[Love Souljah]

FOUND IT! Dermablend cream concealer (the one that comes in the little pot). Takes almost all the darkness away...
Too bad it's so expensive. Maybe I can find it online for cheaper.

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I have hereditary dark circles and no matter what I do, I can't cover them!
I always moisturize before I apply anything to my face. I have tried yellow concealers, nude concealers, salmon concealers, concealers lighter than my skin tone, concealers darker than my skin tone, cream concealers, liquid concealers...
I've even tried applying all of those with sponges, brushes, and my ring finger.

The outcomes:
- Yellow makes my undereyes look ashy
- Salmon doesn't show up
- Nude lightens them, but they still show through

- Sometimes the concealer crumbles up against my skin
- Sometimes it gets absorbed

Most of the time I look tired as heck even with gobs of concealer on.
On top of the color problem, they are sort of sunken. What I mean is, the undereye part is sunken, nothing else. I also have premature wrinkling in my undereye area (and I'm only 21).

HELP??? ): ): ):
Everyone is always asking my why I'm tired, and I'm not!!!

[Arielle123]

2 suggestions that have worked for me (and my circles are pretty bad). Yellow concealer plus a concealer a little lighter than your skin tone on top of it. I use mineral makeup when I use this combination. Or have you tried prescriptives camoflauge cream concealer? I just got it and I love it! A good moisurizing eye cream might help too with the application of concealers. Hope that you can find something that works for you - it's such a pain!

Oh and less is more with concealers. Gobs doesn't always help

[Love Souljah]

I have tried two Prescriptives concealers...the one in the pot and the one in the tube. Same thing happened. If I try to use yellow concealer underneath anything, my undereyes dry up.

Like I said, I moisturize. I forgot to mention that I usually get a drying effect if I use a stick concealer.

[Arielle123]

I'm sorry, that's worked for me. If you're having a problem with drying up maybe you need something even more moisturizing? A primer? Stick concealers are creamy and shouldn't be drying I don't think.

Good luck - I sympathize!

[internetchick]

What brands of salmon concealer have you used? I have very difficult to cover under eyes, and am having great success with salmon concealers instead of yellow. I just picked up a new concealer that I am going to try out today. If you see my picture in the regular makeup forum you will see that layering salmon with neutral had good success(I used L'Oréal), though my only disappointment was that it didn't last all day. I get longer wear with stick versus liquid. You may need to mix colors if you are having that much trouble.

[Love Souljah]

Your skin looks pretty similar to mine (except mine is more yellow). Do you have heavy red circles? I will try layering the salmon.

[-Liz-]

Layer layer layer. It's what works on me and i have very dark cirles. Depending on the color i either use a peach or yellow concealor, (m.a.c's Select coverup is my fav because its builldable and it dries so it doesnt crease) then you put your skin color concealor on top and then foundation if you wear it. I also find that putting a primer after eye cream hepls TONS!! And dont forget, you will ALWAYS see the circles, even if noone else does. And, yes, less if more!

[Love Souljah]

Tried something new yesterday. I used a Maybelline undereye highlighter and it seemed to help more than anything else. It's the one that is double-ended...I think it's the Age Perfect one? Anyhow, I used the highlighter and layered a liquid concealer on top. The circles are still pretty bad, but it helped a little and didn't look ridiculous.

[Adrienne]

I keep hearing bobbi's browns correctors get huge raves. at a bit pricey (20 bucks) but it might be worth it if you give it does what everyone else says it does

[Love Souljah]

Yeah, I've seen 28375615 threads about the Bobbi Brown concealers...
I am a little weary of buying online, though. Shouldn't it be super hard to match the color because of discrepancies between monitors and whatnot?