Beauty

[hoosieroriginal]

I'm developing hollows under my eyes. Does anyone have any suggestions on disguising this - products you use? Does concealer help or just emphasize this? Help!

[apple1964]

Well, I do not have this but, my cousin does she says concealer that matches your skin tone helps a lot.

[hoosieroriginal]

On 1/5/2015 Matty6 said:

Well, I do not have this but, my cousin does she says concealer that matches your skin tone helps a lot.

Thanks Matty (by the way I love your adoption plus also - also an animal lover!) Was thinking of getting some IT cosmetics concealer and giving it a shot.

[bunnypink]

Aaaaahhhh....under eye hollows are my #1 beauty issue & have been for years. I unfortunately inherited them years ago & as time goes by they become more pronounced

I have tried soooo many products (and also tried restylane injections in them--bad experience!) over the years. I will share with you what I use and the conclusions I have come to about under eye hollows.

1. I use Bye Bye Under Eye concealer in Neutral Medium. I pat this on (don't wipe it on) in the hollows. After trying hundreds of concealers over the years this is works best for me. It covers the best while also not gathering in the fine lines.

2. Over the concealer use a brush with a bit of bronzing powder. I use Laura Mercier Bronzing Pressed Powder in Dune Bronze. Let the concealer dry for a couple of minutes before you brush this on & try not to wipe with the brush but have a light touch so you don't remove the concealer.

Also blend this into the cheeks (and other areas of the face if you want to like the hairline, nose, chin, etc. Wherever the sun would naturally hit). What you are trying to do is make the darkness created by the hollows less of a difference between the non-hollowed skin around it. I'm really pale so there's a big difference!

3. Lastly, use a blush color you like and apply it a bit higher than the apples of the cheeks so it is a bit onto the under eye hollow. Again, this helps to disguise the hollows.

Unfortunately, no concealer is going to get rid of the under eye hollows because the skin dips down & creates shadows. Don't waste your money (like I did over the years) thinking that eventually you'll find a concealer that will make them disappear. You do need a super duty one though--like Bye Bye Under Eye! Unless you filled in that hollow to become level with the skin around you will always have the hollows. The above process does REALLY help though!

The few people who have seen me without makeup on ALWAYS assume I'm sick So, that should tell you what my under eye hollows look like without makeup! But when I've applied the above steps I look fine.

Hope this helps! I feel your pain!!

[UMDTerpFan]

I've had some success using Isomers R Pur for Eyes & Redensify Eye products. Not a total resolution but I definitely notice a difference when I use these products then when I don't. They are sold at ShopHQ and on Isomer's website. Then use a good concealer. I've tried a gazillion concealers and have not found my HG yet. Currently using Clarin's Instant Light. Have a Guerlain Precious Light waiting in the wings - I've tried this one several times. Also Bobbi Brown's Corrector is pretty good.

[suzyQ3]

On 1/5/2015 bunnypink said:

Aaaaahhhh....under eye hollows are my #1 beauty issue & have been for years. I unfortunately inherited them years ago & as time goes by they become more pronounced

I have tried soooo many products (and also tried restylane injections in them--bad experience!) over the years. I will share with you what I use and the conclusions I have come to about under eye hollows.

1. I use Bye Bye Under Eye concealer in Neutral Medium. I pat this on (don't wipe it on) in the hollows. After trying hundreds of concealers over the years this is works best for me. It covers the best while also not gathering in the fine lines.

2. Over the concealer use a brush with a bit of bronzing powder. I use Laura Mercier Bronzing Pressed Powder in Dune Bronze. Let the concealer dry for a couple of minutes before you brush this on & try not to wipe with the brush but have a light touch so you don't remove the concealer.

Also blend this into the cheeks (and other areas of the face if you want to like the hairline, nose, chin, etc. Wherever the sun would naturally hit). What you are trying to do is make the darkness created by the hollows less of a difference between the non-hollowed skin around it. I'm really pale so there's a big difference!

3. Lastly, use a blush color you like and apply it a bit higher than the apples of the cheeks so it is a bit onto the under eye hollow. Again, this helps to disguise the hollows.

Unfortunately, no concealer is going to get rid of the under eye hollows because the skin dips down & creates shadows. Don't waste your money (like I did over the years) thinking that eventually you'll find a concealer that will make them disappear. You do need a super duty one though--like Bye Bye Under Eye! Unless you filled in that hollow to become level with the skin around you will always have the hollows. The above process does REALLY help though!

The few people who have seen me without makeup on ALWAYS assume I'm sick So, that should tell you what my under eye hollows look like without makeup! But when I've applied the above steps I look fine.

Hope this helps! I feel your pain!!

Finally a person who really knows the issue. I've developed hollows in the past couple years. Nothing, absolutely nothing, really covers them. They're not discoloration and they're not tea stains -- they're shadows.

I have found, as you did, that BBUE is one of the best for at least some help. I have been using regular powder (BB's Pale Yellow), but I'll give the bronzer trick a try. Thanks.

[UMDTerpFan]

Here's the descriptions of the two products I mentioned. The first one, R Pur for eyes targets the fat pad beneath the skin on the lower eye. It runs $35. The 2nd one, Redensify Eyes works on the hollows. It runs $25 on Isomers website. Each bottle lasts me a long time.

R Pur for eyes:

What is it?

Targeted serum for the entire eye contour. For temperamental and mature skin.

Intensive - yet super lightweight. Boasting germinating soy, soy isoflavones, genistein and technological extracts to help transform the visible eye contour. For a tighter, brighter and younger-looking eye contour.

Who is it for?

Those with chronic under eye puffiness that is caused by a shift of the fat pad below the eye.

Why is it unique/different?

Formula targets entire eye contour and fat pads under the eye area

• Broad spectrum formula for the entire eye contour

• Dark Circle
• Fine Wrinkles
• Eyelid Flaccidity
• Puffiness
• Lower Eyelid Fat Pads

• Anti oxidant protection for brighter looking skin
• Uses soy DNA to replenish mature skin.
• Hydrating to sooth, dry, dehydrated and delicate skin sensitivity
• Fragrance free, paraben free

Contains:

Pure extracts from Soy: Germinating Soy, Soy Isoflavones and Genistein, Phosphatidylcholine, Soy Symbiozomes

• Targets mature, temperamental, skin ages 45 and up
• Dramatically helps reduce the look of visible skin damage
• Improvement in skin lipid content: (supports ceramides)
• Improvement in skin elasticity
• Improvement in skin hydration
• Decrease in skin roughness
• Decrease in skin ruddiness
• Wrinkle Smoothing
• Anti oxidant protection – helps brighten the skin and even out color

Bio peptide CL™: Palmitoyl Oligopeptide

• Targets many aspects of skin wrinkles
• Reduces visible wrinkle length and depth
• Smooths skin surface
• Alternative to Vitamin A without harmful side effects.
• Firms the skin
• Positive stimulant to the skin surface

Soy Sterols

Targets Skin Appearance:

• Improvement in skin elasticity
• Improvement in skin hydration
• Decrease in skin roughness
• Wrinkle Smoothing
• Improvement in skin lipid content

Targets Collagen Renewal

• Formulation contains fibroblast messenger peptide to target collagen renewal

Haloxyl™

Helps reduce the look of dark circles to even out skin tone

EyeResolution™

Anti eye bag ingredients to help smooth out under eye contours

BioSkinup™ Contour

Targets dark circles and smooth out puffiness

Dedicated delivery system – “transdermal Q”

• Aids in penetration and product performance
• Better skin care for younger looking skin

Liquid Crystal Olive Base

• Enhanced moisturizer and delivery system
• Lamellar gel short and long term hydration
• “Once a day application”
• Keeps skin moist longer, excellent for dry skin

Redensify Eyes:

What is it?

• Addressing eye care in a new way…our Re-Densify eye smoothing formula helps boost and invigorate the look of the eye area, by addressing fine lines, tired and hollow looking eye contour. If the look of aging has your eyes looking sunken in and your face looking tired, this new approach to skin care works to help re-store and re-claim a younger look.
• Total eye care. Help smooth and firm contours of eye area and address sunken, flat eye contour.
• Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and crow’s feet.
• Eye formulation exclusive to Isomers with key ingredients to help support a plumping affect as it supports firmer looking skin for younger looking eye contour.

Who is it for?

• Anyone who wants the eye area to have fuller, more youthful looking contours.

Why is it unique?

• Exclusive combination of key ingredients identified by Isomers chemists for this particular formula.
• Utilizes advances in skin care technology to address lines and skin smoothing in a different way.
• Works to do more than just smooth and soften the skin
• Boosts skin firmness
• Collagen, Elastin and Adipose are essential for the strength, density and elasticity of the epidermis. To maintain youthful skin-supporting technologies plump and fill facial lines and hollows for a smooth and supple look. By penetrating the surface of the skin the ingredients target sunken areas promoting skin volume to help you look radiant with smooth skin, less wrinkles and less sagging.
• Targeted skin volumizing and plumping treatment.
• Dramatically reduces the look of sunken in sagging skin,

Key Ingredients:

Ideal Lift™

• In vivo tests suggest: Restores the architecture of elastic tissue, skin appears to have an inner strength
• Resistance: Combats flaccidity and sagging
• Density: Promotes visible face contour lifting
• Firmness and Fights against skin sagging and improves resistance to gravity
• Skin feels good and looks firm

Linefactor™

• In vivo: ingredient helps support bio-mechanical properties of the skin: Evaluation by a clinician showed that the skin is denser and firmer with improved texture after only 42 days, to a greater extent than with vitamin C.
• Redensifies dermis more efficiently than vitamin C
• A comparison of panelists in two age classes (40-50 and 50-60 years) showed that the density and texture of the skin returned to those it had 10 years before, in only 42 days.
• Reduces look of wrinkles, depth and volume

Tego Pep™ 4-17

• Supports hyaluronic acid and collagen synthesis
• Wrinkle smoothing, enhanced skin density and thickness
• Improved visco-elastic properties of the skin

Proteasyl TP™

• Collagen boosting
• Botanical anti-enzyme complex for skin firmness and elasticity

Voluform™

• New technology to work with wrinkles
• Firming, plumping effect helps to support full and firm elasticity
• Volufirming technology

[Qulia]

You may also want to explore if you have allergies. My allergist calls them "allergy shiners" and when I take my daily allergy medicine they are reduced significantly. When I skip the meds, they reappear. They never entirely go away, however, so concealer is a help.

[BaileyBop]

I can't seem to find Isomers website? Anyone care to share?

[UMDTerpFan]

On 1/5/2015 BaileyBop said:

I can't seem to find Isomers website? Anyone care to share?

Isomers.ca or check ShopHQ