Concealing under eye circles without highlighting wrinkly skin

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Is there an answer? Something I'm missing? Whenever I use undereye concealer my skin under my eyes looks really wrinkly and creepy. So I tend to go without but sometimes think it'd be great if I could conceal the shadows under my eyes more.

Are you powdering? I find this makes the problem 100x worse.

Shameless placemark as i have a smooth face except for under my bastard eyes

Sunglasses with lipstick. Sorted.

I've tried many, many concealers and nothing worked. I now use a tiny amount of Estée Lauder double wear foundation as a concealer. It's long lasting and has a lot of coverage. Because it's quite dry I need a good moisturiser underneath, for this I use Vichy Aqualia Thermal (the gel one) as a kind of primer (over a good moisturiser) and apply a tiny bit of the foundation just before the Aqualia Thermal dries completely.

The foundation glides on and looks super bright and lifting. It sounds complicated but it honestly works wonders, after years of wasting a lot of money on expensive brands. Unfortunately for me many of the ones suggested here didn't work.

Yes to no powder.

Agree sometimes light foundation can work better. Depends on how dark your circles are.

Less is more.

Yes after altering yet another under eye one I'm starting to think my bareminerals complexion rescue is better.

Trying

Use the same concealer under as on your cheeks. Blending is vital. Then, use a small amount of illuminating concealer just in the corner. Press it in, don’t swipe. Looks much more natural.

Pretty much any brand will work tbh.

Still flummoxed.

This is the one I recommended further back. It's not high coverage like shape tape type but it seems to illuminate too and no creasing
https://www.firstaidbeauty.com/product-launch-hello-fab-bendy-avocado-concealer

Cabochard you are the voice of reason, blending is the key to this problem. Folk who slap it on then are upset when it settles in creases are their own worst enemy. You tube does some fantastic tutorials for the uncertain.

What I like about the eraser is how it pats into place. I struggle with blending, feeling as though I blend it all away. I pat it on with the sponge tip, let it dry, then blend the edges. It seems to work...

Benefit boing is brilliant doesn't settle in lines crevices

What exactly is blending? I feel like I do that with my ring finger?

Mind you I think my issue is I'm using a physical spf that's a tad slippery.

My issue is not the blending (using sponge to tap in and blend out the concealer so it looks invisible against your skin..micro mini beauty blender is great for this) or that concealer gathers in lines.
My issue is that nothing covers all the little fine lines that criss cross under my eye. You could could play miniature naughts and crosses in them!

But no one else cares! Do they? Do you look at other women and think 'look at the state of her crows feet!'.

I might look and say what on earth has she done with that concealer, mind. Or wonder what she was thinking when she put on her felt like eyebrows...

But no one else cares! Do they? Do you look at other women and think 'look at the state of her crows feet!'.

I was just musing, pickle, what looks worse shadows or extra wrinkles caused by concealer, colour corrector, powder separating? I thought I might be able to have my cake and eat it so to speak with the right product and application.

Since this I have watched loads of YouTube videos and looked at lots pictures of women, of middle age and older who don't really wear a lot of makeup, if any. I have come to the conclusion that the concealer often is not really improving appearance that noticeably even when done well . The separating concealer looks far worse than shadows sometimes, I think. Although I have seen some women with dark shadows look better when they have found a product and application to suit.

Yes I agree I would never judge and probably not notice wrinkles

But I do notice when someone's got big half moons of highlighting/too light concealer under their eyes!

To me it's not so much about other people judging as what makes me feel happy and confident (or as much as possible). If you are going to bother with make up etc it depends how much you need to use (if any )and how well it works to achieve your personal level of satisfaction. What you enjoy wearing.

I have been thinking this too actually. Bad noticeable concealer is worse!

another vote for clarins one in the pic

its the ONLY onr

So, to continue explaining a little more.
If you use a totally different illuminating concealer on the ‘bags’ under the eyes... you will amplify them.
Take whatever face product you use, up to the eye area. Less obviously... then make sure that is gently blended/pressed in.
In the corner just use a tiny illuminating type product- just to knock out the blue/purple.
You can gently add a powder designed for that area. Laura Mercia has very fine milled examples.
This will honestly,
be enough.
Bear in mind that if we are doing our make up very early in the morning... we will naturally have bits on our faces that need to settle and wake up!
Being kind to your face and eye area is vital. You will never look as ghastly as you imagine.

Thanks Cabochard, do you mean the inner corner of the eye, near the nose?

I actually used a darker shade of my concealer today over the bareminerals complexion r and it looks better. I put the lighter one in the corner (assuming you meant inner bits) and it is better.

I think my biggest issue is the crepey skin which I'm working on. Doesn't really need make up; needs smoothing!

I use kiehls creamy eye treatment as a base, very important to let your concealer dry in so I give it ten minutes while I do the rest of my face then use ysl touche eclat but the secret for me is to not go underneath the eyes at all but start around halfway down the undereye area and blend blend blend out from there, the kiehls cream is a great base and really hydrates my undereyes and the ysl just brightens slightly and I don’t go far enough up for it to settle in any cracks
Sometimes you can tell when people have taken a highlighting concealer right up to their lower eyelashes and that’s not a good look, if you use a highlighting concealer it should be used to create the illusion of a brighter eye but shouldn’t be used plastered over a dark undereye; the same way you wouldn’t use it on a spot say.
I think a really amazing eye cream and small amount of brightening concealer which is properly blended looks so much more natural and won’t draw attention to the area.