Are you battling with dark undereye circles or bags? They come with age, lack of sleep, or stress. A good diet, plenty of sleep and drinking a lot of water can help a lot. But there are also some easy ways to disguise dark undereye circles with natural make-up. Read on to find out how to use non-toxic, clean make-up from RMS Beauty, Pacifica Beauty and PHB Ethical Beauty to correct and cover dark undereye circles.
I am using my favourite chemical-free make-up and skincare, but these steps will work with any cream concealer, liquid concealer and mascara.
What You Need to Disguise Dark Undereye Circles
There are a few steps to concealing undereye circles: prep, disguise, lighten, distract and brighten. Follow my easy steps to light, bright wide-awake eyes.
Begin with moisturiser – I recommend Kimberly Sayer Ultra Light Organic Facial Moisturiser, which you can read about here.
Disguise Dark Undereye Circles Step 1: Prep
First, smooth on your eye cream. I love Laidbare’s Pack Your Bags as it’s lovely and light, yet still effective. The fantastic natural eye cream is only £9.50, which I think is a great price, especially as you only need a tiny amount. Dab it on gently around your eyes, without getting too close. Allow to absorb for a moment or two.
Disguise Dark Undereye Circles Step 2: Disguise
Apply BB/CC cream or liquid foundation if you like. Using your ring finger, dab on some cream concealer. I use RMS Beauty “Un” Cover-Up as I love the consistency and good-for-skin ingredients. It comes in seven shades, and costs £34, which sounds a lot, I know, but it lasts for ages as you only need a tiny amount.
Start at the inner corners of your eyes, and work down and out in an upside down triangle shape.
Blend in gently with your finger, or use a flat brush to pat it in for a more ‘airbrushed’ finish. You can use this concealer as foundation too, but it does take a little time as it’s thicker than normal foundation. You can see me applying it on my video, through this post.
Disguise Dark Undereye Circles Step 3: Lighten
Adding another, brightening concealer may sound like overkill, but this is the most important step for a flawless finish. I add a thin layer of brightening liquid concealer over the top of the cream concealer. My favourite used to be Pacifica Transcendent Concentrated Concealer. However I now prefer Madara Concealer – find my review here.
Concentrate on the inner corners, and the areas either side of the bridge of your nose, which can get a greyish tinge. Next tip your head forward and check for any dark patches. Apply a little more concealer as needed. Again, use a brush to gently blend the concealer in.
Next, complete the rest of your base, by setting with powder foundation, or if you started with liquid foundation, set it with with powder.
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Disguise Dark Undereye Circles Step 4: Distract
So by now you hopefully have a nice even-looking eye area. Next, it’s time to open up you eyes and distract attention to your fabulous lashes. I swear by PHB Ethical Beauty Natural Mascara and you can read my rave review here. This mascara is super dark, long lasting and makes lashes look brilliantly long and volumised without clumping. It’s the best! PHB Mascara costs £16 and is worth every penny in my opinion.
Zig-zag the wand through your lashes from base to tip and add another coat if you fancy it. I would avoid putting mascara on your bottom lashes, as they can print below your eyes and ruin all your concealing work!
Disguise Dark Undereye Circles Step 5: Brighten
This step is optional, but adding flesh-toned pencil along the waterline of your eyes helps them look bigger and brighter.
Pacifica’s Magical Multi-Pencil in Bare (£10.99) is the perfect nude shade and much more flattering and natural-looking than white. This magic pencil can also be used as a concealer or to line outside your lips to keep lipstick in place.
Disguise Dark Undereye Circles: The Finished Look
So let’s have a look at the before and after, side by side. Hello bright eyes!
You can wear this look as it is, or add eyeliner and/or eyeshadow to bring out your eyes even more. I’ve wearing three coats of PHB Ethical Beauty Mascara in this picture, and can’t see any dark circles. If you’re interested in faking fuller brows (like I have to do since over-plucking in the 90s) follow this guide.
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Thanks for the tips, I’ve just ordered the mascara and the liner!xx
You’re very welcome Clare, I really hope you love them as much as I do! xx
Good post! Thanks for the tips!
Thanks so much Madalyn, I hope they are useful! xx
Gosh I need this advice in my life right now! Might be adding some of these to my LoveLula wish list! Thanks so much for sharing your tips. Love, one tired mummy! xx
Ah I hope it helps! I think looking less tired can help you feel less tired! xx
This is such a great post, really enjoyed reading it. You look great, those products no doubt work very well for you. I keep reading about RMS Beauty “Un” Cover-Up and how great it is so I’ve added it to my wishlist for now. I also love PHB’s mascara.
I am obsessed with the PHB mascara! Let me know how you get on if you do get the Un Cover-up xx