(And if they compliment you on your shoes, compliment theirs right back. ![]() (She sends a shoutout to the Nars and Makeup Forever folks.) If your best option is a department store, try to go when it’s quiet so you have a specialist’s complete attention. You’ll have more success if you work with a product specialist from a brand who can guide you on choosing the right color for your undertones. It will stay put longer, but concealer usually needs to be touched up during the day.īarbara emphasizes that these are not products to buy online. You may want to add a bit of translucent powder on top to set it. Barbara recommends the Nars Soft Matte Complete Concealer because of its workable texture or its Radiant Creamy Concealer for a lighter texture. Your best shade may actually be a bit darker than your foundation or your skin color. Makeup artist Rose-Marie Swift adds, “Don’t apply concealer across the whole under-eye area, which just makes it a different color rather than camouflaging the shadows.” For concealing: Resist the urge to use a light shade, since it’s likely to look gray, Barbara advises. Then, add the concealer on top, blending it past where the corrector is to blur the edges. ![]() Her personal favorite is the Nars Radiant Creamy Color Corrector. Don’t worry about using the perfect amount it’s better to start with more than you need and blend it in.įor correcting, if you prefer something lightweight, Barbara recommends YSL Touche Éclat All-Over Brightening Concealer Pen, great for quick and easy coverage. ![]() (I just use a regular moisturizer around my eyes.) Then, with a concealer brush (Barbara’s favorite: Bobbi Brown Concealer Blending Brush), apply the corrector to the darkest areas only and pat it with your fingertips to blend. Barbara loves Natura Bissé Essential Shock Intense Eye and Lip Cream under concealer because it’s rich but not oily or heavy. Correctors typically have peachy/coral/melon tones (some even leaning toward orange) depending on your skin tone, which is terrific if you have very dark circles because those shades counteract purply-blue and reddish-brownish under-eye darkness without turning gray.Īs for technique, apply eye cream if you use one. It’s a bit of a mix-and-match, so you may end up with a corrector from one brand and a concealer from another.įortunately, many brands offer under-eye correctors that enable you to be more precise with your concealing, said Barbara. Barbara notes you might have to shop around to find a corrector/concealer texture/shade combination that does the job without being obvious. And it might be how you’re unwittingly exacerbating the issue. But a color corrector can help.” Did you know this? I didn’t. “When you try to hide the situation with a regular under-eye concealer that matches the rest of your skin, the effect often looks grayish. I hasten to add that following these directions probably won’t bring you joy - but will likely make you happier, temporarily, with what you see in the mirror.įirst, veteran makeup artist Barbara Stone, who did my makeup for many beauty events, offers support: “Under-eye darkness paired with loss of volume is the bane of so many women’s appearance issues!” she said. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is one.īut if you’re willing to spend a little time (and a little but not too much money) on finding the right products and learning how to apply them, you can diminish the hollow-eyed look. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.A: I spoke to two makeup artists about this issue because I was looking for an easy answer. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. ![]() We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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