Holy Grail Beautyy . . .

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I recently tried the Match Perfection foundation and I was interested to see how this concealer and highlighter two in one product fared.  It is available in three shades from what I know.

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I fell in love with this product immediately; as you can see on the left hand side I am wearing the product with Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder in 01 Clair/Fair.  I will include a photo of my face without the powder as well.



I really love a lot about this product.  It is very easy to blend into your skin.  The tone was perfect for me.  The product is fragrance free, it covered my under eye area to my satisfaction.  I prefer it over the Match Perfection Foundation.  Its not too expensive, still under $20.00.  The only thing I don't like about it is the packaging.  Its hard to squeeze the tube to get product out of it, and if you keep pressing to push it out, it can explode out quickly and could cause a difficult mess and a large waste of product.  A doe foot applicator would be a great alternative or similar.  This tube's pressure is not right.  Do I recommend? Absolutely! One other bone to pick:  There is only three shades which is actually more than these brands like Rimmel, Maybelline etc usually proffer, there is a light medium shade and a medium I think.



The additional products on my face are the following:  L'Oreal Lumi Magique Base Pure Light Primer, Revlon Photoready BB Cream SPF 30 in 010 Pale Light and to set the concealer I used Revlon Nearly Naked pressed powder in 010 Fair/Clair.

Recapping the good bits:

• Blends seamlessly
• Fragrance free
• Inexpensive
• Three shades so a bit better than the average two shades offered 

Not so good bits:

•  Product can "POP" out of the applicator when you keep pushing for product out 
• More shades would always be a good thing for any brand to include for more options for customers
• The highlight the product is supposed to have is non existant
• It is scientifically impossible for the product to 'adapt' to my individual skin tone - pure marketing!

The photos of after 8 hours are not touched up with extra powder or any other product.  It is the full 8 hours.   It does have a matte finish and lasts about four hours before it starts to wear off.  Touch ups with powder though could prolong it.


 Because to truly test the product I refrained from touch ups, you can see the natural oils melting my makeup! My eyebrows even aren't the same after 8 hours of wear.  Things start to disintegrate around hours 4-5 for other items of make up.

To avoid too much creasing, I prep the eye area with some non silicone moisturiser as I find they become troublesome afterwards when you use other products on top of them.  After a couple of layers of moisturiser, I then apply the primer, base and now the concealer.  Then I set with a minimal amount of powder to try and avoid as much as possible creasing, fine line exaggeration and excessive dry looking texture.  It can take a little bit of experimentation for each person but this system should at least be workable.

I definitely recommend this product!
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Photos by me.
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