Concealer that doesn't end up in the crease

A serum-textured concealer with light-to-medium coverage, formulated with vitamin C and hyaluronic acid.

The best-behaved concealer here on a creasing under-eye, and the reason is that it never fully sets. It is serum-textured and formulated with hyaluronic acid, so it stays flexible and slightly hydrating all day — which means when the skin folds, the product folds with it rather than breaking. The wide pot is also easier to grip than a slim pen, and the doe-foot gives you control over a small amount.

A creamy medium-coverage concealer with a radiant finish and a broad shade range.

The one to choose if you need medium coverage and still cannot afford to crease. It stays creamy rather than setting hard, and the radiant finish means it keeps returning light instead of drying to a flat patch that shows every line it sits in. Applied thin and set with almost nothing, it holds well.

A hydrating medium-coverage concealer with a satin finish and an unusually large doe-foot applicator.

Hydrating is the operative word: it does not dry down tight, which is what breaks along a fold. At drugstore price you can also afford to be generous with how often you replace it, and an old, thickened concealer creases much more readily than a fresh one — which is a cause nobody mentions.

A light-to-medium concealer with a hydrating, natural finish.

The least product of the covering options, which on a creasing under-eye is the most useful property available. Light-to-medium, hydrating, fragrance-free, and the cushion applicator deposits noticeably less than a doe-foot. If your under-eye creases no matter what, going lighter rather than better is usually the answer.

A sheer, brightening under-eye concealer in a click pen.

The honest last resort before going bare: a sheer brightening product rather than a covering one. It lifts the inner corner where shadow is deepest without putting enough material on the skin to crease at all. For a deeply crepey under-eye this is frequently a better result than a well-chosen concealer.

A very finely milled translucent powder with a low-weight, soft-focus finish.

If you are going to set — and you may not need to — this is the milling you want. It is about as finely milled as the category gets, which means a trace amount controls movement without sitting visibly in the fold. Coarse powder is the fourth cause of creasing, and this is how you avoid being caught by it.

A biodegradable blending sponge with a tapered tip for the under-eye.

The tapered tip is why this is here. The under-eye needs a small contact area and almost no pressure, and a large sponge base pushes concealer sideways into the fine lines you were covering. A tapered point lets you press a small amount exactly where it goes and nowhere else.