Oh my gosh, were you punched in the face? Are you tired? Are you
feeling okay? These are all questions I hear on a daily basis because of
my ridiculously dark undereye dark circles. You'd think it would be
against basic social etiquette to ask someone whether they've been
punched in the face, but I digress. I've written multiple times before
about how I'm constantly trying to cover up my dark circles, and how
they're the plague of my existence. I never would have thought I'd put a
picture out on the big bad Internet of one of my biggest insecurities,
but I finally just decided to say screw it. This is the face I wake up
with in the morning, and if I'm going to be posting pictures of myself
on here I should probably have one of myself naturally, flaws and all.
Anyways, back to the concealer. Recently I've kind of come to terms with the fact that my dark circles
will never be 100% concealed, so I'd rather cover them up a little and
look natural than try and cake on a full-coverage concealer and still
have them peaking through.
I took a before
and after picture above, and as you can see my dark circles are
definitely on the extreme side of things. Oddly enough, while my
undereyes are definitely dark they also have some serious redness.
Because of this, while trying to bring some light to the area I also
want to cancel out some of the redness. So first I start with an eye
cream, which is a very important step. Recently I've been using the Origins Dr. Weil Mega
which provides a great base and hydration to the delicate skin under
eyes. It's supposed to also have some brightening qualities, which I
really can't speak to, but I think it does the job of an eye cream well.
Next up, I use It Cosmetics Bye Bye Redness,
which has been a much-hyped makeup product in the blogosphere. While
most people use it for a foundation base, I find that a light layer of
it completely cancels out the redness around my eyes and create a more
skin colored based to put concealer on top of. This product is highly
pigmented, so for me it's really heavy to use all over my face. I will
say though that anyone who suffers with rosacea or redness should really
look into this product, because it is a miracle worker at completely
cancelling out any and all redness.
Finally, I
use my Clarins Instant Concealer duo, which I wrote about in my post
earlier. Shade 02 works to correct some darkness, while shade 01
brightens everything up. After this I do the rest of my eye makeup and
voila! You can 100% still see some darkness peaking through but it's a
far cry from what it looked like originally. I'll try and do more posts
on other concealer options, but thought I'd start out with what I'm
using in my routine right now.
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