Concealers: How To Choose The Best One

by Colette Bouchez
for CountryDutchess.com

For the most natural looking concealer coverage, make up guru Michael Maron says don't opt for a lighter color - instead match your skin tone or go a shade or two darker. The reason? First, a lighter color concealer will bring attention to the very area you want to conceal. But more important, says Maron, if you have puffiness under the eyes ( and who among us doesn't:) then the lighter concealer will bring that puffiness forward and increase it.

If you also have that "tear trough" - you know that indentation that runs from the inside corner of the eye to the top of the cheekbone - it will look darker and deeper if you accentuate the puffiness with a light or white concealer.

By going a bit darker on the puffy area, and lighter in the "tear trough" crease, you'll have a more balanced look to the under eye area, while still concealing your dark shadows and other imperfections.

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