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Summary: Cover unwanted under eye circles with concealer. Learn how to apply concealer around the eyes in this free video clip from a professional makeup artist.
Kate Shepherd is a Seattle based makeup artist. She works on local runway shows and photo shoots, but she also does makeup for news channels including CNN, FOX, and MSNBC. Kate's...read more
"And I'm now going to add some concealer to Sherry, along with a synthetic fiber concealer brush. Alright, so I'm going to use my concealer brush and start to blend in the concealer on Sherry right on the inner corner first, because this is where she's the darkest. And you'll notice I'm just tapping it right in to her skin. And it automatically just brightens up that area. So, you just want to tap it in, and you can even follow up just to make sure it totally blends in to the bridge of her nose, and even up a little bit, right underneath her brow, just so it's totally seamless. So, now you can see that she's pretty bright on the inner corner there, so now we're only going to add concealer where she's dark. So, just right underneath the eye, we're going to grab a little bit more, and we're going to start to tap it right in. Concealer, you don't need to put it all over the place, really only where you have discoloration. And my personal opinion, I think that you should match your concealer perfectly to your skin tone. Some people will say it should be a half shad lighter, or should be a full shade lighter, and you know, it's just my personal opinion that it should be perfectly matched to your skin. This one is perfectly matched to Sherry, and you can see how seamless it is. If we want it even lighter than this, it would almost look ashy, which means it's too light, it would look gray almost. And if we went too dark, it would tend to look more orange, which is an indicator that it's too dark. So, if you just stay in that easy medium and match it perfectly to her skin, you can't go wrong. I'm also going to do, turn over this way, a little concealer anywhere that she has a little redness, so right around her nose. And of course, any blemishes, you just want to take a little bit of this concealer and dot it right over the top, so it covers that up."
eHow Article: Applying Concealer to Eyes