The shade blends into my skin perfectly and as you'd expect with this little gold want, it's very luminous! It's a fantastic highlighter and brightens my face up in an instant. It's a great tool for contouring and highlighting. It lasts me all day and I don't find I have to reapply later in the day.
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As promised, there were also zero signs of pilling, caking, or creasing—my biggest concealer pet peeves —and no need for my usual midday touch-ups as the product stayed until I was ready to take it off at the end of the day. It does take quite a bit of clicking when you first open the pen before the product eventually makes its way up into the brush tip. However, once you get it going, one to two clicks is all you'll need to dispense enough of the formula to cover whatever area you're looking to treat i.
For a brightening effect, Abraao suggests applying the pen across the high points of the face, including the bridge of the nose, the brow bones, above the brow, and on the tops of the cheeks. From there, you can also dab a little along the inner corners of the eyes, which will help you appear more awake and fill in any fine lines or wrinkles for a smoothing effect.
To finish, it's as easy as gently blending the product in using either your clean fingertips my preferred method , a brush, or a makeup sponge.
As for determining which of the 14 shades to use, Abraao notes that it all depends on what you're looking to achieve.
The second is one shade lighter than my natural skin tone, which I'll then use for highlighting and under my eyes. And the third one is one shade darker than my skin tone, which I'll use as my liquid bronzer or contouring pen.
If you're still stuck on your shade selection, Yves Saint Laurent also offers a virtual try-on service via its website that allows you to either take or upload a photo of yourself so you can see what the shades look like on your skin. You bet. Immediately upon applying the product I opted for shade 1. Per Abraao's instructions, I applied the concealer across the under-eye area, along the brow bone, down the bridge of the nose, and then around my lips and smile lines for a subtle plumping effect.
After blending it all in with a few dabs of my fingertip, I could immediately see the difference. The areas where I applied the concealer appeared noticeably brighter and more even, giving my complexion a soft, blurred finish that, if I didn't know any better, I would have thought was the result of a filter it wasn't. As you can see in the before and after photos above I applied the product to just the right half of my face , my dark circles are significantly less noticeable and far less shadowy.
It did take a bit of layering to achieve the level of dark circle coverage that I was looking for, but thanks to the concealer's buildable formula, you would never know it. Once blended in, it instantly fused with my skin, creating a natural-looking finish with the most flattering lit-from-within-radiance—no shimmer, glitter, or sparkle in sight. The 6.
Particularly those looking for a medium-to-high-coverage concealer. Although the formula reduced the look of my chronic redness and stubborn dark circles, it did take a few applications to get there, and even then, I probably could have benefited from another swipe of my go-to concealer or foundation something the brand actually recommends on its website. That said, if you're looking to conceal heavy dark circles, active blemishes, or acne scars, I suggest either pairing it with a full-coverage foundation or concealer, or applying it over the brand's High Cover Radiant Under-Eye Concealer for added coverage.
Despite its reputation as an international best-seller and makeup artist-favorite, I was skeptical that a concealer-highlighter hybrid would be capable of tackling my genetic dark circles and rosacea-induced redness without leaving me a dry, cakey mess. But as it turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. As promised, its lightweight formula effortlessly blended into my skin, giving it a smoother, more even, and naturally radiant appearance.
Consider this my latest holy grail find. Sign Up. Email Address. BY Alyssa Montemurro. It's also a completely foolproof product—a lot of highlighters go on too glittery or cakey if you're heavy-handed, but this one goes on like a second skin pretty much however you choose to apply.
It even contains one of the same key ingredients: hyaluronic acid. Users report less staying power, though. With the Glossier option, you're also missing out on the convenient pen application method Stretch Concealer comes in a pot, so you'd need to have a separate concealer brush on hand. Thank you [email] for signing up. Please enter a valid email address.
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I Accept Show Purposes. Reviews Product Reviews. By Alexa Garcia. Alexa Garcia. Alexa Garcia is a freelance writer and photographer based in the Washington D. Byrdie's Editorial Guidelines. What We Like Lightweight, hydrating formula Blends easily Works as both concealer and highlighter Leaves a glowing, radiant finish. In This Article Expand. About My Skin.
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