{"id":695336,"date":"2025-11-14T23:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=695336"},"modified":"2025-11-14T23:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:08:34","slug":"save-the-bleph-why-you-should-ditch-undereye-concealer-for-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=695336","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Save the Bleph!\u2019: Why You Should Ditch Undereye Concealer for Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018Save the Bleph!\u2019: Why You Should Ditch Undereye Concealer for Fall<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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By <\/span>Erika W. Smith<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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On a social media feed dominated by nearly identical variations of Instagram face, unique features can make you stand out. The most recent movement? A wave of TikTokers is celebrating another much-maligned feature: undereye bags.<\/p>\n

Last month, content creator Elise Perry (@eliseperry29) posted a passionate defense of undereye bags: \u201cLadies, keep your lower bleph. Keep your undereye bags. Please let Lea be an example of how incredibly hot and cool they are,\u201d she narrates while showing several photos of French actress and cool-girl poster child L\u00e9a Seydoux. \u201cThis is what makes her sexy. This is what makes her so chic and fashion. Like this stare with the eye bag underneath? It\u2019s so hot.\u201d She goes on to share photos of other celebrities with this feature, including Kristen Stewart and Sky Ferreira, as well as beauty influencers emphasizing their undereyes with bronzer. \u201cSave the bleph!\u201d she concludes.<\/p>\n

A bleph\u2014or blepharoplasty\u2014is the medical name for the eye lift. It can be done to either the upper or lower lids (or both) and was once considered an antiaging treatment reserved for those in the 50-plus realm. But in a post-COVID and Zoom world, younger and younger patients are getting eye lifts.<\/p>\n

With 1.6 million views and counting, Perry\u2019s video clearly resonates. In the comments, other TikTokers are sharing photos of their own undereye bags in solidarity. A selection of comments: \u201cI\u2019ve been feeling so insecure about mine lately, and this changed everything.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re rewiring my brain right now.\u201d \u201cDark circles and hooded eyes make me ME.\u201d \u201cHere for this de-influencing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Content creator Kalyn (@eddiekayjunior) says watching Perry\u2019s video gave her a boost of confidence. \u201cIt was always just a self-conscious thing for me. I was a little bit ashamed of them, because it\u2019s always been associated with something negative\u2014not getting enough sleep or age,\u201d she tells Vogue<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re used to seeing these dewy, fresh faces, the \u2018clean girl aesthetic.\u2019 So a different point of view is kind of refreshing.\u201d She names Zoe Salda\u00f1a, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Angelina Jolie as a few celebrities with stunning undereyes.<\/p>\n

A few commenters are pointing out that the look has parallels to Korean beauty\u2019s aegyo-sal, which involves creating an illusion of fatty deposits under your eyelids to achieve a youthful, doe-eyed look. Aegyol-sal \u201cis commonly mistaken as eye bags when not done right,\u201d makeup artist Rick Yang told Vogue<\/em> Singapore in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Perry tells Vogue<\/em> that she made her video in response to a handful of influencers going on the record about their lower-blepharoplasty procedures. \u201cThey were treating it so casually, like, \u2018Oh, let me go get a matcha and remove my lower bleph,\u2019\u201d she recounts. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, but that\u2019s what makes your face look cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miami-based plastic surgeon Alexander Zuriarrain, MD, explains that the procedure has become more common with people in their 30s in recent years. This is in part thanks to an overall trend towards early intervention with cosmetic surgery, as well as the recent breakthrough development of the nano fat grafting technique for lower blepharoplasties. This new technique has led to a shorter recovery period and a more natural appearance compared to filler, he says. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to combine with other procedures,\u201d Dr. Zuriarrain adds. \u201cA lot of women will come and do a breast augmentation, and then they\u2019ll simultaneously deal with their dark circles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like many, Perry was insecure about her undereye circles growing up, but her mother\u2014who is French\u2014always assured her that they\u2019re chic and French. Perry found inspiration in Tumblr-beloved indie icons of the 2010s, especially when compared to the glam beauty looks seen on contemporaneous celebrities like Paris Hilton and the Kardashians. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s where I fit in, that brand of girl.\u2019 Because the Kylie Jenner type of look, that wouldn\u2019t look right on me,\u201d Perry says. So she embraced and even emphasized her undereye bags. \u201cI used to take eyeshadow and put it under my eyes to enhance them. And then people would be like, \u2018Why do you look like you got punched in the face?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018I\u2019m being chic, okay?\u2019 I wanted to look tired so badly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry wasn\u2019t the only one embracing her dark circles in the 2010s. Beauty writer Sable Yong, author of the essay collection Die Hot With a Vengeance<\/em> and the Substack \u201cHard Feelings\u201d, is a longtime fan of undereye bags. \u201cI remember writing an ode to my natural undereye shadows for XoVain<\/em> when I was platinum blonde, which made them look even cooler, in my opinion,\u201d she tells Vogue<\/em> via email. \u201cI\u2019ve always had a bit of redness and shadow around my eyes naturally, and whenever I\u2019ve tried to master concealer techniques to cover them, I find that I look strange\u2014my eyes look smaller, swallowed up by my face. My natural shadows give my eyes contrast and definition. I\u2019ve always liked that about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yong adds that the pressure to have near-invisible undereye bags \u201cis so ingrained in beauty culture, it feels like the upper-face equivalent of being told to smile. I think undereye bags or circles imply a weariness that many people consider unbecoming, but I\u2019ve always thought it gives an air of mystery and lore to a person. It makes me wonder, \u2018What have they been up to??\u2019 and even more so \u2018What are they thinking?\u2019\u201d She concludes, \u201cUndereye bags are the thinking woman\u2019s best \u2018accessory,\u2019 to put it pretentiously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Have a beauty or wellness trend you\u2019re curious about? We want to know! Send<\/em> Vogue\u2019s senior beauty and wellness editor an email at beauty@vogue.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Source URL: http:\/\/vogue.com\/article\/embrace-eye-bags<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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