Makeup Lust: Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer
Friday, 13 July 2012, Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0 comments, Leave a comment? ^^,

Okay, let me start of by saying I am obsessed with this product! What is it you may ask? Well you should have read the title! Kidding, it's the Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer! A drugstore dupe of the famed YSL Touche Éclat and the Lancôme Teint Miracle Instant Retouch Pen Lit-From-Within Perfector at a fraction of the price and equal the quality. 

Shade 02 Nude (Credit)

I've been raving for weeks now about the Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer but I honestly like this even more. My skin has been so dull cause of this chilly winter weather so anything with the words illuminating, highlighting, dewy finish are standing out to me in a positive way (which is usually the opposite for my typically combination/oily skin!) so I figured this would be a great option. Supposedly Dream Lumi Touch gives a light coverage but depending on how you apply I feel it can easily spread to medium, it blends so effortlessly; like silk and the colour is a perfect match for my skin. The concept of the packaging is the same as Touche Éclat with the click pen and synthetic brush (which are notoriously difficult to clean, so I don't suggests using this concealer on other people or lending it to your friends due to bacteria!), at first it took me a moment to figure out which way to twist the bottom of the pen since I was worried I'd break it, but it's simple and easy, the first time you use it though you have to twist it for a while till the product comes up and after that you're set!

This is incredible for highlighting and brightening underneath the eyes and on any dark spots on the face, I feel that it's moisturising enough to use to cover blemishes but you don't want them to be illuminated! My trick is that I apply this concealer on blemishes and dark spots before applying foundation because I love the coverage, finish and lasting power, and after foundation I use it to highlight under my eyes, on the bridge of my nose, on my cupids bow and around my eyebrows and forehead to add dimension (these are the areas I want to be illuminated and stand out, whilst underneath my foundation I want blemishes to be covered.). Dream Lumi Touch has a thin and again super blendable texture that doesn't cake or dry out, nor accentuate wrinkles or fine lines. 

I went to Myer after buying Dream Lumi Touch to take a look at Touche Éclat at the YSL counter and one of the things I noticed is that the shades of Touche Éclat lean much more on the pink/peach side, where I find that Dream Lumi Touch leans more on the neutral to yellow undertone side, which is much better for me because those are the undertones of my skin personally, meaning I would prefer it over YSL in that sense. 

I bought Dream Lumi Touch for about $10.99 at Priceline (it was discounted from a few dollars more which is great) and I highly, highly recommend it!

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Review: Bourjois Paris Healthy Mix Concealer
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | 0 comments, Leave a comment? ^^,

I've got a few little favourites for my complexion on a day when I look like I haven't slept in a week, and one of my new favourites is the Bourjois Paris Healthy Mix Concealer. Bourjois's Healthy Mix foundation is their best selling and most popular foundation, but while I was in UK I brought my favourite foundations, so I figured the concealer would be the next best thing! 




Healthy Mix Concealer is a radiance and anti-fatigue concealer, with a gel/lightweight cream texture that smoothly and easily blends into the skin. According to Bourjois it contains three "fruit therapy" ingredients, including:
These fruit extracts not only give Healthy Mix Concealer a stunning harmless scent, but make it a product absolutely boasting with antioxidants and plant emollients, great for people who love a natural type of product.

Healthy Mix Concealer is sold in 3 neutral/warm shades, the lightest; "51 éclat clair", "52 éclat medium" and "53 éclat foncé", mine is the medium shade as I felt the lightest would be too pale, and would make my blemishes stand out and draw light, therefore drawing attention, no thanks!


It's not as orange as my camera makes it look, I had trouble with lighting all day!

I adore my M.A.C Pro Longwear and Studio Finish concealers but lately my skin tone has been too warm to use either of my NW15 shades, so opting for a warmer shade I came back to Healthy Mix. It's a pleasure to blend with your fingers or a brush, it doesn't crease or slip into lines, it has a clean angled squeeze tube applicator (hooray for hygiene!) and it's great on dark circles as well as blemishes, and it's creamy enough to blend on dry skin.

Bourjois Paris Healthy Mix Concealer was about £7.49 while is was the UK at Boots, and is available in Australia and Europe at mild drugstore prices, I highly recommend it!

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