How to Hide Puffiness With Makeup

Makeup can make your puffy eyes less noticeable.

Puffiness around the eyes is often caused by allergies, lack of sleep and fluid retention. Puffiness can also be a result of genetics and can begin to appear with age. Whatever the reason is for the puffiness around your eyes, you don't want to go out in public without covering it up. By learning several makeup techniques, no one will even notice the puffiness around your eyes.

Things You'll Need

• Oil-free moisturizer
• Concealer
• Gold eyeshadow
• Black eyeliner
• Black mascara

Instructions

1. Wash your face. Dry your face carefully with a towel.

2. Apply an oil-free moisturizer to your skin. Allow the moisturizer to absorb in your skin for a couple of minutes.

3. Apply a concealer that is a shade lighter than your skin under your eyes. Gently pat the concealer in circular motions until it absorbs in your skin.

4. Divert attention away from your under-eye area. Apply a gold eyeshadow to your eyelids and line your upper lashes with a dark eyeliner. Finish your makeup off with a few coats of black mascara.

References

• Mayo Clinic: Bags Under eyes
• "Cosmopolitan"; You Look Tired; Andrea Lavinthal