A flawless skin tone is the foundation of perfect makeup. But what if your skin is far from perfect? Pigment spots, dark circles under the eyes, redness and rashes in a normal tone or powder can not be masked. In this case, it is useful to have a concealer for the face in your cosmetics bag (a masking pencil) and a palette with color correctors. Both products are designed to mask skin defects, but the principle of their use is somewhat different. The corrector corrects skin tone due to the visual effect of color neutralization. A green hue is designed to mask redness, yellow hides a blue tone.
Concealer for the face has a denser consistency, so it masks obvious skin defects much better than foundation. As a rule, the shade of the concealer is selected in the color of powder or foundation, or a little lighter.
The main cosmetic problem of most women, regardless of age, are dark circles under the eyes. They make the face look tired and haggard. Had this happened a few hundred years ago, such a lady would have been considered beautiful. After all, there were times when pallor and shadows under the eyes were considered a sign of special spirituality. The young women drank vinegar, hid from the sun and painted blue veins on their skin. But today, the ideals of female attractiveness have changed. Healthy, radiant, youthful skin with even blush is in fashion. Bags under the eyes in modern canons do not fit in any way. Therefore, ladies prefer to mask this small defect with cosmetics. But in order to achieve the desired effect and make the face more attractive, rested and fresh, it is important to be able to use cosmetics correctly.
In the eye area, you must use specially designed concealers. The shade of the masking pencil is selected depending on the skin tone. If you do not want to become like a panda, discard too light shades. Even if you are used to using a very light tone with a pinkish tint, it is better to choose a peach color concealer.
The concealer can be used not only for masking, but also as a basis for eye shadow, so that the makeup holds better.
Apply concealer under the eyes with extreme caution, especially in the presence of fine wrinkles and crow's feet. Too thick a layer of masking cream for this part of the face is not suitable. All excess will be collected in the skin folds, only exacerbating the problem.
You do not need to smear the corrector, so you stretch the delicate skin around the eyes. Better to gently beat it with your fingertips and blot the excess.
Many makeup artists advise using an eye cream before applying the concealer so as not to dry the skin. But this issue is best addressed individually. Believe me, nothing bad will happen if you do not. It is much worse if several layers of “plaster” applied according to all the rules begin to slide off the face at the most inopportune moment.
The usual concealer for masking dark circles and bags under the eyes is completely unsuitable, but the concealer for the face can be replaced with an eye cream with a tonal effect. Similar products today produce many cosmetic companies. Pay attention to the products "Garnier", "Olay" or "Nivea". Of course, such a product will not hide serious problems, but it will hide the light shadows under the eyes or redness quite successfully.
A pimple that suddenly jumped up on his face is, of course, not a universal tragedy, but before a business meeting or a romantic date, such a decoration on his face is completely inappropriate. But here, too, a small assistant from a cosmetic bag comes to the rescue. A special acne concealer containing salicylic acid will not only mask, but also dry out the rashes. But in order to mask the redness, before applying the concealer, smear the pimple with a very thin layer of a corrector of a greenish tint.
Freckles or pigment spots can be masked with a dry dense concealer, applied under a tonal foundation or powder. Here you can recommend the concealer from "Oriflame" with the content of minerals. Please note that this product is used only to mask problem areas, but not for the entire face.
Today, manufacturers offer a huge selection of a wide variety of concealers. How to understand these tubes and jars, to choose among them what is really necessary?
Of course, you need to choose a concealer for the face depending on the type of your skin and in full accordance with the tasks for which it is intended. There are funds, so to speak, narrowly targeted. For example, a concealer for masking pimples and rashes. For example, an Avon product contains antibacterial supplements such as tea tree oil and salicylic acid.
The concealer for the area around the eyes has a light, airy structure and additionally cares for the skin of the eyelids. There are universal products, with which you can hide age spots, freckles, spider veins. They have a denser texture. Such products are released, as a rule, in the form of a stick or tube with an applicator (for example, Giordani Gold from Oriflame).
Masking pencils are available in any cosmetic line, from the French "Yves Saint Laurent" to the Russian "Art Visage". An expensive product does not mean the best, the main thing is that the concealer is right for you.