Learning the very best techniques to use makeup is a process. From beginner to skilled, makeup requires precision and skill– especially in your under eyes. As essentially the most thin, delicate a part of your face, applying makeup to the skin beneath your eyes could be the most difficult. You may often find that your makeup creases (or “crepes”) between your under eye folds, especially in the course of the cooler months when skin is dryer.  

Creping is when the under eye area appears wrinkled, causing the skinny skin to look layered. “If you apply makeup to crepey skin, and once you don’t apply it properly, it doesn’t lay nicely and sometimes exacerbates that appearance,” Priscilla Ono, Fenty Beauty’s Global Makeup Artist tells ESSENCE. 

But how do you avoid creping? Below, Ono breaks down her techniques to present you a creaseless under eye makeup look all winter long, and beyond. 

Prep your eyes

For starters, you must prep your eyes with skincare first. “To stop creping under the eyes, ensure to hydrate with a watch cream before applying any concealer or foundation,” Ono says. “In case your skin tends to be dryer, also go for a hydrating concealer.” Maintaining hydration under makeup can keep the skin smooth and versatile, which can help avoid unnecessary layers in your eye look. “The mix of hydration and setting is the important thing to eliminating creping,” she continues.

Set the skin

 “I all the time set using pressing motions with a soft powder brush,” she says, dusting off excess product to avoid stray powder. “The important thing here is to ensure you’re consistently dipping the comb within the product and that the comb is coated completely each time you press and set under eyes.” That way you may ensure you’re adequately setting your under eye, in a smooth, even application to maintain your whole makeup in place. 

Make it last

When you use the best products, you won’t must reapply. “The mix of a hydrating under eye cream and Fenty Beauty Invisimatte Instant Powder technique will truly allow the makeup to remain put for hours,” she affirms, without fading, pilling, creping, or movement. “While I might never recommend sleeping in your makeup, I’m that confident in this method that your makeup would even stay put overnight in the event you desired to put it to the test.”

“When you really ensure to adequately hydrate the under eye area in order that the skin is nourished, smooth, and plump, after which set with the above technique, you won’t have an issue,” she says. “Consistency is essential– don’t cut corners or skip any steps” and also you’ll have your eye makeup looking its best.