I’m 51 and I banished my dark circles under my eyes with a 10-second makeup trick

A MAKEUP ARTIST shares how to get rid of dark circles under your eyes in just 10 seconds.

Kat James, 51, has a wealth of anti-aging tips up her sleeve thanks to her extensive experience in the industry.

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And the perfect under-the-skin makeup is not a concealer… but a color corrector.

Color correctors work under the eyes by neutralizing and balancing discolorations, such as dark circles, to even out skin tone.

They come in a range of warm shades, with peach and orange tones ideal for neutralising blue or purple undertones, which are often found in dark circles.

People with fair skin may opt for a more muted or pink shade, while those with darker skin tones may benefit more from a red correction.

“If you simply apply a color corrector under your eyes, you will use half the amount of concealer,” Kat explains.

“That means you’ll have half the amount of clumping and creping, and all those things that happen under your eyes when you put too much product underneath.”

Kat loves the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Vanish colour corrector, which costs £27 and comes in four shades: light, medium, brown and dark.

If that’s out of your budget, you can also buy Elf’s Camo Colour Corrector, which costs £4 and comes in green, orange, yellow, peach and blue.

Kat shared a tutorial on the best way to apply color corrector and make dark circles under the eyes disappear in seconds.

“You take your finger, roll it in the product and then roll it under your eye,” she instructed.

“You actually press it into your skin.

“Then you should leave it on for about 10 to 15 seconds.

“Let it get a little sticky and then you just tap it in.

“We don’t rub it in, we tap it into the skin under our eyes.”

Biggest Beauty Flaws

Tara Ledden, beauty editor of Fabulous, shares the do’s and don’ts of beauty.

“No matter how much time and money you spend on your beauty routine, if you don’t get the basics right, everything else is wasted.

“There aren’t many things you can’t negotiate, but these are the biggest cosmetic mistakes that are sabotaging your regime.”

• Do not use SPF: Sun damage is the number one cause of premature skin aging, so if you want to keep your skin looking firm and radiant, sunscreen is essential.
• Use of products whose expiration date has passed: At best, they are ineffective and do not deliver the results they promise, at worst they cause irritation and infection. The shelf life of beauty products varies – for example, mascara is usually good for 3-6 months, while lipstick can last 9-18 months. Check the ‘POA’ symbol on the packaging (it looks like a jar and has a number inside it for how many months it is safe to use after opening. If you can’t remember when you opened your product, throw it out and start over, marking the month and year on the packaging with a permanent marker.
• Not knowing your undertone: If you use makeup with the wrong undertones, it will never look natural, no matter how much you mix it! An easy trick to figure out if you have cool, warm, or neutral undertones is to check the veins on your wrist – if they look blue, you have cool undertones, if they look green, you have warm, and if they’re a mix, you have neutral.
• Skip heat protectant: It may seem unnecessary, but just like sun damage to the skin, excessive heat is the most common cause of hair damage. So if you want shiny, healthy hair, or if you want to grow it longer, using a heat protection product is essential.
• Not washing your face before bed: it’s as simple as this, if you don’t wash your face before you go to bed, whatever has been on your skin during the day will stay there longer, clogging your pores and drying out the surface. Any skincare you apply on top won’t be effective with a layer of dirt underneath, and you’ll probably end up with dirty pillows too – yuck!

According to Kat, applying color corrector can remove the “blue haze” under your eyes.

She shared her tutorial in a TikTok video that has since gone viral.

“Kat, you’re always so perfect,” Ashley Newman commented.

“Thank you for not hiding your secrets so we can look beautiful too.”

“Okay, I have to try it,” said Lindsey Gannon.