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For many women over 40, having a full-coverage concealer look that lasts all day and feels lightweight can be a challenge. YouTube tutorials are an excellent resource for those seeking makeup tips and tricks. Particularly for mature women, advice on concealer can be especially valuable.
Angie Schmitt, a popular makeup artist, has shared a video showcasing how to apply concealer smoothly and create a long-lasting everyday makeup look. The video is engaging and enlightening, providing solutions for preventing concealer from settling into creases or emphasizing fine lines and wrinkles on mature skin.
“A lot of times we get into a makeup rut where we’re used to applying our makeup the exact same way since we were younger,” she acknowledged in the video. “Now that our skin is older, we haven’t adjusted everything, and so you need to adjust placement and how many layers you put on and things like that,” she added. “Then, you can have more success with your concealer.” Schmitt then explained that the following tips should follow skin prep steps like moisturizer and sunscreen.
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One of the most important concepts when it comes to the under-eye area, Schmitt advises, is that less is more. "You want to have less product going on under your eyes. If in the past you were a person who put your foundation on first and all the way up under your eyes and then you put your concealer on top of your foundation, that could be something that's causing your concealer to crease and adding extra layers under your eyes that don't necessarily need to be there," she explains.
"This is going to depend on how much darkness you have going on under your eyes but for the vast majority of people who don't have super dark under-eyes, you don't really need two layers of product under your eyes," she stresses. When she applies her foundation, Schmitt noted that she doesn't "put any [directly] underneath my eyes." She continues: "The highest I go with it is up to the bottom side of my eye bag or what would be considered the bottom of my orbital bone."
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The second thing Schmitt says to keep in mind is that she will "never apply concealer directly from the doe foot applicator, because you end up with way too much concealer under your eye if you do that."
Instead, she says she wipes "the doe foot off on the opening of the container" to remove excess concealer before officially taking the applicator to her skin.
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Placement of your concealer, Schmitt emphasizes, is very important. "I place a little wedge shape of concealer at the inner corner where most of my darkness is that I want to conceal and I don't put any directly under my eye," she says. "I do put a little but out at the outer corner to lift and brighten," she adds. She then notes that she has recently "switched from applying concealer" with her finger.
"Now, I apply it with a [specially designed] concealer brush in a consistent and smooth way," she explains, because when you're tapping it on with your finger, "it does remove some of the concealer, and it gives you much more of a chunky application."
When it comes to choosing a brush, Schmitt recommends getting one that "keeps the bulk of the concealer in the inner corner and that feathers out the smallest amount of concealer where your crow's feet and most of your wrinkles are."She says that she gets a "really thin coating near the outer corner of the eye and get most of it concentrated at the inner corner."
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The last step Schmitt shares in her video is setting her under-eye concealer. "This will definitely help it to stay out of your wrinkles," she notes, adding that "your concealer is liquid and it takes a while to dry. As it dries, it can move around and migrate into your wrinkles, so you really want to set [with mineral matte powder] before your skin has a chance to start moving and making the makeup migrate into your wrinkles."
"I sprinkle a little bit of the powder out into the cap, I use a brush, pick up a little bit, I tap it off onto the cap and then starting at the inner corner, I just press the brush into the concealer," she reveals. "I make sure that I don't press in towards my nose. I kind of lay it to the side of my nose and then make sure that I press with a little bit of an outward pull," she goes on.
"I'm not really pulling on my skin, I'm just making sure that when I press, I'm not causing my skin to bunch up towards the inner corner," she concludes. She then gives viewers a close-up glimpse at her final concealer look, and showed off how "smooth, nice, beautiful and crease-free" it looked! (We're def trying these hacks this winter!)
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SheFinds emphasizes that this review is not monetized, compensated, or sponsored in any way. This evaluation of the product is strictly based on the expertise of a beauty industry expert.
It took me years to realise that I can't wear as much makeup as the GRWM girlies. As someone with small eyes, thin lips, and dry skin that dulls under any pigment, I have to do ample skin prep, use hydrating makeup, and a light hand with foundation, blush and bronzer. If you have more natural oils in your skin — first of all, jealous — you might not worry about how drying your makeup is, but I've learned to be mindful. If I’m not careful, I’ll end up with what makeup artist Kevin Kodra calls “the three C-words: cracking, creasing, and caking.”
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