Dark Circles

I have had dark circles under my eyes since I was a young teenager. I started to really notice them when I got sick (which is kind of expected).
When your body is in pain, when you can't sleep soundly, when you suffer from illness that takes a toll on your body every single day, dark circles are just a fact of life. Plus, apparently they have a hereditary component.
Thanks Mom!
Just kidding.

Dark circles are not a big deal. It's not like they hurt or cause any lasting damage, but there ARE products that can help... and I have been a total sucker. I have bought the expensive creams and oils and products to help boost the look of my undereye.
Well, I have purchased another product.
Let's be real here, if these dark circles WERE to go away, it would have been in my early 20s. They sure aren't going to improve anytime soon, so I have caved and I purchased some professional-grade concealer. If ya can't fix it, why not hide it?

I was prompted to do this because I recently had my makeup professionally done, and whatever that makeup artist used under my eyes made those dark greyish-purple circles completely disappear!!! Not only that, but that's all she really worked on. My eyes and my lips. This means that whatever she used blended well into my usual light type of makeup. I usually use a light cream-to-powder foundation with lotion built-in. Whatever she used looked light, felt light, and yet hid that darkness entirely. Here's the problem - I did not have a chance to ask her what she used. (Maybe next time).

So yesterday I dragged myself out of the house and asked for help from the makeup-obsessed sales gals at Sephora. It was my first time in there... scary.
She showed me a few products, suggested one in particular, and then did a mini-makeover to show me how to use it and how well it works.

Today was my first day trying it... so far so good. It's not a total miracle-look, but once I get some practice in, maybe it will be similarly miraculous.

It seems like such a small thing. It IS such a small thing. It is a small step to help me look less tired than I feel. It is a small step to be able to wear eye liner and/or shadow on my lower eye line without putting a spotlight on that dark greyish zombie under eyes.
I feel less like a zombie.
That was the goal.

Now if I could somehow figure out exactly what that makeup artist used and learn how to do that properly by myself....