If you have spots, this one seems to help cover and neutralize redness. What it does seem to help with is blemishes. If I try to use it on my pigmentation, the shadow shows through. If I have very prominent dark circles (thanks insomnia!) the shadow shows through. This Bobbi Brown Instant Full Cover Concealer is, for me, just medium coverage at best. I recently tried it again, and was blown away. If you want a really good full coverage concealer, the Make Up For Ever Full Cover concealer is pretty amazing. Which brings me to my third complaint – it isn’t full coverage at all. The brush was sort of just moving it around my skin. I also tried using a brush, which I found hard to work with, because of the thick formula. I then tried using a damp sponge, which helped a little, but is a little too much work. I first used my fingers to blend, and it didn’t work very well. Yes, I realise it’s quite oxymoronic, but that’s how it feels. However, it feels sticky and tacky, and doesn’t seem to quite dry down. When it goes on the skin, the Bobbi Brown Instant Full Cover Concealer is first fairly creamy (if you can get enough on – you need a few dots, or persevere and swipe) but it is thick and dry and dries quickly on your skin. This concerned me, because a formula like that goes on skin tends to cake up. Part of the reason the concealer itself does not stick so well to the rounded applicator is because it is thick and dry. The second problem I ran into is the more important one – the formula. I also find the applicator a little hard, so there it isn’t very comfortable to use, and it does not grab enough product. This raises a few problems, because you cannot easily swipe it on, so you dot it on. It is just a round-tipped sponge applicator, with no real estate space for the concealer to grab onto. While the applicator is a sponge tipped applicator, it is not angled. Here’s where I ran into the first problem – the Applicator. Now, this brings even higher expectations, for a product that goes on the under eye area should be light and not accentuate fine lines that we are wont to have in that delicate part of our facial skin. It promises high pigment, high coverage, and a brightening effect to flatter your under eye area. Stop browsing Instagram before bed! It’s a black hole! □ The Bobbi Brown Instant Full Cover Concealer, as the name implies, promises you full coverage, and if the press and promotional blurb is to be believed, is formulated for the undereye area, so you can fake 8 hours sleep even though you’ve just had 5. I have to say that sadly, it falls short in many regards, not least of which I’ll share with you here. But I really wanted to know if it might live up to my secret expectation to supersede my holy grail concealer. The thing you see, is that when I first got hold of it, there was no accompanying literature, so I tried it out without expectation. I still haven’t quite gotten the hang of wearing an eye mask to sleep – tips? Don’t say just put it over my eyes □ I first got to try it in my box of goodies as an Elle Malaysia guest judge for their beauty awards, and I later received a lovely press kit, with a lovely silk eye mask, that you see above. This new concealer is the Bobbi Brown Instant Full Cover Concealer.
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