- Prettiest bird in paradise.
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- My mother had perfect skin
and she didn't have any under eye circles.
I kind of expected that that would be me too, but
unfortunately, as I got older,
I realized that I was blessed with
a bigger range of genetics and
that included under eye circles.
- I started noticing my dark circles a couple years ago
and started getting kind of self conscious about them.
- I think there was maybe a time
when I was a blossoming youth that I didn't have them
and then I think I woke up at 17 and was like,
"Oh, I have dark circles," it's just hereditary.
- I wouldn't say I have major insecurity
about my under eye circles, but
it would definitely be great if they didn't exist.
- This is Dermablend.
I don't think I've ever used anything Dermablend.
- It's got a shiny silver D on it.
Quick fix concealer.
- Full coverage for moderate to intense skin conditions,
scars, blemishes, age spots, dark under eye circles.
- This is definitely thicker than what I normally use,
but it doesn't feel crazy thick.
- I like to do one eye first, so we can see how it compares.
- For the people who dot their concealer,
it's really hard to do it with this type of stick.
This is meant to draw.
- I can't really feel it on my face,
it actually, it feels, it feels totally fine.
I kind of like it.
- You're not supposed to put a lot of pressure
on your under eyes, so already, if I have to
use a lot of pressure to blend it,
I'm like, "Maybe this isn't the right thing."
- I'm drawing it on pretty thickly
but I don't feel like I'm using a ton of product every time.
- I have to say I actually pretty like that.
I would probably use this.
- It's about double what I would spend
on a drugstore under eye concealer.
I don't know if it's worth that.
- I think it definitely covered them up
to a natural degree.
I like that it kind of blends into the rest of my skin
and it looks pretty natural.
Smashbox color correcting stick.
- It says, "Look less tired."
It's very direct in what it's planning to do.
- So I'm supposed to put this on first
and then my foundation over it.
- It glides on, which is nice.
- Let's do one of these, that people sometimes do.
- It's not blending great.
Maybe that's why you're supposed to
put your foundation over it.
- It definitely feels a little bit harder to blend out.
- Might have just gone a little crazy there.
I think it is doing something, actually,
a little bit more than I was maybe expecting.
- It's doing a really good job of coverage for sure,
but it does feel like I'm wearing a lot.
I feel like it looks like I'm wearing a lot.
- The color correcting stick does blend away
the circles a little bit more than my regular routine.
I wouldn't say it does a lot.
- I think it did about the same as the Dermablend,
let's say, but it's a two step process
'cause you have to put something over it.
To me, that makes it less intriguing.
- Professional makeup wonder pencil.
- It labels itself as concealer,
eye brightener, reverse lip liner, in one, wow.
- Ooh, I love trying this because I've never
tried a nude eyeliner.
This, to me, if it has any sort of brightening effect,
is actually probably the kind of thing I'm looking for.
- I'm just gonna line my bottom water line.
- It is totally super clumping up into my eyelashes.
I feel like we've got problems.
- I mean, I can tell that it's going somewhere, right?
- The color is between my eyeball color,
AKA white, and my skin.
- It might just be a placebo effect.
I don't know, I like it.
Maybe it's all mental anyways, you know?
It makes me feel like I look more awake,
and that's maybe half the battle.
- I would say it doesn't really look very different
from my face without any makeup on it anyway.
- Now that I look at it more,
I feel like it does kind of emphasize the dark circle more.
I don't trust this.
- I'm gonna go ahead and put my money on the line
and say it has a brightening effect.
I think probably when used in conjunction
with a very light under eye concealer,
this is the trick.
- Number seven, this looks a lot like,
yeah, okay, so this is lipstick.
- Oh, fuck this (laughs).
- Oh no, this is that trick?
(groans) I don't trust it at all.
- Oh, I've seen this trick on the internet before.
- This looks unlike anything I've ever
put on my face, really.
- I hate this so much.
- It goes against everything I know.
- So I'm gonna blend this in a little bit with,
with a brush, although it's lipstick,
so it's not really doing the blend thing.
- Still doing this, still hate it.
I like this lipstick, though.
- Really, people use lipstick for this?
They're mad.
- '90s rave vibe.
- I've put kind of more on than I think I normally would
but I feel like I have to.
- It's just like I'm asking this to do more work.
Also this adds a lot of time to your makeup routine.
- More concealer to conceal.
We have definitely made a mess.
- It's more makeup than I would want.
Do I think it did a better job
than me just throwing on my regular foundation?
Yeah, if I slept four hours
and I had an interview with Barbara Walters the next day,
sit down and all of America's watching,
would I use this trick?
Probably, I probably would.
- [Zee] This technique did not really work for me.
I don't think that this was the best option.
- In terms of what that did versus
the other regular concealers,
this is about the same.
- [Zee] The first was actually my favorite.
- I think I would choose this one for a lot of reasons.
Four bucks, I think it brightened the eyes.
- Overall, I would definitely use the Dermablend,
just because it seemed like the product
that gave you the most bang for its buck.
You can just put on the Dermablend,
be concealed, and go about your business.
- I do think, from this exercise,
I am just reminded that I am much harsher on myself
than anybody is, and really, all of these products
are just sort of to make you look less tired,
so maybe just getting eight hours of sleep
is better than any of these.
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