makeup question: best concealer?

[Wine&SilverBlue]

Hey everyone.. not the most exciting of questions but I'd still like some advice.

I'm pretty pale with a medium amount of freckles, and I generally have really good skin (a tiny pimple from time to time). However, I get dark circles under my eyes, and can never seem to cover them up! Also, when I do get a pimple I'm not really that good at covering it up.

What is the best kind of concealer? The liquid kind with a wand? With a brush? also, do you use the same kind under your eyes as you would on a blemish?

I know a lot about eyeshadow application, but I guess I never really learned too much about concealer. (P.S. I don't wear foundation -- don't know if that makes a difference)

edit: right now I have:

"AirWear Long-Wearing Concealer" by L'Oreal in "PALE"
- this is a liquid with a brush-like-tipped applicator, however, it's really really really light, much lighter than my skintone.

"City Cover, Compact Concealer SPF 15" by Clinique in "01 City Fair" - this is my skin color but I'm not sure if it's just for blemishes or if it's for under eye stuff too (although I use it for that). it's in a compact with a little brush, and it more like a creamy consistancy

Help girls! (or guys who know a lot about makeup)

[summer_gphib]

For under eyes I love clinique's air brush concealer. It's like magic to me.

I also love dermablend because it's waterproof, and blends wonderfully. :-)

[WCUgirl]

For your eye area, I'd try Benefit's Ooh La Lift. I personally haven't tried this yet, but I've heard good things. I've never had to use concealer for under my eyes, so I can't really help you on that.

When I use concealer for everywhere else, I've had good results w/ Estee Lauder's Lucidity. I usually wear foundation, but I have used it w/ just the concealer w/ powder over it, and it didn't look funky.

If you're trying to cover redness, instead of concealer, have you tried using a green stick? If you're not using foundation, then I guess that wouldn't help, as you apply it under your foundation to cover up the redness.

[Wine&SilverBlue]

no redness.. just sometimes dark circles if i didn't get enough sleep

[valkyrie]

I use Clinique's continuous coverage foundation as a concealer and it works really well. It's also nice because it comes in a foundation-sized container, so it lasts for a while.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by Wine&SilverBlue
no redness.. just sometimes dark circles if i didn't get enough sleep

I have a similar problem except I have the rings even when I am well rested. I am very pale so the blue capillaries just come through. I use L'Oreal also.

[kddani]

I'm also looking for a good concealer. I last tried Clinque soft conceal corrector. Yuck! Not bad in and of itself, but the product separated and all this clear oily stuff comes out and then a blob of the concealer. it's gross!
I emailed Clinique and did get my money back.

[kddani]

Originally posted by FiReKraCkEr
Dani, that stuff is for concealing lines and for ladies with really dry skin. Yeah, it does separate when it's sitting on a shelf for a long time. I usually shake it or knead it before I try it on people. I don't have any trouble with any of the other concealers, though.

I think Clinique is reformulating it, because they told us not to sell it unless someone directly asks for it.

That's what I think is cool, ladies complain and they actually DO something about it.

Haha, that's interesting. I didn't randomly pick it out or anything, I told the woman what I wanted and that's what she gave me. I don't have any lines yet and under my eyes def isn't dry so who knows why she gave me that one.

I do think it's funny that the woman from Clinque who emailed me after I complained through the website said that in testing it hadn't done that. Which I find hard to believe. But I was very pleased with the speed of the reply and the fact that they gave me a refund, no questions asked.

I have a ton of Clinque stuff but i'm trying to branch out to other lines a bit. Had my makeup done by Chanel a few weeks ago and really liked it. Then the devil, also known as KillarneyRose, just gave me a ton of makeup from brands i've never used- Stila, Bobby Brown, etc. Fun stuff.

But i've spent WAY too much money with clinque, lol

[FAB*SpiceySpice]

I got my mother's super dark circles under the eye area and I feel like I look like a drug addict when I don't have any concealer on b/c they really are THAT bad.

So I have searched for years for an acceptable solution. As of right now I use a bit of Revlon colorstay stay natural concealer, it's a wand type thing and I put a tiny bit under both eyes. Then I let it sit for awhile before I blend it in, this way it has a chance to kind of dry out so when I do blend it, it doesn't just dissapear.

After that I use TheBalm concealer on top of the Revlon, it comes in a little pot kind of thing and it is the best thing on earth. It covers everything, and it stays on forever!

Just make sure that if you do try something like this (layering concealers) that you put tiny amounts on at a time. Blend it in and you can always add more if you need to.

[emleepc]

I'm one of those lucky gals with hereditary dark circles under the eyes. And I can't stand using liquid makeup....so I go for the concealer stick type deal. I use Cornsilk concealer stick. I just found out though, that Walmart doesn't carry anymore, so I may have to switch to something else....

One of the most important things I learned though, is how to apply any concealer (or any type of makeup) under the eye. This is one of the most sensitive parts of your body, so you must treat it with care. When applying makeup here, use your ring finger (the weakest finger), and don't rub makeup in, just dab/pat it in to cover dark circles. The same goes for applying powder.

Hope this helps!