Thursday, April 16, 2009

Makeup Tip 3

Model look from Estee Lauder


Smoothing Creme Concealer from Estee Lauder


This is a simple yet magical makeup tip. Magical in the sense that it is instantaneous, et voila la difference. Notice the eyes of the model above are tilted upwards? Aside from the perfect eye line, mascara and eye shadow, the lifting effect could be achieved by dotting concealer on the outer corner of the eyes.

When we think of concealers, we usually use it for covering blemishes on our skin. Our focus is almost always covering the eye bags and the dark circles, which are the most obvious spots. One place we miss though, are the outer corner of our eyes. The part that is closest to the rim of our eyes bordering our eye lashes.

If you look closely in the mirror, the rims of the outer corner of our eyes have the same shade or in a more terrible scenario, a darker shade than the dark circle. This is the most often missed spot but the most important one for an instant brightening and lifting effect on our eyes.

The rationale behind it is, even if we have sucessfully covered the eye bags and dark circles, our eyes are only san bags and circles. If you look closely in the mirror again, the eyes still lack that luminous look. This is when the magic takes place. Take a tiny dot of concealer and dab it evenly on the rim of the outer corner of your eyes. Now compare the one eye you have dabbed on the concealer and the other eye you haven't.

See the difference? An instant lifting effect! If you are lazy and don't want to put eye line or any makeup, this is the best you could go san makeup, but still have luminous and not drooping eyes. Now get your wand and do some magic!!

(Photos: www.esteelauder.com)

3 comments:

pascale said...

wow~ great tip again!!

is this concealer from guerlan for the corner of the eye then?
or concealer for all those places we need to dab this on?

bonnie said...

This concealer is from estee lauder. It's creamy but yet fluid enough to apply it evenly. You can use it for the whole face.
The other trick to applying concealers is squeeze it onto the back of your hand first, rub it a little so that it evens out a bit, then dab it on. It's less thick and paste-like this way. :)

pascale said...

oh wow~ okay got that all in my brain memo (hope it lasts).

Thanks!

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