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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have fairly prominent circles under my eyes. Im in my 40s, extremely pale, and the circles are of the blue/purple variety. As you can imagine, it doesn’t look great.  I usually just use tinted sunscreen and don’t worry about them but when I’m trying to look nice I’ve tried to use a bit of concealer and it just doesn’t seem to work.

Ive tried ones to match my skin tone, greenish ones, reddish ones (those last two based on rave reviews I read) and very, very expensive ones. I honestly don’t think they improve the situation at all-either the purple tones remain visible or the texture looks terrible and cakey.

Any good advice? Or should I just throw in the towel? [/quote]

You need to color correct.  With blue/purple, probably an orange-y/salmon-y pink.  Think of the color wheel - you want to use the shade across from the color of what you are trying to erase.

Less is more.  If it is cakey you are using way too much.  A very, very light hand on the color corrector - put it below where you need to correct and then gently blend into the area.  you can then dab foundation or a concealer on top.  Don't swipe or sweep it - you'll just mess up the corrector underneath.

You also don't want to go too light with a concealer.  That's a very common mistake.  If you lighten an area you are trying to correct/conceal you bring attention to it.   [/quote]

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