Estée Lauder Double Wear Deep Dive: Double Wear Custom Coverage Correcting Duo

What is Deep Dive? I’m glad you asked! It’s a new series in which I’m reviewing a bunch of Estée Lauder Double Wear products from their permanent collection. Let’s find out what’s good! ?

Swear to gosh, ditching under-eye concealer and opting for things like tinted moisturizer and pearly eye creams instead has completely changed the game for my dark circles.

Who knew one could still look lit-from-within without having to wear layers of powder and other products?

Plus, not having to deal with creasing concealer has been SO liberating (also trimmed out about 10 minutes from my routine!), buuuuuuut…plot, meet twist. The lack of sleep in my life right now is taking a toll on my under-eye area, and I look a little more “tow up” than usual.

This morning, just as my inner dialogue was hitting the gas (“Should I just walk around with pantyhose over my head like an O.G. bank robber? Maybe I should stick My Little Pony Band-aids under my eyes?”), I suddenly remembered the Double Wear Custom Coverage Correcting Duo.

I’ve been using it off and on all summer, and today was a reminder of what it can do.

Estée Lauder Double Wear Custom Coverage Correcting Duo ($32)

“No-Sleep Karen” is all about this two-tone skin-perfecting duo, which comes in a bunch of different colors, and, depending on what shade you go for, you can use it to spot-correct dark circles, spots, redness and dullness. Technically, it’s supposed to be used before concealer and foundation, but I use it in Tangerine all by itself for dark circles without anything else on top. (For reference, I’m a Honey Bronze in Double Wear Foundation and an NC42 in MAC.)

“Correct, conceal, transform. Skin-perfecting duo helps custom-correct dark circles, spots, redness, dullness and more. Each duo has two levels of coverage. On one end, a light, luminous wears-all-day formula with brush applicator to sweep across larger areas. On the other, a full-coverage hydrating concentrate with sponge tip to cover targeted areas for up to 24 hours. Helps blur the look of imperfections for a flawless, even skintone. Creates a flawless base for concealer and/or foundation. For best results, apply before concealer and/or foundation. Gently tap on with applicator and lightly blend with fingertip or a brush.”

— esteelauder.com

There’s a satiny peach shade on one end and a darker satiny peach on the other, and both are warm enough to cancel out purple or blue areas (totally key). Neither one is too obviously orange, either (also totally key), so you won’t look like you’ve got two traffic cones under your eyes.

Both peachy shades are also opaque enough to do some serious brightening, and they do it without settling into fine lines. Best of all, once the color corrector dries, it does not move! I don’t even need to set it with a powder. It stays PUT.

Ingredients
Water\Aqua\Eau, Dimethicone, Methyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone Silylate, Butylene Glycol, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Ppg-12/Smdi Copolymer, Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Hexylene Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Dimethicone/Peg-10/15 Crosspolymer, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Polysilicone-11, Lecithin, Caprylyl Glycol, Zinc Stearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Laureth-7, Caffeine, Triethyl Citrate, Methicone, Sodium Hyaluronate, Silica, Alumina, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Xanthan Gum, Disodium Edta, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Phenoxyethanol, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Chromium Hydroxide Green (Ci 77289), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Carmine (Ci 75470), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288)] Rds Product Name: Double Wear Correct/Cncl Tint De Division: El (Estée Lauder) Ingredients: Water\Aqua\Eau , Cyclopentasiloxane, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Butylene Glycol, Nylon-12, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Bis-Peg/Ppg-14/14 Dimethicone, Hexylene Glycol, Diglycerin, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Hexyl Laurate, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Polysilicone-11, Alumina, Silica, Laureth-7, Disodium Edta, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Carmine (Ci 75470), Chromium Hydroxide Green (Ci 77289)]

There are some helpful pics and placement diagrams on the website. With Tangerine, I just dab a bit of both shades under my eyes and blend them in with a finger, ’cause that’s easiest for me (and it works).

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen