BENEFIT CLAIMS
Cover-up goes incognito! This hydrating crease-control concealer - with
Vitamin E & apple seed extract - hides dark circles & diffuses fine
lines for a silky smooth, ultra-natural look. Available in three shades, it’s
proven to keep skin hydrated for 6 hours!
PRICE & AVAILABILITY
€25 / $24 / £18.50
I picked it from Sephora Netherlands
clearance sale where it was retailing at €29 and I got at 40% off for €17.
THE BASICS
The Benefit Fake Up Concealer comes in three shades 01
Light, 02 Medium and 03 Deep, containing 3.5g of product.
MY OPINION
For people who are regular readers of my blog, it’s no
secret I have pretty bad dark circles
and I am always on the hunt for a high-coverage, non-creasing concealer. A while back on my trip to Netherlands, I came
upon the Sephora outlet, which was shutting down and had everything on clearance for 40% off. I would say
the best deal imaginable. They had a lot of high-end brands, one of them being Benefit. There wasn’t Bobbi Brown or I would have definitely
picked their concealer/corrector.
I was left to choose between Benefit Erase Paste and Fake
Up Concealer. I had heard about the crease stories of Erase Paste and with the recent hype of Fake Up with its launch events all over the world I decided to go
with it. Unfortunately, I knew about its hype but I had never read enough
reviews or could do a quick Google search there otherwise I would have known
this concealer was not for me.
I have to admit this is the prettiest concealer I have seen in terms of packaging. Just look at
it, a silver and pink shiny tube, it’s just like shiny toys little kids fight
for. The concept of the concealer is pretty novel too. There is a concealing core surrounded by a hydrating
outer ring. When you apply it on your under eyes or blemishes it moisturises and conceals. It’s just
like mixing your concealer and moisturiser together. The downsides are, one, it
hydrates more than it conceals, and
two, as with our regular moisturiser,
the concealer gets absorbed into the skin.
It also gives very sheer coverage. As you can see in my swatches below, it’s almost the shade of my arm, and in the eye swatches it barely covers, you can still see the upper shadows around my eyes. It also doesn’t set well. Even after setting, the eye area stays shiny and I can feel the stickiness. Not good for combination-oily skins at all! Moreover, after an hour or two the concealer completely fades. I also think the concealer won’t do a good job in covering blemishes/spots as well. Not to forget there are only three shades, 01 Light is too light for me, 02 Medium is a little dark for my under eye area.
It also gives very sheer coverage. As you can see in my swatches below, it’s almost the shade of my arm, and in the eye swatches it barely covers, you can still see the upper shadows around my eyes. It also doesn’t set well. Even after setting, the eye area stays shiny and I can feel the stickiness. Not good for combination-oily skins at all! Moreover, after an hour or two the concealer completely fades. I also think the concealer won’t do a good job in covering blemishes/spots as well. Not to forget there are only three shades, 01 Light is too light for me, 02 Medium is a little dark for my under eye area.
This concealer might prove great for people with very
dry eye area but who require sheer coverage.
I was at least lucky enough to not to
purchase this concealer on full price, even though €17 isn’t too cheap either,
but still, this concealer is totally useless and for €29 I could have spent
months mourning.
The only use I have put this to is applying it over Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer in Classic Beige, which alone leaves a grayish cast, but if applied as a base and topped with
Benefit Fake Up in Medium 02, the grayish-ness is counteracted with the yellowness
of Fake Up and both together give me medium coverage and do not fade
for a long time. And that way I can then benefit with Fake Up’s hydrating and brightening properties too.
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| Benefit Fake Up Concealer in Medium 02 - swatch |
RATING
