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Blender Magazine; September 2001
By: Willa Ford
Useful Tips From The Stars
'How To Remove A Hickey'
Step One
APPLY ICE
Put something cold on the hickey, a compress or ice, to keep it from spreading. My ex-boyfriend once gave me a hickey on my nose. It lasted a whole week. My mom was sooooo mad! But, I gave him back a hickey on the chin, which is actually a great sucking place. Hickeys on the neck are cheesy. If I'm going to tag someone, I'm going to leave my mark. I think the stomach would be kind of hot.
Step Two
ADD MOIST HEAT
If the hickey still has swelling around it after a couple days, well, first of all, that's awesome. You've given a serious hickey, and I want to shake your hard. But, you should apply moist heat, which sweeps away the blood vessels faster. My girl friend once tried to comb her hickey. I've actually tried putting a penny on the hickey, but it didn't work.
Step Three:
ADD CONCEALER
Apply concealer to the hickey. Use a powder over the concealer, but make sure that you blend, because if you don't, you're just going to draw more attention to the hickey.
Step Four
ACCESSORIZE
If all else fails, you should embrace the hickey. Accessorize the hickey. Accept it, and go around proud to say, "This is my hickey." But, I guess you could use a turtleneck or a scarf to cover it up if you don't want anyone to see it.
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