Picture
this: You arrive at a restaurant to meet your best friend for brunch and as you
lean in for a hug, you spot a crusted, muddy-looking blotch of concealer on her
cheek. As she starts filling you in on her latest news all you're thinking is:
Her concealer is doing nothing but making that zit look worse -- how do I tell her?
That's the thing about concealer. We do everything we can to
use it to camouflage our flaws yet all too often, we end up accentuating them.
And that's why, despite the fact that breaking down the details of how to apply
concealer correctly sounds like the most boring makeup topic ever, it’s an important skill
to hone.
And while applying concealer properly may not be rocket
science, it's not necessarily an intuitive process either. In fact, celebrity
makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic (the guy responsible for making Kim Kardashian's complexion look
flawless, even when it's not), says the most common mistake he sees women make
with concealer is the most basic: We don't match it to our skin tone.
"When the concealer is too dark, setting it with powder
will only make it darker, which makes the spot you're trying to cover look like
a muddy patch of skin," Dedivanovic says.
But he also maintains that's not where the big fail ends.
When we set the concealer with powder, we're using the wrong shade of powder.
"You have to use a powder that's a shade lighter than your skin tone,
because when dry powder touches wet concealer, it'll get darker." Who
knew? Another life-changing tip from Dedivanovic: Apply your loose powder with
a velour puff brush; using a natural bristle brush can leave streaks on your
skin.
Getting the distinct sense that Dedivanovic knows a thing or
two about faking flawless skin? Good. Because with his tips, your odds of never
being that girl with the awkward concealer blob on her face are vastly improved.
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