Tuesday 2 November 2010

Concealers - pt.1


Hello :D

As I promised, here are the reviews of my first part of the mu storage - the concealers.

Firstly I must say that I'm addicted to concealers, because I'm having under-eye dark circles for, like, forever. And I always have to hide them, or I don't feel okay with myself. When I have a day with minimal amount of MU, it's always with a concealer, eventho I forget the mascara or other stuff. The concealer is my personal MUST.

Having a pinkish undertone most of the year it's very hard for me to find a good concealer, because almost all of them have some yellow pigments in them and then the colour is too noticable. But in my eternal search for the perfect make-up pieces, I think I've found some good stuff :D

1.) ArtDeco Concealer cream

This is how it looks like and it contains 4,5g of product. The colour is 1 and it's almost the fairiest of them all. You can get about 7 colours if Iremember right. I can't tell you the price because I don't remember anymore how much did it cost, but I think it was about 10€ or a bit less.
I first heard of this concealer a year ago when I was at a workshop and we had tomake a certain make-up. We had offered all ArtDeco products for usage and it happened that I forgot my concealer at home, so I tried this one.


I use it with a concealer brush, because it's creamy enough.

This is the colour on a white surface. And then I'll show you my bare eye (don't scream, eventho it's scary!) and with the concealer:


Okay, it's a bit yellowish, but when you add the foundation the yellow tone is gone.
Verdict: 7/10
All in all I like it, because it can really hide all kind of marks and it's usually used for hiding tatooes even. So when I'll finish it I'll surely buy it again.
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2.) Bourjois Light-reflecting Concealer

It can be used directly without other brushes, but I use my brush every time. So it's your choice :)
The texture is creamy but not loosy. This is the colour 44 eclat beige clair and it works for me.

And now how it looks on my eyes...

I really love how it hidec my circles and the fact that it's lightly scented, but I don't think that all people would agree with me.

Verdict: 8/10
I like it very much, but the only problem is that I can't find it anywhere anymore. Like if it's not available anymore... :(
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3.) Essence Forget it! 3 in 1 concealer


I think everybody knows this product. It has 3 different colours, each for a part of the face. I'll show you how I use it.

These are all the 3 colours. And here is my interpretation of theme on my face...

(sorry for the strange face, but I really don't know how to pose...) bare face

ok sorry... strange again.
This is with the Essence concealer. I use the pink colour for my under-eye circles, green for red parts and the beige for adding a bit of colour to my circles on after my first pink concealer, or my under-eye area is to white and abnormal.

Verdict: 7/10

It's a nice thing for aspiring make-up artists, because it's easy to use and it works well. But it can be messy and greasy after a long day of wearing it.
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4.) Manhattan Wake up concealer

It comes in a nice tube with a small brush.
It's quite creamy and it contains light reflecting particles, which can enlight your under-eye area and make it fresh.

I got it in the 01 colour. But there are some more to choose from.


And now I'll show you the effect on my eye:


Verdict: 8/10
As you can see it's working great. I was using it all the time at first, but then I discovered other brands and this was just too transparent to work every time. But anyway it's a good concealer if your circles are not that visible.


Well, I hope you're pleased with this post and I'll continue my concealers review in some days, because I'll be in the capital for two days and I won't have time to post anything.
And don't be scared of my face :P

Have fun!
Urshiusz*