Sunday, February 12, 2012

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment Concealer


Jiminy Crickets, that's a mouthful. As is always the case, these concealers have been available in the US for ages, probably a year or so. We only had them released in January. I was sent some by Jade when she had a destash and forwarded a TON of her unloved wares to moi, because she's fab.

Although I'd been itching to get my mitts on these since forever, at first they just sat there, pristine and unopened, because concealers are something of a weakness of mine, and I already had about a dozen on the go. "No," I said to myself firmly. "I am not opening these until I've used up at least a couple of the ones I already have going." That lasted about 2 weeks and I couldn't stand it anymore so I ripped into one of them. Jade sent me a light and a medium, and after studying them carefully I decided to try the medium first, figuring the light was probably best left until winter.

The packaging is a glass bottle with a sponge at the top and you twist it to make the product come out of the little sponge holes (sidenote: I have a friend who has a phobia of little holes - you should see her freak out over lotus boob*). There's a part of me that loves this, because I am a sucker for a gadget, but there's another part of me that wonders how hygienic it is to be directly applying that sponge to your face over and over. I imagine that would put a lot of people off this product.

I did take before and after pictures, but I don't think they really conveyed how well this stuff conceals. It applies really smoothly and feels very light. You need to blend it quickly as it sets pretty fast, but once it sets it stays there for a good long while, and you don't need powder to set it (I never, ever set concealer with powder anyway - it just instantly falls into the lines and makes me look about 100 years old).

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After


I can't tell you exactly how much this is because Maybelline's useless Australian website as usual hasn't been updated and doesn't list it at all. According to random Googling, it's about $19.

In conclusion, I love this concealer - it doesn't cover all of my under eye horrors (only a smear of cement could do that), but it does enough to keep me happy. It doesn't feel dry, cakey or heavy and it sets beautifully. If you're not squeamish about the sponge applicator, I'd recommend trying it.

*DO NOT Google lotus boob if you are at work or of delicate constitution.

17 comments:

  1. Great product Dee! I can see that this brightens the whole eye area really well. And no cakiness! That's my biggest gripe with concealers.

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    1. Yes, I love the no-cakiness bit because I get that problem with a lot of concealers, including the Clinique Line Smoothing one, which is meant to be specifically non-cakey!

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  2. Ah, I've been wanting to try this for a while and couldn't find it anywhere. Now I know why. Thanks, Dee. (:

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    1. You should see it around more now - I've seen it in Priceline and Target the last couple of times I've been in there.

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  3. you beat me, Dee! I've been getting around to blogging about this for ages. long story short I completely agree, it isnt a pimple coverup but for undereye bags and largeish patches of unevenness: awesome!

    and i have met lotus boob, but it was under the far less delicate title of wtftit.jpg . I have to repeat the word "photoshop" to myself like a mantra whenever I meet it.

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    1. Lotus boob makes my nipples twitch - and not in a good way.

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  4. You know, I thought I was done with Maybelline but between this post and the sample of FIT foundation I tried last night, I'm feeling very friendly toward the budget brand this morning. Maybe I'll try this concealer some time.

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    1. I quite like the FIT foundation as well, and normally I'm not keen on those lightish coverage ones. It's a good summer one. I also really like the Age Rewind foundation that has the same spongy thing as this concealer.

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  5. I don't think this has come to the UK yet but when it does, I'm tempted to give it a go!

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    1. Do you guys have to wait as long as we do to get new products? Half the stuff available in the US never even shows up here! :-(

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  6. I've heard so many great things about this concealer and I'm trying to use up a few others before I get it...but I might have to break down & grab one!

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    1. Haha, you sound like me, Tracy. "I'll use this up first. I'll use this up first. I'll use this up - noooo, I must have new shiny thing NOW!"

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  7. Thanks for the link love! Yeh I have a couple of these too and like them, the formula is nice and a little seems to go a long way :)

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    1. Thanks for sharing, Jadels! Much appreciated. xx

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