Hey, guys! Welcome back to Talk Fabulous!
Color correct, color correct, color correct! When it comes to hiding those dark under eye circles, it seems that’s all you hear about. While that may help some people, it’s not the end all be all cure. Color correcting doesn’t really help me, which was so frustrating until I found out why.
A couple of months ago, I was perusing through beauty videos on YouTube when I stumbled across a Sephora video called How to: Cover Under Eye Circles. Instantly, I was intrigued and hit the play button. Here I learned some people have shadows under their eyes and no amount of color correcting is going to fix that. Cool, so it’s not just me. That’s a relief! Now, how do I fix the shadows? The video goes on to explain how to do just that. While I’ll do my best to explain the techniques described in the video here, I would encourage you to go watch said video. There’s just no substitiute for seeing how to do something. Afterall, we are a monkey see, monkey do people, amiright?
Bascially, you start the concealing process by applying a concealer under your eyes in a triangle shape. For this part, I use the Maybelliene Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Concealer + Treatment concealer. It’s one of my all-time favorite concealers! Be sure to blend, blend, blend! I usually use my finger but you could use a small brush or sponge just as easily.
The second step is where we conceal the shadow. For this I use the Maybelliene Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer in Light. It’s important to use a color that’s a shade lighter than your skin tone. This will help bounce the light off your under eye in a way that will give the illusion of smoothness. No shadows here! You want to apply the concealer just along the outside of the shadow. For my eye shape, this follows along just above my eye socket bone, if that makes sense. I start at the inner corner and follow that line to the outer corner. Next, I take a small concealer brush and blend in place and slightly downward. Never blend up as you will lose the illusion we’re trying so hard to create. I promise this will make more sense in the video. Even after watching the video, this technique takes some practice. If you’re a natural born artist, this might come easier for you. For me, though, I can barely draw stick people so creating this illusion on my eye was more challenging. After practicing, it becomes easier and easier.
There you have it! Now you know all the secrets of flawless undereyes! Go share them with your besties!
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