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Is This The Best Concealer Hack Ever?

3 August, 2017 - 10:04pm by - Head Pixie | 18 Comments

By BR Kellie

Guys! I'm ahead of the curve! I did something I didn't know I was supposed to do! I'm fist-pumping so hard I'm probably going to tear some shoulder thingy right now!

What's got Pixie all excited?

Michael Ashton, Adele's makeup artist no less, just dropped one heck of a concealer hack - and I've already done it. Quite by accident.

You know how when we conceal our eyes we're meant to then pop powder on top to set the concealer so it doesn't crease? And you know how sometimes this works? And sometimes it doesn't? Well according to Michael Ashton in this interview with The Cut if you'd like to avoid your concealer creasing the thing to be using underneath the eye area before you apply your concealer is a little eyeshadow primer!

I know! Who knew? 

So how am I ahead of the curve? You see your Pixie received Revlon PhotoReady Eye Primer + Brightener last Chrismas as part of a Revlon gift set. Not bothering to really pay attention to what the packaging said I ripped into it, thought 'oh, it's a concealer' and started using it under my eyes, down the bridge of my nose, and in those other highlight-happy areas. Well push me over with a feather, I had some of the best non-creasing brightening undereye days of my life! Which all got turned around when I saw Tati saying how much she loved it as an eyelid primer, at which point I stopped using it because I felt dumb at getting it wrong.

So you can imagine my relief when Michael Ashton came out saying an eyelid primer was the perfect way to get your best under-eye concealer ever. Not only had I been doing it right, I'd been doing it with a product that did both all at once - because had I bothered to look on the Revlon site I would have found out it's an eyelid primer AND a brightening concealer. Yes, insert crying face of laughter emoji here.

Not only can I say that is a new hack - I can say it's well and truly tried and tested and gets the big tick of approval from me.

Do tell... are you all over this beauty hack already? Is it new to you? Is it something you'll try? Or are you happy as larry with your concealer game? If so... tell us your tips and tricks! 

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16th August, 2017

I would love to know how most of it is done. I've watched so many post on how to.do most of the make up I should be perfect at it but I'm far from that. So I welcome all hacks bring them on I say.

15th August, 2017

WHAT? amazing trick. I never thought of doing this. If anyone has any tips on how to gently blend this under the eye - let me know?! I hate that cakey under eye concealer look that I get sometimes.

11th August, 2017

Haha I love reading your stories! I have never heard of this hack. I stopped using concealer under my eyes a couple of months ago because I think it was making me look all cakey & wrinkly. Hmm may have to try this :)

9th August, 2017

I had not heard of this hack i will have to give it a try! But what about ordinary face primer? Revlon consealer creases on me!

6th August, 2017

This is a neat trick. Hadn't heard of it before. I have never tried an under eye concealer myself as all my friends are always complaining about the creasing. But this sounds like worth a try.

6th August, 2017

I'm just lazy and often don't conceal under my eyes :P

6th August, 2017

I haven't heard of this beauty hack, I'm going to give it a try!

6th August, 2017

Oh, great hack!! Will be giving this a go for sure!

5th August, 2017

Right!!!! to buy I am .

5th August, 2017

Thank you, your advice will be a very worthwhile experiment as under-eye concealer is never "perfect". I have eye makeup primer and it's never used!

4th August, 2017

I like to fill the fine lines around my eyes and forehead with a bluring primer so I've hardly ever face the struggle of concealer creasing! It's like smoothing out the canvas you're going to paint on.

4th August, 2017

There's an eye lid primer????

4th August, 2017

I haven't tried this, although I got the Kat Von D Lock-It Color Correcting Eyeshadow Primer which comes like a twist up crayon and I've used it to prime my lower lids just enough for my eyeliner but I haven't used it where I apply concealor. I might next time.

4th August, 2017

Yes I've been using concealer as a eye shadow base for the last year. Eye shadow stays longer. Even cheap eye shadows wear bit longer than usual

4th August, 2017

Ummm say what!?! Darn I just done my makeup for the day....will definitely try this tomorrow!

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