Concealer

How to look good even when you had a bad night?

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So you had a bad night. You wake up in the morning and see dark rings under your bleary eyes, and blotchy skin. What do you do?

Well, here’s where makeup can help you.

The key here is to keep things natural. From personal experience, I’ve found that on days when I wake up looking and feeling terrible, light natural makeup is best.

The key items you’ll need are:-

  • Concealer
  • Foundation
  • Highlighter
  • A light or nude colored eyeshadow
  • Eyeliner
  • Mascara
  • Light peach or pink blush

And here’s how I put it all together.
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Review: Makeup: Make Up For Ever Lift Concealer

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make up for ever lift concealer

After being rather frustrated with the texture of Make Up Store’s wand concealer, I decided to forsake it and got myself a tube of Make Up For Ever Lift Concealer.

What I like about Make Up For Ever’s (MUFE) Lift Concealer is that it comes in a tube form. I feel its more hygienic as it is a product I use everyday. I use my fingers to apply this concealer although you can also use a brush.

The texture is more runny that that of Make Up Store and I find that the texture is lighter and more liquid. This however translates into light to medium coverage for very dark circles. On days when I have a bad night, it doesn’t quite cover the dark circles. However, on other days, it does it job quite well.

According to the product description on the website:

Lift Concealer hides bags and slight unevenness in skin color in a natural way. Its formula, with a tensine base, improves skin tone and smoothes the lines around the eyes.

It does all it says and is further supposed to have a slight illuminating effect. However, I don’t find this illuminating effect a very prominent feature. I have read about people finding that the concealer sinks into the fine lines around their eyes. However, as I don’t really have that problem at this point in time I am unable to verify it.

I use No. 3 which is a medium tone and I think most people of medium-fair skintone should be able to take this colour. It matches my skintone and looks natural on. After applying on the concealer, I then dust on some loose powder or a light swipe of powder foundation and I’m good to go.

I do find it fades throughout the day which is a pity. Apparently, you can even apply this on top of foundation, like Full Cover, and I think it would help with more coverage. I was told by the sales assistant that you can apply it along the sides of your nose or even on your cheekbones before foundation as it has an illuminating effect. However, I’ll stick to using it as a concealer for the under eye area.

A 15ml tube retails for RM70 and is available at Make Up For Ever counters which are presently found at U Parkson (1 Utama New Wing) and KLCC (Centre Court by British India). I think the price is fair as a little bit of product goes a very long way, and I can see one tube lasting a long long time as I only use it for my under eye area. I use Full Cover for all other blemishes and I’m still finishing up my first tube after nearly a year! As it fades I’m not likely to repurchase this concealer so its back to the drawing board for me!

Pros: Reasonable price, hygienic packaging, good coverage
Cons: Fades throughout the day, Coverage can be a little thin

[rating:3.5/5]

Stay beautiful,

Review: Makeup: Make Up Store Wand Concealer

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I wrote previously about discovering that the Swedish Make Up Store was open in The Gardens at Midvalley. While I was there, I realised that it was an opportune time to pick up a concealer since my old faithful, the L’oreal Touche Magique concealer pen has been discontinued.

makeup store concealerThe choices for concealer at the Make Up Store are really quite mind-boggling, ranging from blemish concealers to concealers in palettes that you can mix and match for your needs. However, I only wanted a concealer for the undereye area, and so I was recommended the Make Up Store Wand Concealer in Medium. Medium is a shade that should suit most fair to medium fair skin tones.

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Review: Makeup: Make Up For Ever Full Cover Concealer

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I was introduced to this brand by a friend, and am fast finding lots of great things in them. Today, I’ll review their newest concealer, Full Cover.

This concealer is touted as an extreme camouflage concealer. What it means, I think is that its thick enough to cover even the most extreme of imperfections on the skin, and this includes tattoos! The official spiel offers this piece of wisdom:-

Full Cover
Full Cover is perfect for concealing the most extreme flaws, such as scars, severe skin damage, beauty spots, depigmentation or birthmarks. It can even hide tattoos. Waterproof and long-lasting, it holds even under extreme conditions thanks to its perfectly stable formula. It evens the skin tone and camouflages imperfections for a long period of time

I’ve been using this concealer in #4 for about 10 days now. #4 is the perfect colour for me. It melts into my natural skintone, and it doesn’t even look like I’m using any concealer at all. My skintone just looks even and smooth.

I use it mainly to cover the few freckles and pigmentation discolourations on my cheeks. Full Cover does a pretty decent job covering the worst of the discolourations. However, it doesn’t cover everything, as some discolourations still show through. I used to get a pretty decent cover even with L’oreal Touche Magique, which costs a third of the price.

However, one aspect in which Full Cover wins hands down, is how long it lasts. I put it on in the morning, and after dusting some loose powder over it, my blemishes are still covered up even at the end of the day! Now, thats something L’oreal Touch Magique cannot do. For a no makeup look, I can just dab some Full Cover on my blemishes, dust some loose powder all over my face, and walk out of the house, looking relatively blemish and makeup-free.

I cannot vouch for its waterproof qualities, but my friend has told me that she went swimming with it, and still looked perfect after that. Similarly, I cannot vouch for it covering tattoos, but I have no doubt it can.

The texture is creamy and it doesn’t go on cakey. It sinks into your skin and should be applied before foundation. The best part about this concealer is that if after applying loose powder you still feel like you need more camouflage, you can just dab it on AFTER powder. I tried it and it covers up better, and doesnt look cakey. Wonderful stuff!

Full Cover costs RM95 for a 15ml tube and is available at all Make Up For Ever counters (U Parkson 1 Utama and KLCC). Slightly pricey but you don’t use much. Its worth it!

Update: As at March 2008 the price of Full Cover is now RM100. Still worth it because I’ve only just bought my 2nd tube!

Pros: Covers up blemishes well, not cakey, long-lasting

Cons: Bit pricey

[rating:5/5]

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