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You have 1DARK CIRCLES Shadows typically appear when blood vessels show through ultrathin undereye skin, says Amy Derick, M.D., a derma- tologist in Barrington, Illinois. Quick fix Use eye creams with one or more of the following: caffeine, to constrict blood vessels; peptides or vitamin C, to build collagen and thicken undereye skin; and illuminating particles, to brighten the area. Try Decléor Hydra Floral Eye Contour ($38; .com) with caffeine; M.D. Skincare Lift & Lighten Eye Cream ($58; sephora.com) with peptides and vitamin C; or Illuminating Eye Reviver ($13; at drugstores) with lightening pigments. Makeup can also help—when applied correctly. One trick Darac, a New York City makeup artist, swears by: Tap a very sheer layer of red (yes, red lipstick) such as L’Oréal Colour Riche For brighter eyes, Lipcolour in Penelope’s Red opt for navy or black mascara ($9; at drugstores) under your instead of brown eyes. “This neutralizes blue tones better than alone,” says Darac. Top with age-defying a yellow-based concealer like the Creamy Concealer Kit ($32; bobbibrown eye tricks .com), which is available Try these expert strategies to minimize dark in 12 shades and comes with setting powder. circles, puffiness, and more—and you’ll take years off your looks. BY GENEVIEVE MONSMA

to erase circles BRUNO GAGET. STILL LIFE: NICO LAI GROSELL Try a lightening We sail through our teens with bright, lineless eyes. Then somewhere in eye cream under a our 20s and 30s, our begins creasing midday, the dark circles yellow concealer stick around even after a good night’s sleep, and the lines that form when we smile turn into permanent fi xtures. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to make an appointment with a plastic surgeon; these normal signs of aging can be addressed with a few simple skin and makeup tricks.

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You have dabbing a bit of clear like 2SPARSE LASHES MAC Lipglass in Clear ($14; mac The biggest reason lashes look .com) on the tip of your skimpy is repeated trauma, caused finger and lightly brushing it over either by tugging on them to your lashes. “This will make them remove mascara appear longer and to shrink or by repeatedly glossier,” says Darac. bags Use a tightening mask

using false lashes Each year and an illuminating or extensions. You have concealer

Couple this wear skin loses 3PUFFY EYES which translates into bigger under- and tear with the ❝firmness Allergies and too little eye bags, says Derick. fact that all hair sleep, the most common Quick fix Getting eight hours of grows thinner due to the ❝ culprits of undereye shut-eye—or taking an antihista- with age, and breakdown of bags, can cause your mine if you have allergies—will most women will face to retain water, help. But tweaking your skincare find their lashes fibers that most noticeably around routine also gets you results. A looking less keep it taut. your eyes. But natural tightening cream or mask, such as over time. aging can make the Talika Eye Decompress Masks ($28; Quick fix Plenty condition even more skinterra.com), above, used when of products, such as Peter Thomas pronounced. Each year our skin you first wake up in the morning, Roth Lashes to Die For ($125; loses a bit of its firmness due to the will act as a girdle, holding in the peterthomasroth.com), help make lash- breakdown of elastin and collagen, puffiness underneath your eyes. es longer and thicker by nourishing the two fibers that keep it taut. Fluid Tapping on a brightening concealer the roots with conditioning ingredi- accumulates in this slackened skin, such as Lightening ents like panthenol. But you can get similar results with makeup. Before A dime-size applying mascara, define the inner drop of eye rims above and below your eyes cream is enough to with a pencil that has a soft, easy-to- treat both eyes smudge tip in a dark shade like black, brown, or deep green to make the lash line appear thicker, says Darac, who loves Prescriptives Softlining Pencil in Void ($18; prescriptives.com), a forest green color. Then sweep on two coats of a volumizing mascara such as Too Faced Lash Injection mascara in Pitch Black ($20; sephora .com), which plumps with elastic polymers and contains vitamin E to keep lashes from drying out. Finish by

to thicken lashes Use a smudgy liner and clear lip gloss

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Quick fix Avoid rub- bing your eyes, which causes wrin- kling in the long run—and in the short term makes to lift brows shadows crease, Opt for a lighter-than- usual brow powder and accentuating loose a highlighting pencil skin. Also dab on a moisturizing eye to catch your attention (and other cream twice daily, people’s) fast, says Derick. like Ahava Time Quick fix Lightening your brows Line Continual Eye makes them look less heavy, says Treat ($42; ahava Ashunta Sheriff, a celebrity makeup .com) with hydrating artist in New York City. Have a col- marine extracts, to orist tint them, or do it yourself with plump the skin and a brow pencil or powder one shade make sagginess less lighter than your brows. Try Tarte apparent, says the Toolbox ($32; tartecosmetics.com), Regular Derick. The cos- which comes in three hues. R&R helps combat the metics cure? Apply peach fuzz around your brows also signs of a matte like opens up the area and makes your aging Touch arches appear raised, says Eliza Base for Eyes in Petrescu, a New York City brow Touch concealer ($12; bodyshop Canvas ($14; clinique.com), below, guru. To enhance the effect, apply a .com), which is available in two with skin-smoothing silicone. It pale pink like Benefit suit-everyone shades, will hide allows shadow to glide on and stay Eye Bright ($18; benefitcosmetics.com) any shadows still lingering. put longer. Then sweep a matte underneath your brows. shadow on top, says Tina Turnbow, a You have celebrity makeup artist in New York what a doc can do CRÊPEY LIDS 4 City, adding: “Stay away from shim- If these at-home strategies All skin grows slack over time, but mers, metallics, and creams, which aren’t getting you the results because your eyelid skin is so thin, crease easily.” When choosing col- you want, an M.D. may be the sagging there is ors, opt for light to medium neutrals able to help. often exaggerated. so that if the shadow does end up in FOR DARK CIRCLES A your creases, it’s not so obvious. A hyaluronic acid filler (such as Restylane) injected into the few shadows to try: Avon True Color undereye area thickens thin Eyeshadow in Shell, a pale peach to smooth lids skin, concealing blood vessels. Rely on a matte ($4; avon.com), and FOR PUFFY EYES A fractional primer and shadows Expert Wear Eye Shadow in Earthy laser like the Erbium tightens Taupe, the light beige at left, and the skin, shrinking bags. Sparkling Wine, the bronze at left FOR CRINKLY EYELIDS ($4 each; at drugstores). Injecting a hyaluronic acid filler into the sides of the lids plumps saggy skin and diminishes the You have appearance of lines. 5DROOPY BROWS FOR DROOPY BROWS Like slack lids, brows sag because Injecting Botox in between your skin loses elasticity. But them will give your brows a since your eyebrows are front and less furrowed look. center on your face, they’re likely

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