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| From top, clockwise: Ellis Faas S202, Perricone NCC, ArtDeco Neutralising Yellow, RMS Beauty "Un"Cover-up 11 and W3LL People Narcissist 01. |
The ArtDeco Camouflage Cream was sent to me by Tender Loving Skincare. This comes in a magnetic pan (which is approximately twice the size of the eyeshadow pans, for reference) and costs £8.50 for 4.5g. The cream is quite densely pigments and provides medium to heavy coverage. If you are applying this to the undereye area, you need to ensure you've prepped with eye cream first. In this case, I applied Clinique's Even Better Eyes Dark Circle Corrector which does a reasonable job of knocking back my discolouration and provides a smooth base.
Neutralising Yellow is very pale yellowy cream colour and is good for correcting purple and blue tones. I realised when I started testing it that my undereye shadows are often quite red and I find Neutralising Yellow doesn't counteract my discolouration particularly well. It's also too light for me to use on it's own as an undereye concealer but of course you can layer this with another concealer, Bobbi Brown style, to correct and then match your skin tone. The camouflage creams do come in several other correcting shades and I suspect that Summer Apricot might be a better corrector for me. On the plus side, the camouflage creams do offer very good coverage and a little goes a long way. I haven't noticed creasing when using this either.
I have already mentioned the Perricone No Concealer Concealer SPF35 (NCC) several times and it is my favourite undereye concealer at the moment. It's quite peachy toned and seems to work particularly well on my discolouration. This is at the other end of the price spectrum to the ArtDeco, costing £37 for 9ml. However, you really need only the tiniest amount (much less than a full pump) so 9mls is going to last a very long time. The NCC does have skin care benefits as well as providing coverage and I do feel it has improved the texture of my undereye area.
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| Swatches of Perricone NCC on a medium skin tone. Left - blended (yes, it's tricky to spot it), Right - unblended |
My only reservations about NCC were about how universal a single 'shade' would be. Because I am a terrible Mum, I decided to use my boys as guinea pigs, as they both have a different skin colour to me. I found it was a good match for Son1 who has quite honey-tan skin. In his words 'why does it disappear Mummy?' when I blended it in. Son2 is quite porcelain skinned and when I tried to blend it on his arm, it left a visible orange patch. So, I would guess that this would be best suited to those in the range fair to medium. I will be sending a sample of this to a friend for a second opinion.
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| Naked apart from the Clinique Even Better Eyes |
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| L - Artdeco Camouflage cream in Neutralising Yellow, R - Perricone No Concealer Concealer |
My apologies for the bare, scary face and messy brows, but I think the series of pictures serve to demonstrate the efficacy of the concealers well. The ArtDeco certainly brightens up the undereye area but it is too light on it's own. The No Concealer Concealer provides very natural looking coverage and disguises the dark circles without really looking like I'm wearing anything. Those who are used to more opaque coverage may consider the NCC too sheer.
Comparison swatches from left to right: Perricone No Concealer Concealer, ArtDeco Camouflage Cream in Neutralising Yellow, RMS Beauty "Un"Cover-up 11, W3LL People Narcissist 01 and Ellis Faas S202.
Disclosure: The ArtDeco Camouflage Cream, Perricone No Concealer Concealer and Clinique Even Better Eyes Dark Circle Corrector were sent to me without cost for review purposes. The other concealers shown here were purchased by me.
Really want to try the No Concealer Concealer. Still searching for that concealer that really does brightens and covers dark circles. I seem to be the only one who does not love YSL's Touche Eclat! The No Concealer Concealer is definately next on my wishlist though : )
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I think Touche Eclat is a bit of a marmite product to be honest. I know lots of people don't get on with it. It's a good highlighter but it's more about detracting from shadows than it is about coverage. The No Concealer Concealer is much better in my opinion.
DeleteAs a fellow sleep deprived Mum (why are there so few hours in the day??), this is a very helpful post. I'm particularly intrigued that you mention a reddish tone to your undereye discolouration as I suffer with the same. It requires the whole Bobbi layering method but, as I don't usually wear a full-on face, it winds up looking too much. I definitely need to get a hold of some of the Perricone and give it a whirl! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIt would be useful if you could get a sample to try. I wonder if you're used to the BB layering method, you might find this doesn't offer enough coverage? I'd be really interested to hear what you think if you do try it :)
DeleteGreat post, I have very dark (blue) under eye circles and if I don't wear concealer I get asked if I am ill, so I am always trying out different concealers. The Perricone does look good and I might try and get a sample. I do know I would need to layer it with my Bobbi Brown corrector going on first.
ReplyDeleteHi staringatpaperfaces - Touche Eclat is definitely not a concealer. I've worked on many clients who think it is and I have to tell them it's just a highlighter pen :) x
I hated Touche Eclat, gave it to my sis last year...
ReplyDeleteBefore that I was using Dior's concealer and it was perfect. I will try this artdeco, thanks for the reviews,
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