Adventures in Makeup

I have very dark under eye circles. Like, very dark. A lady at a makeup counter the other day actually said, "You have gorgeous eyes, too bad about those circles." So, yeah, it's a problem. Over the years I've tried every eye cream and concealer ever made. Nothing really worked out.

But I did hear from a few makeup artists about how just a concealer on a dark circle isn't enough and will just look grey (yup, it does). So to warm up the area first, they recommend using a red lipstick and then putting concealer over it. This sounded rather bizarre and I didn't ever try it. I was too worried I might wipe my eye and have a big streak of red show through. But a few days ago, frustrated by the circles that won't quit, I thought, why not.

So I put on a red lipstick (under my eyes, not on my lips)

MAC Viva Glam Lipstick, $14

Then covered with a concealer

Yves Saint Laurent Concealer, $33

And set with my very favorite powder

Givenchy Loose Powder, $63

And voila!.... I don't actually see a difference. My shade of red isn't a very good one, though, maybe that's it. I think I need to go shopping. And maybe I should do an eye comparison and just do concealer on one eye and lipstick+concealer on the other eye and have a panel judge the difference.... I might actually do that this weekend.

Moral of the story - have fun with makeup and try new things. You won't know if it works unless you try it.