NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP Dark Circle Concealer, Deep

I'm amazed by this product! I've struggled with dark, purplish under-eye circles my whole life and have tried just about everything out there. I've been using Lancome Maquicomplet for the past few years, simply because a consultant matched the color for my skin, but it does little to disguise my circles and settles into the fine lines within 30 minutes. I decided to try this product on a whim, since I was purchasing some NYX Butter Gloss (which is also a great product!) I have fair-to-medium skin tone and purchased the "Light" color. It is a peachy color with some light-reflective shimmer, and it blended very well - I think it would work with a lot of skin tones. The peach surprisingly concealed my purplish circles! Here's how I found that it works best: I apply a gel-like eye moisturizer (I use a creamy one at night) and let it set for a few minutes while I apply my other makeup. Then I use a minimal amount of Bare Minerals Prime Time primer, let it dry, then apply the NYX Dark Circle concealer with my fingertip. I lightly press a little pressed powder over it to help set it to stay in place. I do recommend using a clear primer first, as it applies much more smoothly than when I apply the product directly over moisturizer. I was really stunned at how well it works, and it is honestly the best product I've ever tried for dark circles! I am older and do have fine lines, but the product will not settle if you use primer and a little setting powder (unlike more expensive concealers I've used.) Try it - you have little to lose for the price!

Really like this product. I've worn it every day since receiving it and haven't found anything about it I haven't liked. What's really nice about it is it doesn't crease into those fine lines so long as you don't put too much on. It's build able coverage if you need it yet never looks dry which is my favorite part. It's very creamy and never cakey. It blends really well, I just rub a little bit into my finger to heat it up a bit and pat it on and it does a great job concealing those dark circles. Many concealers are very drying, either as soon as you put them on or after normal wear which accentuates any fine lines you may have under the eye but this stuff isn't drying or flaky at all nor does it get cakey when putting a setting powder over it. One of my favorite concealers to date and does a great job at neutralizing the darkness too. It's a pretty small jar but a little goes a long way. Stays put all day long till I wash my make up off. I also have a problem with my eyes watering right now with allergies and this is the only concealer I have that doesn't look absolutely horrible when my eyes start watering. The others get a white cast and you can clearly see the year lines but with this it so soft and the perfect color to make it easy to blend right back in so it's easily fixable if needed. Pretty good stuff. I'm impressed.

I'm very fair/pale (Maybelline 102 fair porcelain foundation is my shade for reference) so I bought shade fair and it works with my skin tone. It has enough of a peachy tone to cancel out my blueish colored under eye circles. (I'm fair so my blue veins tend to show through my my under eye skin. ) I also apply it to an area of light melasma on my forehead and it makes it less noticeable. I have used this corrector alone and also under my concealer . I'd say it is coveres best paired with the concealer. It has a thicker creamy consistency that spreads best when applied with a small brush and then evened out with the warmth of my fingers. I do find that this creases some but I don't set my under eye or face. I paid around $6 for this and I'd say it's worth that price.

For the price, I think this product is decent. If you have mild-moderate dark circles it would probably suffice, but I have quite dark circles and even when I apply this over my regular foundation and add highlighting powder you can still see my dark circles with this concealer. It does improve them for sure, but they are still there. Plus it tends to settle into lines and get a little clumpy. On the plus side I have very sensitive skin and this does not irritate my skin at all. I have also had problems in the past with products causing smudges on my contact lenses and this doesn't do that at all. So if my dark circles were less pronounced I think I'd be happy with it for the pros it has. I have definitely used worse concealers, but I have used better as well... unfortunately the better ones tend to be more expensive. If you are looking to brighten dark circles (but non totally conceal them) and don't mind touching up throughout the day where it settles in lines then this is great for the price. It just didn't work for me.

Holy grail status for me. I'm fair and with fair skin and comes visible veins (yeah, gross, I know) I've always had visible blue veins under amd around my eyes (left side more than right) but since hitting 30 I've been noticing them too much, So I decided to do something about camouflaging them better. I watched videos and read makeup blogs and alot of them reccomended this product- I actually kept writing it off as an unnecessary step before concealer. I was so wrong adding this before concealer under my eyes and on my eyelids had been a game changer. I haven't had problems with creasing or settling and the "light" side does the job. I feel it maintains a skin like texture and doesn't look caked on or overdone for my everyday look.