This question came to me from my dear mom who wants to know what she can do about the circles she gets under her eyes. I know, I know, look at me selling out my mom online but really, it's not news. We all get them! Me included! Sometimes they are caused by lack of sleep, or lack of iron and even sometimes by leaving our make up on over night.
If you experience dark circles on an every day basis, it may be time to look into your diet to make sure you are getting enough iron or even your sleeping habits.
If it's a random occurrence, there is a quick solution to covering it up. I'm going to re-introduce the practice of using the colour wheel to be able to neutralize the dark circles.
Just like the green is opposite of the red, the purple is opposite of the yellow. The shade under your eyes is actually purple, so by that logic you will use yellow corrective concealer.
It's so so so important to make sure when you do cover them up that you only cover up the deepest part of the crease. Below you will see the areas the corrective concealer should go in.
If you end up going over, you end up putting it on top of the skin that is a normal shade and get the dreaded raccoon eye look. You know the one I'm talking about! In example here is a picture of Eva Longoria, who is undoubtedly beautiful but had an unfortunate run in with too much under eye corrective concealer. The flash of any camera will pick this up and amplify it.
It's also important to apply a thin layer only because you don't want the depth to disappear completely. You want some contour to the space under your eyes.
You can pick up a yellow corrective concealer at any store that sells cosmetics. WalMart, Shoppers Drugmart, etc.
Stay tuned!
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