What a wonderful day! I received some great news today in the morning and the day already started good. Right after more news, some beauty related made my day truly something worth a small bottle of champagne I am planning to enjoy tonight. How's your day been?
Today I have the famous concealer of La Mer for you. I was very interested to try it out for a long time since I heard many great things about it. When I got my hand on one, I posted a pic at Instagram and some said it is their holy grail concealer and some said it was drying on them. I was even more curious after I read the mixed comments and went on a journey to solve this mystery. Did Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer work on my very dry under eye area? Right after the jump...
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| Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer |
First things first. I love the white chic packaging with a mirror on top and inside the compact and nifty small brush which comes with it. White leather pouch makes it a perfect show off piece for the restroom sessions. You take it out and open the compact to touch up, very elegant. The brush comes in a plastic pouch, so that you know where to insert it after the touch up and it is easy to clean.
The second thing which got me very excited is that this product offers SPF25! Recently I read on some face sunscreen products that they are not supposed to be used around the eyes and my mission on finding a suitable eye cream with SPF is going on. Do you have any suggestions? Anyhow I don't own any concealers with SPFs, I believe MAC Studio Finish has some sun protection which I have yet to check out.
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| Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer |
Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer is a cream product which makes it easier to build up than its liquid counterparts but also less likely to work for very dry skin. If you are really dry under the eyes, your best friend is a hydrating liquid concealer, like Dior Hydra BB. That said if you are dry and have dark circles, like myself, those light weight concealers may not give you the result you need without looking heavy or creasing because you used too much product.
Dark & dry, let me call it D&D is the worst combination you can have under the eyes and it is hard to find a solution which works wonders. Where am I getting at with that? I have D&D and La Mer Radiant Concealer doesn't work out of the box for me if I apply it directly on my deserty under eye area. So if this is the answer you were looking for, no it doesn't work that way. But... it works wonders if you use a bit of eye cream under it. Then it becomes the holy grail the fellow make-up lovers were talking about.
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| Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer |
Now you pay all the $$$ and make it work? Well actually you don't make it work, it makes itself work in the most convenient way. For instance over La Mer Illuminating Eye Gel (or any eye cream you are loving at the moment), it is the most light weight, good coverage, natural looking and long lasting concealer I have ever tried. These include Cle de Peau, Dior, Chanel and many others! By the way some commented that I should try By Terry one, already ordered one, so will be reviewing it very soon too. Just as a sneak peak, it doesn't have the coverage of La Mer Concealer.
So I would call it the mystery solved. Readers who told me that it is too drying for them must be trying it out without an eye cream. If you want your concealer double as your eye cream and have very dry under eye area, you should keep looking.
Here is me with and without La Mer Radiant Concealer. No photoshop in these photos. In fact this concealer is the only one which eliminates the need for touching up to the FOTDs. Oh and please excuse my unruly brows that gone wild!
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| Before/After: Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer |
Here is my with just my base and no make-up. I am loving this combination at the moment for summer. Products used:
La Mer Reparative Skin Tint (review) mixed with Estée Lauder EE Cream
La Mer Radiant Concealer over La Mer Illuminating Eye Gel (review)
La Mer Radiant concealer comes in three shades. Medium fits nicely to my NC20 complexion. It is great news that fairer ladies also have an option here because very frequently they are left out.
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| FOTD with Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer |
Final thoughts: Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer offers a light weight texture, natural looking satin to matte finish and a very good coverage. It lasts and lasts too, which makes it a great concealer if you have dark circles. If you are very dry under the eyes, you have to use an eye cream under this one. I found that it works very well with La Mer Illuminating Eye Gel. If your eyes are dry, you should anyway hydrate them, just saying *points at her own eyes*
Product information: Skincolor de La Mer The Radiant Concealer has 0.11 OZ/3.5 g of product and retails around 50 €.
What is your favorite concealer?
Disclaimer: The product in this post was provided free of charge for my consideration.
I am not paid for this review. All opinions are honest and my own.