It is very important to understand how to properly use concealer, otherwise, instead of disguising imperfections, you will only emphasize them.
How to choose a concealer
In any cosmetic shop you can easily find many different concealers, differing in texture, color and shape, for example, concealer in the form of cream, powder, stick, etc. The choice of this or that concealer depends on the type of your skin and the shortcomings that you want to hide. So, if you become the owner of dry skin, give your preference to the moisturizer of the cream texture cream. If you have oily skin, choose a concealer in the form of a powder or stick, so on your skin will not appear a greasy shine longer. Girls with sensitive skin should pay their attention to concealers marked "for sensitive skin" or "hypoallergenic". If your skin is prone to clogging pores, choose water-based concealers marked "oil free". In order not to be mistaken with the tone of the controller, try it on your face right in the store.
How to apply concealer
Before using the concealer carefully cleanse your skin with a moisturizer. Wait a few minutes for the cream to soak. If you use a liquid foundation in your makeup, apply before using concealer. If you use powder, then first apply concealer, and then powder. Applying a tonal base on the concealer, try to apply it as gently as possible, minimally stretch the skin, otherwise you will blur the concealer and negate its masking effect.
You can apply the concealer with your fingers, brush or sponge - it all depends on your personal preferences. However, if your concealer does not have an applicator, and your fingers need to be lowered directly into the product itself, chances are that you will carry the bacteria in there. To avoid this, get a small flat synthetic brush and use it when applying concealer. Ideal option is the application of the concealer with a brush, followed by shading with warm fingers. If the masking effect after using the concealer has not turned out to be enough, you can apply it even in one layer.
Do not use a concealer to mask fresh wounds and abrasions, this can lead to inflammation.
Disguising Disadvantages
- To give the look a fresh and rested look, put a few concealer on the inner corner of the eye. Use a concealer that is close in tone to the color of your skin, or one shade lighter than it.
- To hide black circles and wrinkles under the eyes, distribute a little conceivable shade over the lower eyelid and carefully blend it. Be careful, put the concealer in close proximity to the lower ciliated edge, otherwise you risk getting the effect of "tired eyes".
- To hide fatigue and illuminate the face, apply a few concealer on the region-wide folds. To work with this area, choose a concealer that is two tone lighter than the one you used under the eyes.
- Disguise the chasers and redness on the skin can be consileregreen, blue or pale purple. Apply the product directly to the pimple itself and gently shade it.
- A light concealer will help to hide the wrinkles. To do this, apply a little product to a thin brush and fill it with a wrinkle. Then wait a few minutes until the concealer is dry, and without shading it, apply a tonal base.
- In order to increase your eyes and make your eyes brighter, apply a light lighter to the eyebrow and the inner corner of the eye. Avoid this technique if you have a mature skin with a lot of fine wrinkles. In this case, cover all the upper eyelid with shadows in the skin tone or powder this area, and then continue the conceived make-up.
- Apply a light concealer over the lip contour. This technique visually enlarges the lips will prevent the spreading of lipstick.
- In order to increase the forehead, distribute the light concealer along the hair growth line.
- To highlight and emphasize the cheekbones, you can mix a dark color concealer with a moisturizer. Draw a line along the zygomatic bone from the temples: from the temples, to the cheeks' cheeks, thoroughly blend.
- He emphasized his face and concealed his double chin by distributing the concealer of the darker shade along the line of his chin and shading it towards the neck.
- In a similar way, you can visually reduce the nose, just apply a little dark coupler on the side walls of the nose, thus the darkened area, as if "leaving the shadow," and the nose seems smaller.