![]() ![]() Place a brightening concealer on the bridge of your nose, forehead, chin, outer corners of your eyes, and beneath the hollows of the cheekbones to “cheat great lighting and add a lifted look,” Tilbury says. “For brightening the face, I always use a concealer that is one or two shades lighter than the natural skin tone to color-correct and illuminate the skin,” celebrity makeup artist Sofia Tilbury explains. “When you swipe your concealer, give it about five minutes to dry down, because some concealers might change color,” he adds.įinding your ideal concealer also comes down to what you are using the product for. When determining your perfect concealer shade, Oquendo recommends swatching a few different shades against your jawline and picking the one that disappears. The drugstore aisle has a wide array that fit individual preferences.” “Some people like full coverage some prefer a more lightweight, sheer concealer and others like concealer with added benefits like acne medication. “Buying a concealer is a very personal choice,” celebrity makeup artist Vincent Oquendo tells. That’s when the right concealer comes in handy. Plus I can feel more liberal in applying the stuff - I can purchase seven of them for the price of one Clé de Peau.We’ve all been there: You wake up to an unexpected breakout or sunken-in dark circles after a late night, and panic mode starts to set in. My dark circles don’t creep through midday, and if I ever need a rare quick touch-up, it’s just a refresher I’m not starting over as if I never applied anything to begin with. She and I have bonded over this concealer it cleans up our complexions and wakes up our eyes. Because of the price, she even buys multiples in different shades for different seasons, like when she’s come back tan from a trip home to Hawaii. My sister’s fiancée describes herself as mixed-race (half-white, one-quarter black, and one-quarter Japanese) and typically has to combine different colors to get the proper look, but she says Maybelline is the first where she has found her color right away. I have cool undertones, so many concealers look too yellow on my skin, yet I can easily find my correct match with this concealer. ![]() I’m not sure if I’ve noticed any permanent changes in this regard (although my eyes seem not to look so heavy even after I take it off). What’s especially impressive about the Maybelline, though, is its range of 18 different shades - admittedly not as vast as the 40-plus options you get from the Fenty line, but still much more than the mere six different color tones you get from Clé. But it is considered a “treatment” concealer, infused with an ingredient called Haloxyl that is said to rid the skin of the colored pigments that make for dark circles. It’s definitely not as thick as other beloved concealers (you couldn’t squeeze Clé de Peau through a sponge), but I don’t mind because it does the job, possibly even better. Unlike Clé de Peau, where it takes a bit more finagling (or a brush) to apply exactly where I want it, the Maybelline sponge easily follows the contour of my under-eye. Pressing it directly under my downturned eyes, the little round applicator bounces seamlessly across my pale complexion. It caught my attention mostly because of the sponge. But the only one I would actually buy for myself is Maybelline’s Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment Concealer. ![]() More options slid across my desk: NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer, Tarte Shape Tape, Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Concealer. The twist-up tube applies smoothly with or without a brush (I’m partial to blending with my fingers) and melts into my skin. After seeing the $70 price tag, I felt especially lucky that, thanks to the magazine-world gods, I was able to try it for free. When I started working in magazines, everyone advised me to try Clé de Peau because it’s the “holy grail” of concealers. No matter how much sleep I get or what top-of-the-line eye cream I try, I always wake up with heavy purple under-eye circles that seem impossible to hide. ![]() Photo: The writer wearing her Maybelline concealer ![]()
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