Cakey concealer is a term used to describe a type of concealer that seems to settle into the creases of your nose and around your eyes, making it look like you have a giant crater on your face. This can make you look older and more tired than you actually are. To avoid this problem, here are some of our favorite non-cakey concealers.
Size: 0.23 oz/ 7 mL·ITEM: 2472108
Color: Medium 1 (N) - medium, neutral undertones
$38.00
Never cakes....Good spot concealer to pair with a light foundation. Doesn't cake.
What it is: An all-day-wear, do-it-all, medium-to-full-coverage concealer that acts as the most-targeted texture solver, gliding on skin like butter on toast.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Caffeine: Helps visibly de-puff and support skin.
- Avocado and Mango Butters: Hydrate and nourish to smooth texture.
- Exclusive Peptide Blend: Supports natural collagen to help improve texture.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also cruelty-free.
$43.50
Non cakey natural looking everyday concealer...Feels like a second skin and like I’m not wearing any concealer. Does not cake up which is rare with my skin. ...Great coverage , doesn’t cake up, doesn’t settle in fine lines ! A+
What it is: A lightweight full-coverage concealer that quickly perfects and visibly de-puffs over time, with a dual-ended applicator featuring a built-in sponge blurring blender with anti-bacterial technology.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Visibly brightens and reduces the look of discoloration.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Plumps the appearance of fine, dry lines.
- Caffeine: Energizes skin.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, and SLS & SLES. It is also gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This 12-hour concealer quickly corrects, conceals dark circles and dark spots, and blurs imperfections with all-day staying power. Plus, see an improvement in the look of dark circles and dark spots.
Size: 0.03 oz/ 7 mL·ITEM: 2146900
Color: NW32 - neutral beige w/ neutral undertone for medium skin
$41.00
What it is:
A lightweight fluid concealer with a wand applicator that offers all-day comfortable wear with buildable coverage and a natural matte finish.
What it does:
This lightweight fluid concealer provides seamless coverage, blurs imperfections, and offers all-day comfortable wear. The formula wears up to 24 hours while providing medium-to-full buildable coverage. Skin looks smoother, more even, and selfie-ready. The small sponge-tip applicator makes it easy to zero in on any area, making it your must-have magic wand. Skin looks fresh and perfected with a natural matte finish that’s never dry or cakey.
This formula smooths the look of skin. It doesn’t settle, streak, or cake for up to 24 hours, and provides stay-true color.
Size: 0.33 oz / 10 mL·ITEM: 2700268
Color: 36S medium-tan sand - medium to tan skin with warm, golden undertones
$43.00
The perfect creamy concealer! I’ve tried so many concealers and I am quite picky , but this concealer is the perfect consistency, very blendable and once it is set , it looked like skin...This is a very natural looking concealer, it covered enough redness and spots without looking cakey, pasty or fake. ...Natural concealer
What it is: A medium coverage, radiant concealer that’s featherlight so it won’t hide your freckles or cake your face— shape tape™ has entered her radiant era.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Seaberry Seed Oil: Hydrates, refreshes, soothes.
- Seaberry Fruit Oil: Hydrating, plumping, and smoothing.
- Ginseng: Soothes and smooths skin tone.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Achieve mediu
Size: .28 oz / 8 mL·ITEM: 2595528
Color: Beige - medium beige with yellow undertones; for light to medium skin
$47.50
I LOVE how smooth the product goes onto my skin, the formula feels creamy and blendable and it does not cake onto my skin at all it blends right in with my make up and looks very natural. it does not feel too heavy or too late I am very satisfied....New holy-grail concealer...I absolutely love this concealer. It is the only concealer that I own that can act in place of foundation.
What it is: A featherweight, full coverage creamy concealer with 16-hour longwear skin-perfecting power that brightens, corrects, and helps blur imperfections.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, and sulfates SLS & SLES.
What Else You Need to Know: Formulated with skin-gripping film formers and hyaluronic acid, this creamy concealer creates a smooth, seamless look that moves with facial expressions and resists creasing and settling.
Size: 0.25 oz/ 7.5 mL·ITEM: 2361707
Color: 200C - light medium with cool beige undertones
$33.00
Great concealer! Definitely very brightening. Doesn’t settle into lines/cake, it lasts a while, and looks very natural while giving good coverage. ...Best concealer I’ve used. I have really dry skin so even concealers that promise to not cake do, but this was light and glowy all day long.
What it is: A lightweight, hydrating concealer with cake-free, medium-to-full coverage that lasts while brightening skin with a radiant finish.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.
Size: 0.30 oz / 9 ml·ITEM: 2577856
Color: Maple Syrup 8.2 Golden - rich skin tones with golden undertones
$42.00
Whether it's blemishes, dark circles, or redness, this product delivers long-lasting results without feeling heavy or cakey. I love all Huda products....It blends so well and it doesn't cake up even after long hours of wear. This concealer corrector is now a staple in my makeup routine.
What it is: A waterproof, fragrance-free, transfer proof concealer with buildable medium to full coverage, and Vitamin E to visibly blur, brighten, and conceal.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin E and Sweet Almond Oil: Condition and care for the delicate under-eye skin
Size: 0.20 oz / 6 ml·ITEM: 2578904
Color: HB SIX - For deep skin tones with golden undertones
$34.00
This concealer has light, natural coverage. It's not cakey or heavy at all. ...I love the formula of this concealer. If you’re into the no makeup makeup look, this definitely gives you a little coverage without looking cakey under the eyes.
What it is: A hydrating and concealing under eye brightener with effortless light coverage that’s clinically proven to illuminate + hydrate skin over time.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Olive-Derived Squalane and Plant-Derived Glycerin: Lock in moisture and leave skin quenched and visibly glowing.
- Tomato Extract: Visibly brightens, plumps, and evens skin tone.
- Cucumber Extract: Soothes with ascorbic and lactic acids and protects with antioxidants.
Size: 0.225 oz / 6.4 g·ITEM: 2772911
Color: 55W rich warm - deeper skin with very warm, rosy undertones
$41.00
I still use nars radiant creamy on my face since it is non comedogenic and I have acne prone skin, but this is my new go to under eye concealer. ...My favorite concealer!!...And it doesn't crease or cake.
What it is: A creamy, full-coverage concealer that has a natural finish for smoother, brighter, crease-proof under-eyes.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Cloudberry: Rich in vitamin C and omegas 3 and 6 to visibly plump and brighten.
- Diamond Powder: Helps blur imperfections.
- Maracuja Oil: Rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin C for firmer- and brighter-looking skin.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This full-coverage concealer is infused with nouris
Size: 0.15 oz·ITEM: 2763373
Color: 1 - fair with neutral tones
$38.00
Favorite concealer ever!...I would definitely repurchase this concealer. I tried another concealer and it was cakey and hard to blend, but this one is so great! ...GET THIS CONCEALER...Even after a long and hot day in Miami, the concealer lasted all day and didn’t feel thick or cakey.
What it is: A hydrating, brightening, and blurring concealer that applies like a serum and has light to medium coverage to even your skin for a natural glow.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- InstaBright: Visibly evens, smooths, and brightens the under eye.
- Skin Prodigy: Supports collagen and hyaluronic acid for plumper-, firmer-looking skin.
- Phytosqualane: A plant-derived moisturizer that visibly softens and smooths skin.