hickey on your neck, consider making the hickey on the sides of the neck. Avoid making a hickey in the center of your neck, near your throat, or the area underneath your chin.
Use a small makeup brush to apply the eye shadow. Keep in mind, if you have a darker skin tone, you might need to use the darker eye shadow colors more heavily in order to have the hickey mark show up. [2] X Research source
Be sure you don’t add too much color to the brush. You need to build up the color for the hickey slowly and gradually.
When in doubt, use less of the darker eye shadow colors. You can also add more, but it’s harder to take off the color once it’s added.
Since the hickey should already be taking form when you add the blue, you don’t need that much blue makeup. Consider tapping the brush on the side of your finger or the edge of a surface to knock off any excess blue shadow.
Grease paints are an other option, but they have a tendency to not last as long and melt a bit, due to body heat. [7] X Research source
This small pool of alcohol will be what you dip your applicator sponges in to moisten them, activating the paint.
Be sure to stand in front of a mirror as you get ready to create your hickey.
Stipple the coloring as much as you can. The stippled look will make the hickey look natural and authentic.
To help blend the colors together, you can tap the sponge into the alcohol, tap a paper towel to remove excess alcohol, and dab the hickey, allowing the colors to blend into each other. [11] X Research source
