Under eye concealing is a serious business for me. Being unfortunate enough to suffer the plague of dark circles for as long as I can remember, over the years I’ve come to learn a few tricks of the trade to deal with my predicament. Obviously good concealer is ‘key’ and I normally have a separate concealer I use for under eye, which is different from the regular concealer I use for blemishes. I find that most blemish concealer tend to be too thick and too cakey and that is something you want to avoid using around your eye areas because it’s prone to creasing and settling into any fine lines or wrinkles you may not even know you have. It’s important to find a concealer that is lightweight but at the same time has high coverage and the two I’m currently obsessed with are Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer and Maybelline Instant Anti-Age Eraser Eye Concealer. The Urban Decay concealer is a recent discovery and has since become my new favourite because I just absolutely adore its amazing formula and texture. The formula sits between other two concealers that I also love ; NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer and Origins Plantscription Concealer. It gives very good coverage like the NARS concealer but yet very lightweight and easy to glide on and blend like the Origins Plantscription concealer. So it’s basically the best of both worlds and I haven’t come across any other concealers with such a genius formula. I use the Urban Decay concealer first to cover my dark circles and then use my MAC 188 duo fibre brush to blend. MAC 188 is another one of my recent discovery and it’s turned out to be one of the best under eye blending brushes. It has duo fibre bristles, which means it gives a seamless blend without tugging or dragging the delicate skin under your eyes and it’s a perfect size to sweep around your eye areas.
Next I use the Maybelline Anti-Age Eraser concealer to brighten my under eye areas and just make them look more fresh and awake. This is another genius, game changing product that I am just obsessed with. It has a sponge applicator, which absorbs the product when you twist it from the tube, and it’s this sponge applicator that allows you to blend the concealer as you apply, which means you will never get too much product on and it already does half of the blending job for you. It gives a surprisingly high coverage but yet it feels light and creamy and blends like a dream. I tend to use my Real Technique Setting brush to just pad everything down again to make sure all is seamlessly blended.
Do you have any tips or staple products to banish those annoying dark circles?
