Video: What Color Eyeshadow to Wear for Dark Circles

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About the Expert

Melissa Caufield-Breunig

http://www.makeme-up.com

Melissa Caulfeld-Breunig decided to pursue a makeup career ar a young age from studying seasonal makeup trends published in various fashion and beauty print media. After experminenting with makeup and developing her own technique in applying cosmetics, Melissa attended MUD Make-up Designory while working as a make-up artist at Sephora in 2002. Upon graduation from MUD she spent four years working for MAC cosmetics as a certified make-up artist. In 2006 Melissa pursued her second passion in skin care by attending Paul Mitchell Skin Academy. Since that time, Melissa has worked as a medical aesthetician, providing clients with expert skin care treatments and advice.

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Hi, my name is Melissa. I'm a professional makeup artist. And today, I'm going to show you how to conceal dark circles. First, a couple of tools that we are going to start with are a fluffy flat eye shadow brush. A blending brush and a fluffy thicker brush. This is going to be good for your eyelids. The first step I'm going to do is I'm going to apply concealer to the lid and all the way around the eye to hide the dark circles. So, I put a little bit on my hand and I'm going to apply it all the way under my eye and then work on top of my lid. And then same thing on the other side. Just dabbing it all the way in onto your lid and under your eye. Especially under your eye cause that's typically where people have most of their darkness. Next step, I'm going to take my flat brush with a vanilla tone to highlight my brow bone. I'm going to tap off any excess product. And then I'm starting off with a little bit of product and then adding more. And I'm going down towards my tear duct. Typically people can see dark circles in here too so you can blend a little bit in there as well. That just creates a nice highlight. Next, I'm going to use this warmer tone that has a little bit of shimmer. And that's going to be on your lid. And just blending it really well. I'm going to use almost like a peachy tone in the corner of my eye and brush it into my crease a little bit. And you can add more as you go and I'm just tapping it into my crease just a little bit. Then you've created a light peachy eye look that won't make your dark circles stand out more. Sometimes it's better to do a lighter eye if you tend to have very dark circles. And the materials we've used today are the lighter fluffy brush thinner. Medium fluffy brush and a thin packing brush, you can also blend with this as well. Thanks for watching.