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Excess baggage: Solutions for dark circles and puffy eyes

One editor tackles under-eye circles and puffiness with pro advice and an arsenal of solutions.

By Jacquelyn Francis

Photography by Carlo Mendoza

Some women have great legs, others a flat stomach. I, unfortunately, have neither. But I do have good skin. I still recall being embarrassed when a friend shouted over a table of drinks: “You have no crow’s feet.” But she could not see then what I knew was coming: dark under-eye circles and puffiness. The bane of my South Asian genes, it’s something no number of cucumber slices can diminish. But I do have an arsenal of solutions: topical creams, serums and corrective makeup.

Click the links below for professional tips and a round-up of our favourite remedies.

   
         

Dark circles

 

Puffy eyes

 

Concealer

First published in FASHION Magazine March 2010

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