Bobbi's Secret of the Universe

The art of concealing is really most make-up artists secret. It is in the movement, the texture and colour. I am a true believer of using a concealer a half a shade lighter than your foundation colour, I find it illuminates the skin as well as allows for extra concealment to take place. We don’t want the make up to appear caked of plastered on, so technique is important. When we have dark circles, freckles (which I prefer not to cover, although that is a preference), pigmentation, sun spots or acne scars, I understand the need for full coverage, I also know how easy it is to keep applying layers in order to feel more secure, but that is not the right way, and it hides your beauty. Remember that flaws are natural, and you would rather look natural than plastic, or have on such heavy make- up that your friends want to peel it off.

Before you decide on what product to use or how to apply it. Go outside in some bright natural lighting with a mirror in your hand. Look at your skin tone, what you would like to conceal? The ideal place to apply your make up is in white light, no matter where you go with your make up from there; it will only look more fantastic.

 Start with neutralising the skin to create that flawless skin tone. Yellow green eliminates red, orange neutralises blue, pink cancels out brown. Most of us suffering with dark circles under our eyes have blue rings underneath creating darkness and shadows; we would need an orange corrector to counteract the blue. Take the less is more approach when applying a colour corrector to your face so that it conceals and doesn’t show on your application. It is there to camouflage what you would love to hide, not make it look more prominent.

Decide if you want a heavy coverage or a light coverage, choose your foundation and concealer according to the type of look you want to achieve, personally I love a strong cover, but I have tons of friends who prefer an easy light look that is low on maintenance.

Since Bobbi Brown loves to keep the finished look natural I have used their eye make up kit to show you the effect that a corrector has.

Before

The three step system begin with a hydrating lotion
which I lightly patted on my models eyes. The lines immediately
 appeared smoother and the skin was moisturized
and well refreshed

a few dots of corrector was first applied
underneath the eye and left on
 without rubbing it into the skin

Using the warm honey concealer I lightly
 patted on concealer around the eye,
no rubbing had taken place, the entire application was done by dabbing a dot(using minuscule amounts) of product around the entire eye.
The Highlighter(white powder) was thereafter applied with my finger on the top of the eye lid until just below the brow

After
My Models eyes appeared naturally rested