Concealers -Tarte - Maracuja creaseless concealer
tmomo 2/15/2013 7:07:00 PM
I have tried many concealers and this one is good. I wouldn't say that it provides full coverage of my dark circles, but it masks them pretty well. I'm an NC25/NC30 and use 'medium' in this concealer, which is a good match. What I love about this product is that it leaves my under eye area hydrated. Only a small amount of product should be used, so it looks lightweight and natural. If it would set on it's own, I might love this product.... but it doesn't. This concealer remains wet and shiny and will move around, crease, and fade if it isn't set with powder. In order to keep it in place, I have to pat powder over it (a dusting of powder isn't enough to keep it in place). This gives a heavier more made-up look which looks dry by the late afternoon. This concealer is still a good product and I use it on days when my skin needs hydration, but I prefer a more natural look and a concealer that let's me keep powder away from my under eye area.
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Concealers -Estee Lauder - Double Wear Stay-in-Place Concealer
tmomo 2/15/2013 11:49:00 AM
After trying almost every concealer at MAC and Sephora, I may have found my HG! Primarily, I use concealer to cover my dark, dark undereye circles. In my opinion, one layer of this concealer offers solid medium to full coverage and hides my dark circles better than any other concealer that I have tried. I love this concealer because it stays in place all day. It never creases and is one of the only concealers that I've found that doesn't need to be set with powder! It sits beautifully on the skin, looks very natural (i.e., I can wear this under the eyes without foundation on the rest of my face). The color range is excellent and offers both pink-based and yellow-based shades for a range of skin tones. I am an NC25-30 and use this product in 'Warm Light-Medium" and it's a perfect match. At the suggestion of make up artists I had been trying to cover my circles with heavier full coverage concealers (e.g., MUFE full cover, MAC studio finish, MAC pro longwear, Cover fx cream concealer, etc). These product looked too heavy and dry.... like I obviously had on makeup. I hesitated to try the Double Wear Stay-in-Place concealer because of reviews that said it was drying or cakey. I apply moisturizer under my eye and then apply three or four dots of this product. I blend by patting with my finger and then let it dry. That's it! At first I tried to layer this over my foundation and I did find that it caked a bit and was hard to blend. Applying it without foundation covers well and looks so natural. For more coverage, you can add a few more dots and blend. This product really is everything that I was looking for in a concealer and I just wish I had tried it sooner! Although, after trying so many other products, I truly understand what a gem this one is! ***EDIT*** My previous review was glowing, but after using this product for over a month, I have come to see its shortcomings. I saw photographs of myself and realized that the coverage was not as good as I previously thought. It was definitely not covering the purple tone of my dark circles. When I tried to layer more concealer to increase the coverage I came to understand the caking and heaviness described in other reviews. My concealer search continues.....
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Concealers -Origins - Quick, Hide! Easy blend concealer
tmomo 2/15/2013 11:16:00 AM
This concealer is like no other that I've ever tried, and I have tried many! I love that it's so easy to blend and stays in place all day. I would say that it offers solid medium coverage. It never creases and is one of the only concealers that I've found that doesn't need to be set with powder. In these ways, it is the great.... Unfortunately, the colors are terrible for yellow-based skin tones like mine (NC25/NC30). All the shades dry darker and way to pink to wear under the eye. I usually wear light-medium shades, but in this concealer my under eye area ended up a very unnatural pinkish/whitish color (even with a sheer application). The light shade dried slightly less pink, but even more white. I ended up buying the medium shade which dried to a darker and unfortunately slightly grayish tone. I so wanted to find a shade that would work for me because this concealer sits so beautifully on the skin, but unfortunately I couldn't. I had to return this product.
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