A method for coating a skin blemish (10) such that the coated blemish visually blends into the surrounding skin (12) comprises measuring at least one colour property of the skin blemish (10) and measuring at least one colour property of the surrounding skin (12), suitably by using a spectrophotometer. From the measured properties, a coating composition having a compensatory colour is determined. When the skin blemish (10) is coated with the coating composition, the blemish (10) blends into the surrounding skin (12). The coating composition is not of identical colour to the surrounding skin (12) and the coating composition has a degree of translucency. The coated skin has a very natural look.
