About Veil Cover Cream

1949 - Company formed by Mr Thomas Blake in London 

1952 - The concept of skin camouflage developed during the Second World War when plastic surgeons associated with the British Royal Air Force (RAF) began searching for durable skin-coloured preparations to help conceal burn scars. Sir Archibald McIndoe, a plastic surgery consultant to the RAF, established a patient support group - the "Guinea pig club," members of which were the first to try camouflage creams prepared by Mr Thomas Blake, a chemist from the company Veil Cover Cream. Initially 3 colours were developed Light Medium & Dark (Today Dark is relatively light tone which is an illustration of our changing skin tones)

1954 - Another pioneer in the area of skin camouflage was Joyce Allsworth who also started work in the field of skin camouflage during the post World War II period. She went on to establish the British Association of Skin Camouflage (BASC) practitioners and persuaded Mr Thomas Blake to introduce more colours into the Veil range

1957 - In recognition of the importance of skin camouflage the British Red Cross offered a skin camouflage service which was to remain in place until it transferred to the charity Changing Faces in 2011

1968 - Mr Martyn Lewis an entrepreneur acquires Thomas Blake Cosmetics Creams and introduces many more Veil skin tone colours and finishing powders

1975 - Veil Cover Cream became available on prescription on the NHS

2007 - New Investors acquire Thomas Blake Cosmetic Creams and move its manufacturing, packaging and distribution operations into a purpose built facility inside a Pharmaceuticals company at County Durham.

2019 - Veil ® Cover Cream introduce a range of skin care products to complement its skin camouflage creams/powders to enable customers to treat and cover their skin conditions.

2020 - Rae Denman expert in medical makeup, medical tattooing and skin camouflage assists Veil ® Cover Cream with non-European skin tones.