Goodby Panda Eyes: 10 Effective concealers to banish dark circles
Make hiding those pesky dark circles under your eyes a cinch with the right concealer.
Dark eye circles are caused by a variety of reasons ranging from genetics and environmental factors to lifestyle choices. While we can control and change our diet and sleeping patterns, genetics is a rather tricky cause to deal with since it has to do with inheritance. Nevertheless, there are always preventive measures you can put in place to avoid making those dark eye circles any worse.
While you are preventing it on a daily basis with eye creams and serums, results take time to show and certain levels of darkness can peak through, especially when using makeup. This results in your makeup looking ashy and dull. The trick to overcoming this woe is to make use of a concealer that has amazing coverage but is still thin enough in consistency. The area around your eye is very delicate and adding too much of product can result in fine lines and the darkness looking more obvious.
When choosing a formula, opt for a concealer which has serum-like properties for drier skin types and a cream based concealer for oily skin types. When applying concealer, start off by marking 3 dots along your under eye area. Once you have applied a desired amount of product, blend inward followed by outward motions. This helps to blend the concealer and ensure that the product is evenly distributed. Allow the first layer to become tacky before applying another layer if needed.
It is absolutely important to set your concealer, especially in humid weather. Use a light translucent powder to set your work in place. If you are looking to add a new concealer to your stash to cover those dark circles under your eyes, head over to the gallery above for a round-up of 10 amazing concealers to choose from.
Perin Sidhu
