BEAUTY
2
3
Do you want to brighten your under-eye area? First, is darkness
your main complaint? Darkness can be mitigated by choosing
the absolute perfect shade for your skin tone—generally slightly
lighter than your face—Fenty Beauty and Makeup Forever both
have a staggeringly diverse range of shades so that you can find
exactly the right one that brightens without looking overly pale.
If puffiness or bagginess is your under-eye issue, this needs a
different approach. Putting a lighter shade (or one with a lumi-
nous finish) on a puffy under-eye can actually make it
look worse. Try using something like Laura Mercier’s
Flawless Fusion Longwear Concealer in a shade almost
exactly the same as your skin
tone and in a natural finish
(neither dewy nor matte). Then
sparingly apply a lighter shade
in the darkest low point (think
right under the eye bag) and
blend lightly. I like using a
brush or a tiny Beauty Blender
for this part so you don’t wipe
away too much of the product.
SPRING 2019
79