5 Places on Your Face to Apply Concealer

When it comes to choosing a concealer, you’ll quickly realize that you have quite a few options.

Here’s the thing: Depending on your skin type, your undertones, the area(s) of your face you’d like to disguise, and the finish (matte vs. radiant, for example) you’re going for, there’s a formula out there that can help you bring your ideal look to life. While you may think that concealer’s only good for blemish coverage, we’re here to tell you that this handy-dandy makeup product can actually be used for so much more than that. To help you better understand the art of applying concealer, below we share the top five places on your face that you should try using the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Concealer, a new liquid concealer with a wand applicator. Grab your makeup bag and follow along!

1. Use Concealer…Under Your Eyes

Didn’t get enough beauty sleep last night? No worries! Simply reach for your concealer and get to work. If you want to hide dark under-eye circles start off with a peach color-correcting concealer, like the one in the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Total Cover Color Correcting Kit. The pale peach color can help counteract the look of dark circles, since they’re opposites on the color wheel. Use the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Blend Artist Concealer Blender to dab the color-correcting concealer on in an inverted triangle under your eyes before topping it off with foundation and the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Concealer. As far as concealing your under-eye area goes, choose a shade that’s one hue lighter than your skin tone to help create a brightening effect.

2. Use Concealer…on Your Eyelids

Consider this your new favorite concealer hack! If you don’t have any eye primer on hand, concealer can be your best friend when it comes to creating a statement eye that doesn’t crease or stray. Eye primer can help create a smooth, even base for your eye makeup as well as help keep it in place. This can be especially useful during the summer months or on days when you know you’ll be running around a lot. Use just a tiny dab of the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Concealer on each lid before moving on to your eye shadow and eyeliner application.

3. Use Concealer…on Blemishes

As you’re probably well aware by now, you can use concealer to help hide blemishes. Just as you did with dark circles, start with a color correcting concealer first—but this time, choose the green one from the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Total Cover Color Correcting Kit, as green helps to neutralize the look of redness. Then, follow up with the rest of your face makeup routine by applying a non-comedogenic foundation and then the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Concealer. Blemish, what blemish?

4. Use Concealer…on Any Dull-Looking Areas of Skin

Notice your complexion looks a little on the lackluster side? We’ve got one piece of advice for you: Conceal, conceal, conceal! To help hide the look of dullness, apply the pale lavender color-correcting concealer to any areas that you think look like they need a little perking up. As with any other time you’d use a color-correcting concealer, top it off with a touch of foundation and the flesh-colored concealer shade of your choice from the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Concealer collection to complete the look.

5. Use Concealer…Anywhere You Want to Look Brighter!

How is it that your favorite celebs always look like they have such radiant complexions? Well, you can fake it ‘til you make it with the right face makeup routine! Start off by applying the radiant-finish L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Foundation with the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Blend Artist Concealer Blender. Then, apply the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Concealer to any areas you’d like to add the look of brightness to. Finally, finish off with a dusting of the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Powder, which has a built-in highlighter.