I decided to write this review for anyone else who is really struggling with under eye makeup and is in the process of researching Demi by Seint. I’m assuming if you find this that you’ve already been hunting for reviews and information about Demi. If not, this probably won’t be enough information on its own but there are a lot of videos about it on YouTube. If you’re looking for a real review, keep reading.
This is a video I made after using Saint for about 6 months:
Background
I didn’t wear a lot of makeup for two years during the pandemic and when things started to ease up I could see my skin had changed. Our family has a lot of hereditary under eye darkness. It’s very strong and can be very purple. Now that I’m getting a bit older, concealer doesn’t work with fine lines and wrinkles and makes them look worse.
When I’m wearing glasses it’s not as noticeable but when I occasionally wear contact lenses there’s nothing to distract from my dark circle ring, or from seeing concealer.
I was hunting for a solution and that’s when I stumbled on Seint and Demi colour.
Disclaimer
Up until now I have been 100% against anything resembling an MLM business, and I didn’t realize the business model when I first found Seint. But I’m making an exception because of the expertise I’m getting from the makeup artist who has helped me with colour correction. And the products/system is pretty unique.
Colour Match
I actually ended up contacting 3 different artists and they’ve all been very helpful and knowledgeable. The first one actually sent me videos of Amanda Lee Hill’s videos explaining demi colour correction, which is how I found her. I also feel terrible because I got some advice from another artist on YouTube right around the same time, but I ended up going with Amanda because she is so specialised in Demi.
Here’s the thing though. Even though all three of the artists were great, I think it’s really hard to get your undereye colours right from just a photo. None of the three artists recommended the combination that I’ve actually ended up using. It’s taken trial and error of my own to get to what is actually working now, and it’s still not perfect. But the artists are helpful and can help you get started.
Seint does offer a 30 day refund/exchange but I’ve kept everything because it’s annoying to ship things back in Canada unless the postage is paid for.
About Colour Correction
To get a better understanding of what I’m going to review next, watch these videos to understand the colour correction system and this will make more sense.
Here’s an explainer video of concealer vs. colour editing:
I think Amanda is one of the biggest specialists in under eyes and colour correction out there BUT I think that it’s also really hard to capture your skin nuances in photos. It’s taken a lot of my own experimenting to get this right but Amanda has been really supportive and helpful along the way.
My Colours
First, I’ve noticed all of the artists talk about blue in the skin a lot, but my circles really are much more purple because my skin has a lot of red in it. In the beginning I had already tried O1 and then Amanda included O3 in her first recommendation of three colours to me. These “O” (for orange) colours are very nude-peachy looking colours that are supposed to help counter blues in your skin. They are very nice but not strong enough for the main part of my purple dark circles. However, they’re nice nude colours and I’m finding that they’re working nicely as sort of “area foundation” (way lighter than foundation) on my cheeks where I’ve started to get a bit of rosacea.
Amanda also recommended RO1 and YO1 to me. RO1 has some red in it to counter greens. I have very little green in my skin so I don’t use this one too much but I’m ok with having this in my palette. I use a tiny little bit on very specific places but that one little tile is probably going to last me for life.
YO1 was the most impactful for me, which surprised me. That made me realize how much I need those yellow tones for my true purples.
So after I saw the success of the YO1 but still needed something stronger, I decided to pick up Y1 and my artist really encouraged me to also get OY1.
It’s taken a lot of experimenting for about 6 weeks but I’m getting close to having this figured out. The main most useful for my dark purple circles have been the YO1 and Y1.
Trial & Error
Every morning for about 6 weeks I’ve been sitting in front of the mirror and analyzing the colours. Some mornings I’m putting the OY1 on first, which is quite orange but the colour feels kind of “thinner” to me than the others. That has worked as a bit of a base layer on days where I might be a bit more blue, but I still need to go over it with either Y1 and/or YO1.
In my palette
- O1
- O3
- RO1
- YO1
- OY1
- Y1
- YG1
What’s actually working for my dark circles:
- YG1
- YO1
- Y1
“O” stands for Orange, “Y” for yellow, “R” for red. When it says “YO” it means yellowish orange, or “OY” is orangy yellow.
Application
I’m also finding that I need to use it differently from how the artists recommend it. When Amanda does it, she does a “tap tap” on her hand to remove excess colour and put on as little as possible. That just doesn’t work for me. I need more than what she is recommending. I also need to put on a first layer, then let it kind of settle in, and then do another spot correction over it.
I still have to be really careful at the edges because even though everyone says it won’t get into your creases, sometimes it does. Maybe it’s because I’m using more than I need to but otherwise it doesn’t cover the dark areas.
Brushes
I’ve ended up with 4 brushes:
- Bright brush (essential)
- Spot brush (useful)
- IID brush (useful for applying YG1 all over a lot of my face to minimize redness)
- Blend brush (least useful but nice for blush)
So what do I really think?
I really like that it makes my skin look well moisturized. It’s got a kind of sheen; Amanda describes it as the “just from a facial” look and I think that’s true. At one time I wouldn’t have liked the shine but it’s actually very nice, and now that I’m getting older it’s way better than dry powdery looking skin. Occasionally I look too shiny though, like in my video above.
I think Demi is a lot nicer than concealer BUT the jury is still out if it’s actually countering my dark circles in a completely satisfying of way. I think you just have to get used to the fact that in some lighting and at certain angles you’re still going to have darkness showing, but that that it looks natural. Now in my 40s, it’s much worse to look cakey and creasy than it is to look like you have some natural looking circles. At least that’s what I’m trying to tell myself now that I’m getting older. But it does still bother me to see quite a bit of darkness showing through.
I think that about covers it. Hopefully someone finds this helpful!