![]() ![]() As an underye corrector, it's far below standards, and it doesn't function as a blemish concealer, either. I like the feel and packaging of this concealer, but my praise stops there. ![]() Just wait a few months and release the product when more of the population is represented. Creator Dany Sanz has been in the industry for decades, the brand is sold in numerous countries, and the Makeup Forever HD foundation range is decently broad. Launching a product too early and forcing an already under-represented chunk of your consumer base to wait, nay, beg for a shade option is ridiculous. Yes, there is room left for expansion-the red-based shades jump from R32 to R40, for instance-but why should we have to wait for people of color to be represented? It's an annoying trend in the US cosmetics market right now: base products are released with a small shade range, and anybody darker than about NW35/NC35 on a MAC scale has to pester the company to release deeper shades. What the sweet fuck is this shade range?! I regularly complain about shade ranges stopping at "white girl tan," but this takes it to a whole new level this is whiter than monster truck rallies, pumpkin spice lattes, and New Hampshire. I tried applying this product with both a brush and my fingers, and neither seemed to alter the coverage or the finish. But it is disappointing that I couldn't find an alternate use for the product. Now, this is marketed specifically as an undereye product, so it'd be a little uncouth to knock it for being worthless on blemishes. Those spots actually look white in the after photo. Bad idea: the glowiness of this foundation bounced back tons of light, magnifying the imperfections. You can see this in the before and after picture above: my undereye area is still dark, but now it looks slightly softer (good) and ashier (nooooooo).īecause it didn't do much for my undereyes, I decided to try blotting it on the two red cheek blemishes that were still somewhat visible through my foundation. It softened the area a bit and added shine, but if you have very dark undereye circles and you're not getting a lot of actual coverage from a product, shining a spotlight on the area is not optimal. I patted this on my undereye area and was miffed when I wasn't covering much of anything. The actual performance of this concealer, however, left much to be desired. At $27 for 0.23 fluid ounces of product, it's on par price-wise with the aforementioned NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer and many other high end options. I like that this packaging is simple, but effective, and relatively sanitary. I've heard a few people complaining that it's hard to control how much product you dispense, but I had no problem getting the ittiest bittiest smidge out of the tube I just gave it a very gentle, quick squeeze. The Makeup Forever Ultra HD Concealer is a liquid concealer housed in a small squeeze tube with a tiny nozzle. Touted as "invisible coverage" that will give you "instant under eye perfection," I knew I wanted to test this product out on the Underye Circles of Doom. Sephora had their VIB sale earlier this month, though, and I heard the siren's call of this new Makeup Forever Ultra HD Concealer. And I have a "fair, cool yellow" match in both lines! Why stray? It's just hard to top the Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer's coverage or the NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer's flexibility. It has less to do with the fact that I have decent skin and more to do with the fact that I don't try new ones very often. I don't talk about concealer too much on this blog.
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