My Top 5 Concealers

I love concealers. Products that help mask my under eyes and blemishes are always a good thing in my books! So I thought I would share the concealers that I tend to reach out for most when applying my makeup.

5) Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch | £6.99 Boots
This is a highlighting concealer, so for those days where the circles under your eyes are slightly darker than usual this is amazing for both covering them up and making them appear brighter! It's really pigmented too, making it amazing value for money.

4) Soap & Glory Kick Ass Concealer | £10 Boots
I love this concealer simply because it's a three in one! You have step one, which is the pinky toned concealer to help mask those under eyes. Then there's step two, a yellow toned concealer to help mask redness and spots. Then finally there's the third step, a powder to set the concealer. If you don't do step three, then the concealer has a tendency to crease around the eyes but other than that it is perfect!

3) Benefit Boi-ing | £17.50 Boots

I really was having a hard time choosing between Boi-ing and Eraser Eye for 2nd place.. But obviously Boi-ing lost. Both concealers cover my under-eyes really well and I use them both quite often, however Boi-ing is a little drying on the skin, which isn't so good for under-eyes. Benefit do however claim this to be 'Industrial Strength' which I can certainly agree with them on, it is amazing at covering imperfections I just wish the formula was a little creamier.

2) Maybelline Eraser Eye | £7.99 Boots
Eraser Eye feels a lot nicer on the skin whilst hiding those tired eyes than Boi-ing does. There's a reason that most of the blogging world is in love with this product! However, I am really surprised at the lack of colours available especially with how popular it has gotten, there is only Light and Nude... I've got Nude because I tend to fake tan but I can use light on the non-tan days which is crazy!

1) Benefit Erase Paste | £20.50 Boots
After buying this from my local Benefit counter it very quickly became my favourite concealer. I was so pleasantly surprised when I tried it out! The texture is creamy, easily blendable and it covers my under eyes amazingly! My only complaint is the packaging is kind of small, which hard to just use my pinky when I have nail extensions... so I tend to use it with my Zoeva 142/ Concealer Buffer brush.

I really love my concealers, I've also recently bought the Nars Creamy Concealer and the Urban Decay Naked Concealer, I'm just waiting for them to come through the post (sucks not living near all the good make up counters) so this list is definitely subject to change but who knows!? Maybe I'll love them, maybe I'll hate them. All I know is that I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't like the Collection Concealer...

What are your favourite concealers? 

Emma xo

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Review of: Soap and Glory Kick Ass Concealer

I don't know what it is, but I've been absolutely concealer crazy lately! Foundation and concealer are a must in any make up routine. However I find that finding a concealer that doesn't just act like a foundation is hard and I do not understand the hype over the Collection concealer... But I do love the strength of Benefit's Boi-ing concealer and I crowned it my holy grail concealer very quickly, but I'm always open to trying (buying) new things, so I thought there is no better brand to try than Soap & Glory! (plus there was a 3 for 2 on at Boots, and I'm an absolute sucker for deals)

Now I'm going to start on packaging... I feel Soap & Glory are probably best known for their super cute packaging on every product they sell, and this one is no different! Who doesn't adore the packaging on Soap & Glory products!? Their packaging style reminds me very much of Benefit but much bolder, in your face and pink.

Anyway, what makes this concealer so different to all the others that I have tried it that it's actually got three steps...

Step 1: this is a pinky/peachy toned concealer which is for underneath the eyes to help erase those pesky dark circles that we all hate. I love how lightweight the formula actually is, but it's not too light that it doesn't mask the under eye circles! There is very rarely any creasing but when there is you can easily blend it out using a finger.

Step 2: this is a yellow toned concealer which is perfect for covering any blemishes and redness. I actually never thought about using two different toned concealers for different areas of my face before, then I ended up getting frustrated that it worked really well on one area but not the other...

Step 3: then this is simply a pressed setting powder, I didn't think this was anything special but it does the job. I do tend to just skip this step though and use another translucent powder that I use on my T-Zone too.

The only downfall I can find with this concealer is it has an awful range, you can either get it in light or medium. And the medium one isn't even that dark... However I do think this is such a good little concealer for just £10 (here) as you get 2 concealers and a powder, which would normally cost you more separately! And the fact it's 3 in 1 makes for more compact make up storage, especially when you're travelling.

Have you tried any of the Soap & Glory cosmetics range?

Emma xo

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