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Aug 14, 2012 4:20 PM EDT
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Product Smackdown: Undereye Concealers
Concealers Is there anything more soul-crushing than having someone look at you and utter that awful phrase, "Wow, you look tired." Why yes, that's just what we were going for when we were getting ready this morning. Thanks for pointing it out.

Dark circles — be they hereditary or caused by a lack of sleep — can take your look from flawless to fatigued, and cause you to be the subject of all those not-so-helpful remarks about the state of your slumber. That's why an undereye concealer is so important — it hides those purple half-moons to give you a bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed appearance.

Problem is, not every concealer can deliver on those miracle-coverage claims. So, we asked four brave R29ers to put their dark circles on display in order to test out some of the most promising undereye coverups and winnow out the best of the best. From those that brighten to those that hide everything, find out which ones performed the most convincing dark-circles disappearing act.

Photos: Courtesy of Bare Escentuals, Dermablend, It Cosmetics, L'Oréal