The Guyliner just wants a concealer that doesn?t blow its own cover. Is it really so much to ask" He tested heaps to find out.
The selfie. So all-pervading that if the top four rows on your Instagram don?t contain at least three extreme close-ups of your divine visage, people start to wonder: do you have something to hide"
That?s great when you?re in your teens or 20s and time has yet to bang on the door, tooled up with wrinkles, laughter lines, blotches and bags. But later, snapping yourself at such close range can be quite the leveller.
There are filters, of course, but if you want full control, you?re going to have to bite the bullet and ask for some extra help. It?s time to turn to make-up.
I tested one of the subtlest ways you can be selfie-ready in no time at all. It?s called concealer and it?s in its own best interests to stay a secret. StriVectin Clinical Corrector ,£25,  was great at covering up dark circles. For guys who haven?t much experience with makeup, it might be quite a shock to the system, as it was fairly thick and took a bit of patting in, plus it?s applied with what?s called a doe-foot ? like you might see on lip gloss ? so watch out when slapping it on, you won?t need much.
Diego Dalla Palma?s, £16.74,  concealer was even trickier to put on ? no wand, no brush, it just squirted out of a tube, which caused a few initial mishaps. I really felt like I was wearing makeup and I was looking for a lighter feel. It took a while to blend in ? agai...