There are several types of concealer. How to buy the one that suits you?

The nights are getting longer and longer, and the dark circles under my eyes are getting heavier. In order to avoid being regarded as a "national treasure", I have to buy concealer to cover the dark circles. Looking at the various styles of concealer, I don’t know which one to buy. How can I choose the one that suits me?

Generally, we use concealer, concealer cream, concealer pen, etc. to conceal blemishes. You can choose the corresponding product according to your preferences and requirements. Using concealer can make the face delicate and smooth, keep the whole face more delicate, and make the makeup last longer.

1. Choose a primer based on your skin tone

Makeup artist Hong Jiajun said that people with yellowish skin can choose a purple or pink primer, and people with reddish skin can choose a green primer. By using this principle of complementary colors, you can adjust your skin color to the most beautiful state.

2. Use pearlescent light to highlight the T-zone

There is no need to wait until the last step. When applying foundation, you can first bring out the three-dimensionality of your facial features to make your skin look most natural. Shu Uemura's public relations manager Zhang Fantian pointed out that using a primer or foundation with a tinting effect can help enhance skin brightness and give it the most natural transparency.

3. Darkness must be covered

Minor dark circles and dullness can be covered up with skin-colored concealer. Jia Jun believes that if your dark circles are severe, you should use an orange-colored concealer to cover them, otherwise there will still be some gray color left under the eye bags.

4. Don’t miss the sides of the nose

The sides of the nose and acne are both relatively reddish blemishes. If the skin color concealer alone cannot cover them, add a little green concealer! It can be used for base decoration, retouching and isolation. If base decoration is too complicated for you, a lazy way is to choose a concealer with pearlescent or retouching effects, so that you can reduce a makeup step, but the premise is that your skin color can't be too bad! Use complementary colors to make the base makeup no longer heavy. Sometimes, using the principle of complementary colors to apply the base, you will find that the blemishes on your face do not need to be covered as thick as a wall, and they are still natural and traceless. Create a natural and translucent nude skin. After the color is bright, the next step is to have a balanced and translucent skin texture. Use foundations with different textures to create the skin texture you need.

5. Balance and adjust skin color

The color of liquid foundation or cream foundation should be selected based on the color of your cheeks. After the color is determined, apply it evenly on your cheeks.

6. Modifying a small face starts with foundation

Jiajun teaches us the trick to have a small face. Choose a darker powder and draw a line on the places where you want to look thinner, such as the cheeks, forehead, and chin. Start your small face plan with the most basic foundation steps.

7. The foundation is lightly applied on the base, and the makeup is not thick

Don't let your makeup feel too heavy. After using liquid foundation, you can take a small amount of pressed powder and lightly pat the foundation on your face. This way, you won't feel that your makeup becomes very heavy and repulsive after applying the foundation.

8. Use a foundation brush to remove excess makeup

If you are not so good at patting, you can use a foundation brush to apply the foundation and brush away the excess powder on your face, and your transparent skin will gradually take shape. It is not difficult to fix your face with powder after finishing your makeup. The color of the powder will also affect the complexion of the whole face, so you have to try it on the counter to get the right color!

9. Just a little bit is enough

You don't need to apply a lot of powder, a little bit will be enough. Otherwise, the makeup on your face will become too thick, which defeats the purpose of trying to make the makeup look natural.

10. Brush from bottom to top to make the face look smaller

Use a dark-colored powder or earth-toned blush on your face, and then move the brush from bottom to top to make the facial lines feel lifted.

11. Move around your face

Makeup artist Hong Jiajun told us a little trick. If you use dark-colored powder or contouring to apply a circle on your face near the hairline, your face will immediately feel smaller. But be careful not to have a clear boundary, otherwise it will look funny.

12. Highlight to make the face more three-dimensional

BOBBI BROWN makeup artist Yang Zhonghao mentioned that the brightened areas are the raised areas on the face, because light colors have an expanding effect. When you put these colors on the already more raised areas, it will of course have a bonus effect.

Function 1: Use concealer to deal with more obvious wrinkles

There are some concealer products for fine lines on the face. Most of them have some photosensitive factors added to the products, which work by refracting light to lighten or even smooth out wrinkles.

Function 2: Use concealer to deal with acne scars or pits

Now many cosmetics brands have developed concealers for acne, which usually contain natural plant extracts to inhibit oil secretion and have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic ingredients.

Function 3: Use concealer to deal with spots or local darkness

Professional concealers are available in different shades and textures, such as orange, moon yellow and ivory. Professional makeup artists often use these brands of concealer products and like to use several colors in an alternating pattern. Many people are unsure about the order in which to use foundation and concealer. In fact, the more reasonable order is to apply concealer after foundation. The advantage of this is that the base color is already even, and you know exactly where to enhance the modification, so you can use a small amount and be precise!

How to apply: The concealer you choose should be one shade lighter than your foundation. Use your fingertips or a small concealer brush to apply an appropriate amount and lightly apply it to the spots until the concealer and foundation are evenly mixed.

Function 4: Use concealer to deal with dark circles

Before using a concealer pen to draw dark circles, you must first apply a moisturizing eye cream in the order of lower eyelid, upper eyelid, and outer corner of the eye. After the eye cream is fully absorbed, carefully observe your eye area. Sometimes there is pigmentation or red blood on the upper eyelid, and sometimes there are obvious dark circles on the lower eyelid. These will make the eye makeup look dirty, so you need to use a special eye concealer pen to cover them. Usually, the ingredients of eye concealer products contain some eye care ingredients, such as chamomile that soothes the eyes, angelica root essence with moisturizing effect, and ginkgo extract that improves the metabolism of eye skin.

The main function of concealer is to cover facial blemishes, so the color will be darker.

Foundation is the first step in applying makeup. After applying foundation, you need to apply other makeup so the color will not be too dark.

The function of concealer is to cover acne marks, reduce spots or local darkness, and reduce dark circles. Light or thick concealer will make the makeup look unnatural, so you should choose a color close to your skin tone.

The function of foundation is to correct the skin color, texture, cover the pigmentation such as freckles and liver spots on the skin, and improve the roughness of the skin. In addition, it can also scatter ultraviolet rays to prevent excessive ultraviolet rays from damaging the skin.