Here's what's been happening backstage at every red carpet since the 1950s.
Before every single appearance, the makeup artist starts with the under-eyes.
They know what most people still don't: this one small area decides whether a face reads young and awake or tired and old. Get it right, and the rest of the face follows.
So they use something most women have never heard of, temporary eye tighteners.
These temporary eye tighteners are made with film forming silicates consisting of millions of micro-tightening minerals.
And as these micro-tightening minerals dry, they connect with one another, forming a film that kind of acts as a second skin. Pulling the under-eye smooth.
These minerals also have a sheer-tint which adapts to their skin, neutralizing darkness.
All happening in under 90 seconds.
Bags pulled flat. Crepiness tightened. Dark circles, gone.