Dark Circles Take Two: One Great Concealer

After I posted my recent blog about Mary Kay’s amazing under eye serum that has, if not eradicated my dark circles, then certainly reduced them, the feeling that I had left something out continued to nag me. In the middle of the night, I woke up and suddenly remembered my conversation with my frenemy about my dark cirlces in greater detail.

After I explained to her, in a slightly snippy manner, that I’d tried all kinds of remedies for dark circles, she knit her brows together and suggested that I perhaps try some concealer then. As if I’d never thought of that. At that point, I became annoyed, and rather tartly told her that because of the sensitive nature of under eye skin, concealer often cakes on and is obvious - hence concealing nothing. (It was a bit of a hint to her, I admit it). And, yes, I informed her, I had tried many concealers. No wonder we don’t have brunch any more.

Anyway, this reminded me of something else. About two months ago, I lost my somewhat expensive, and oh so fabulous Laura Mercier concealer, and still have not replaced it. If said frenemy is reading this, I suggest she look into the Laura Mercier concealer, which is the only concealer I have found that doesn’t look cakey under the eyes. I also think it has helped me with my ongoing battled against mascara flakiness. But anyway, it hit me that I still haven’t replaced the concealer. BECAUSE MY DARK CIRCLES ARE. . .NOT SO DARK. Further proof that the Mary Kay eye serum is in fact, working.

But, the Laura Mercier concealer is seriously great. It’s creamy, glides on, and provides amazing coverage, while still managing to be fairly lightweight - but it's also easy to layer it up. I recommend applying it with a brush - I happen to like a big foundation brush best for under the eyes. And – here’s a fun tip taught to me by a make up artist from a rival company – if you lightly apply it to your eye lid before applying eye liner or eye shadow, said eye liner/eye shadow will stay put longer, and will not smudge. This is especially useful for those girls who, like me, have greasy eye lids. Works better than any eye primer I’ve tried. My eye liner stays put when I use it - even in the oppressive mugginess of a New York City summer. I may go buy some now, just for that purpose.