10 Holy-Grail Concealers for Mature Skin

Blink, and you’ll miss these camouflage concealers. 

Finding the perfect concealer for mature skin is tricky. Before you scour the internet, though, you must understand what having mature skin means. Mature skin is a combination of genetics and environment—the fine lines, wrinkles, thinning skin, and loss of elasticity. 

Mature skin is prone to dryness, flakiness, and cracked patches. The skin barrier doesn’t function as efficiently as it used to over time. Using a formula that exacerbates dullness and covers up dark under-eye circles, puffiness, eye bags, age spots, blemishes, and even freckles is essential.

Always choose skincare packed with nutrient-rich ingredients to revitalize the skin. For instance, peptides, ceramides, and antioxidants replenish the skin. Meanwhile, glycerin and hyaluronic acid hydrate dry skin. In turn, it vastly improves the appearance of hyperpigmentation and fine lines. 

You may need to swap up your go-to concealer. As you get older, it is best to stay away from drier powder and solid formulas and stick to creams and liquids.

The drier the product, the more it’ll sink into fine lines, whereas creams blur those lines. Also, pick a thinner consistency to avoid looking cakey with your daily makeup routine.

Once you’ve got the formula in your hand, warm it up on the back of your hand, work in light layers with a brush then buff them out with a beauty blender to ensure a naturally radiant finish.

The best concealers for mature skin

Here’s our curated list of 10 holy-grail concealers for mature skin. 

Best Long-Wear: Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra Longwear Concealer 

This concealer offers high-performance wearability, while correcting imperfections.

Laura Mercier’s Flawless Fusion Ultra-Longwear Concealer is a medium to full-coverage formula that weightlessly perfects, hydrates, and blurs with 12 hours of crease-resistant wear.

This little number diffuses facial imperfections and seamlessly corrects under-eye darkness, this make-up artist must-have feels almost undetectable on the skin.

Best Stick: Cle De Peau Beaute Concealer SPF 27

Make this SP7 27 concealer the first step in your everyday make-up routine. Clé de Peau Beauté’s approach to beautiful skin doesn’t stop at its makeup offering; its Concealer contains Illuminating Treatment Powder, an ingredient that improves rough skin, and chestnut rosa and green tea extracts, which maintain the product’s true-to-skin shades.

Use the glide-on stick to easily apply the rich, creamy texture to minimize the appearance of unwanted pigmentation, spots, uneven tone, and dark circles. 

Best Waterproof: Lancôme Effacerness Long Tenue Concealer

Banish signs of fatigue with this waterproof concealer.

Eliminate signs of fatigue with this concealer from Lancôme, formulated to minimize the appearance of fine lines.

This waterproof concealer is perfect for long days, as it features SPF 30. It can be applied with warm fingers or a brush. A quick tip: Under-eye concealer is easy when you know how; paint three stripes to lift dark areas (the lower crease and the inner and outer-eye area) and then pat in with your finger or buff in with a brush. 

Best Cream Formula: NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer 

The UK’s bestselling prestige concealer for a reason. According to NARS founder François Nars, “make-up is about being true to yourself and enhancing your natural beauty. It helps you face the world.”

The first step to creating a much cooler, your skin-but-better complexion is through the bestselling Radiant Creamy Concealer, a long-wearing formula coveted by industry experts for its lightweight yet buildable coverage, luminous finish, and luxurious texture.

It’s also enriched with hydrating skincare benefits and light-diffusing technology.

Unlock its additional potential by selecting two shades lighter than your usual concealer for a highlighter and two shades deeper for contouring.

Best Airbrush Finish: HOURGLASS Vanish Airbrush Concealer

Hourglass presents its latest concoction of the Vanish Airbrush Concealer. From the HOURGLASS brand, this gem is adored for its desirable combination of science and luxury.

The HOURGLASS Vanish Airbrush Concealer sets smoothly without creasing throughout the day. Weightless than pigments, this blend is guaranteed to make you look like you’ve had your total of eight hours.

With a flocked wand to prevent pulling on delicate skin, it has non-comedogenic qualities and has been expertly made without testing on furry friends.

Best Blurring: Charlotte Tilbury Magic Away Liquid Concealer

Blur imperfections and enjoy a flawless-looking complexion with the Magic Away concealer by Charlotte Tilbury.

Its gummy texture stretches over the skin for a youthful, resurfaced look with a contoured illusion, a miracle stick that helps to cover dark circles, pigmentation, redness, blemishes, and imperfections.

Best Cult-Classic: ARMANI Arm Power Fabric Concealer

Giorgio Armani Beauty presents the Power Fabric High Coverage Liquid Concealer, a formula that effortlessly combines a foundation’s blendable qualities with a concealer’s superior coverage.

Offering a seamless second skin like feel, it conceals imperfections to give a bright, healthy-looking complexion.

Use it alone for a lighter makeup look or combined with the award-winning Power Fabric foundation for a high-coverage flawless finish.

Combine this foundation’s sleekness with the unbeatable concealer coverage for a completely luminescent, radiant look. 

Best Illuminating: HUDA BEAUTY #FeuxFilter Luminous Matte Buildable Coverage Crease Proof Concealer

A truly flawless glow is only a #FauxFilter away. Huda Beauty’s #FauxFilter Luminous Matte Liquid Concealer is a crease-proof, buildable formula that illuminates, conceals, and moves with you for a luminous skin-like finish that lasts all day.

It’s infused with sweet almond oil and vitamin E to condition and care for the delicate under-eye area, this versatile product effortlessly conceals dark circles and blemishes, beautifully blurs, and brightens –without collecting or settling into fine lines.

This concealer caters for all skin tones with a 30-strong shade selection.

Best Technology: SHISEIDO Synchro Skin Self-Refreshing Concealer

Crafted with a precision-tip applicator for targeted areas is infused with intelligent technology that synchronizes with your skin to resist heat, humidity, oil, and motion.

Shiseido’s Synchro Skin Self-Refreshing Concealer works to diminish pesky imperfections. Brightening dull areas for an instantly fresher look, it tackles the appearance of dark circles, spots, redness, and blemishes.

Comfortably weightless with medium-to-full coverage that lasts 24 hours, it is perfect for long days at work where time for touch-ups is few and far between.

Best Overall: NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer

Surely the NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer will quickly become your cosmetic bag’s next must-have. Trust in NARS to perfect your natural, everyday look with the Soft Matte Complete Concealer.

Blurring and smoothing imperfections, this long-lasting, oil-free formula is offered in 16 shades to complement all skin tones.

Enriched with antioxidants and vitamins A, C, and E to protect your complexion from daily wear, the high-performance product instantly delivers that flawless finish you always crave without any unwanted weight.

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Final Verdict 

If we had to choose our favorite, it would have to be the forward-thinking, intelligent SHISEIDO Synchro Skin Self-Refreshing Concealer is the future of makeup and skincare combined. It tackles dark circles, blemishes, and everything in between.

We’re also obsessed with the Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra Longwear Concealer because it’s perfect for those busy days when you’re out 24/7.