When your skin is crashing out or sleep banks are running low (hello, midnight hot flashes), the best concealers for mature skin are absolute essentials. We can count on these trusted cover-ups to quickly camouflage blemishes, brighten our under-eyes, and tackle sun spots and discolouration. In addition to concealing, these primo formulas can also turn up the dial on hydration and soften the appearance of fine lines. While said concerns are a very natural part of ageing, you still have all the permission in the world to give yourself a break from what’s bugging you.
To bring you the best concealers of the best, we chatted with professional makeup artists about what makes a concealer suitable for mature skin, how to pick your shade, and the best way to apply product. Keep scrolling for the formulas that cover and care for your skin, and thank us later.
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The best concealers for mature skin, at a glance
The Concealer Pen by Victoria Beckham x Augustinus Bader
Best Overall: Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Lift & Flex Concealer
Yummy Skin Lift & Flex Concealer
Why it’s worth it: Danessa Myricks Beauty’s Yummy Skin Lift & Flex Concealer gives you endless ways to flex your makeup game: brighten undereyes, spot-correct, replace foundation entirely, or sculpt and contour. This serum-hybrid formula seamlessly combines skin care and coverage for a soft, matte finish that you’ll forget you even have on.
“It smooths over the skin without settling into fine lines and sets beautifully with just a touch of powder,” says London-based makeup artist Lake Sanu. Packed with caffeine, orchid flower, and Centella asiatica, it also hydrates, repairs, and soothes skin while you wear it. “This is the Holy Grail concealer for aging skin to look radiant and naturally fresh,” adds Kierra Lanice Wray, a makeup artist based in Lansing, Michigan.
“I’m so impressed with how hydrating this concealer feels — no dryness and zero creasing in the fine lines that are starting to creep in around my eyes. It’s amazing at neutralising the redness around my nose, too, and the Centella asiatica (a staple in so many Korean beauty favourites) calms my sensitive skin instantly.” — Christa Joanna Lee, contributing commerce writer.
More to know
- Key ingredients: Caffeine, orchid flower extract, Centella asiatica, ku shen extract, echinacea extract, purslane extract.
- Coverage: Medium to full.
- Finish: Matte.
- Shades: 20.
Best for Sensitive Skin: Kosas Revealer Concealer
Revealer Super Creamy + Brightening Concealer
Why it’s worth it: Creamy, creaseless, and non-comedogenic, Kosas’s Revealer Concealer is a standout for every skin type. “I’m obsessed with this concealer. The super creamy texture is incredibly hydrating, but once it sets, it stays,” says Tomy Rivero, a makeup artist based in New York City and Los Angeles, who notes that it’s especially good for dry skin types. Its skin-loving formula – featuring caffeine, glycerin, squalane, sunflower seed oil, hyaluronic acid, and collagen-boosting peptides – helps smooth skin as it conceals crow’s feet, dark circles, and fine lines. Plus, with 38 shades (plus brightening, colour-correcting versions), “the full range of skin tones covers everyone,” says Rivero.
Tester feedback from contributing commerce editor Deanna Pai
“This is like the Swiss Army Knife of concealers for me. I use the flat sponge to deposit just a few dabs of concealer beneath my eyes or the more precise tip to spot-cover redness around my nose. I’ve also found that it blends in seamlessly with my fingers—no brushes needed, which is always a plus.” — Deanna Pai, contributing commerce editor
More to know
- Key ingredients: Caffeine, pink algae, hyaluronic acid, arnica, peptides.
- Coverage: Medium.
- Finish: Radiant.
- Shades: 38.
Best for Dry Skin: Tower 28 Swipe Serum Concealer
Swipe Serum Concealer
Why it’s worth it: Worried about upsetting sensitive skin? Tower 28’s Swipe Serum Concealer glides over blemishes, dark circles, and redness without a hint of irritation. Its soothing, non-comedogenic formula stars Centella asiatica and hyaluronic acid to calm and hydrate, as well as lysine, an amino acid known for supporting tissue repair and easing dryness, notes cosmetic chemist Laura Lam-Phaure. New York City–based makeup artist Lisa Aharon is equally impressed: “It goes on super smoothly and gives medium to full coverage. I love it for covering dark spots and for sensitive, mature skin.” She notes that the lightweight serum texture makes it especially forgiving on delicate or reactive areas, allowing you to layer it without fear of caking or irritation.
“This is the creamiest concealer on the planet, or at least in my vast collection. I love that it feels lightweight but offers full coverage, making it perfect for covering dark undereye circles. It also doesn’t dry out and crack, which I appreciate on days when I won’t have time to touch up my makeup before dinner.” —Kara McGrath, content director
More to know
- Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, centella asiatica, lysine
- Coverage: medium (buildable)
- Finish: natural
- Shades: 20
Best Medium Coverage: Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer
Shape Tape Radiant Concealer
Why it’s worth it: As iconic as it is, our testers have found that the OG Tarte Shape Tape Concealer tends to be too drying for mature skin. But the Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer? That’s a different story. This Best of Beauty Award winner gives a second-skin, hydrating finish that works really well if you prefer the “found-cealer” look – à la spot-concealing all over, rather than applying a full face of foundation for mature skin. This formula imparts a soft-focus finish that covers up but still looks like your skin. And, ICYMI, the formula is infused with three weights of hyaluronic acid. “The smaller the molecular weight, the deeper it penetrates,” Los Angeles-based cosmetic chemist Jane Tsui explains. “The larger molecular weight sits more superficially on the skin and can give a wrinkle-filling effect while also drawing moisture to the skin.” Fine lines and creases, who?
“My concealer usually starts to crease around my eyes by lunchtime, but these diamond powders really seem to be doing their fill ’em in job. Radiant looked essentially as good as it had when I first applied it seven hours earlier.” — McGrath, content director
“Shape Tape Radiant has the same applicator and easy-to-blend texture as its predecessor. The difference is in its subtle, reflective finish. It dries down to feel like skin, not slick or sticky the way some other luminous concealers feel, and masks redness and hyperpigmentation completely. I used the shade Medium Honey on my undereyes (which tend to get dark), along my cheekbones (where I have dark spots from past breakouts), and around my nostrils (where I have redness). I plan to keep both Shape Tape concealers in my beauty arsenal.” — Jesa Marie Calaor, senior editor
More to know
- Key ingredients: Seaberry seed oil, seaberry fruit oil, prickly pear, ginseng, hyaluronic acid.
- Coverage: Medium.
- Finish: Radiant.
- Shades: 37.
Best for Dark Circles: Clarins Instant Concealer
Instant Concealer
Why it’s worth it: With a fluid, velvet-soft texture, this concealer effortlessly blends to smooth, brighten and correct dark circles and tiredness in a single swipe. Its clever tinted formula actually masks the colour of dark circles while restoring your skin’s natural tone. Enriched with caffeine and aloe vera (hello, hydration and de-puffing magic), it targets the eye-contour area for longer-wearing, crease-free coverage that keeps you looking fresh.
More to know
- Key ingredients: Aloe Vera extract, caffeine extract.
- Coverage: Medium.
- Finish: Radiant.
- Shades: 7.
Best for Undereyes: Victoria Beckham x Augustinus Bader Concealer Pen
The Concealer Pen by Victoria Beckham x Augustinus Bader
Why it’s worth it: This is a sleek click-pen formula built for precision that gives you a light-to-medium, second-skin finish while treating your complexion at the same time. It’s infused with Augustinus Bader’s TFC8® complex – yes, the same pro-level technology you’ve heard whispered about in skincare circles – so while you’re dodging dark circles and under-eye puffiness, you’re also getting active ingredients that work long after your makeup’s done. With 19 shades (and neutral undertones to cover warm, neutral and rosy skin tones) you’re covered. The finish? Radiant but still real-skin. The benefit? Clinically proven not to crease, settle or disappear in 8 hours.
More to know
- Key ingredients: Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, polyglutamic acid and squalane.
- Coverage: Light-to-medium.
- Finish: Radiant.
- Shades: 19.
Best Full Coverage: Dior Forever Skin Correct Full-Coverage Concealer
Forever Skin Correct Full-Coverage Concealer
Why it’s worth it: If a dewy finish isn’t your thing, Robin Black, a Los Angeles-based makeup artist, recommends the Dior Forever Skin Correct Full-Coverage Concealer, a full-coverage, long-wearing formula that leaves behind a soft matte finish. Spiked with hydrating iris, wild pansy, and yarrow extracts, this formula brightens undereyes, conceals blemishes, and even blurs imperfections with minimal product – and still looks natural.
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