Bobbi Brown Concealer Palette Review

You might remember me discussing the Bobbi Brown Concealer Palette last week when Bobbi Brown was on QVC, click here for the details!

I tivo'ed the show and ended up fast forwarding through it late one night last week. As I sat there with my cuppa tea and snack size Peanut M&M's I was somehow tempted by the evil lure of Bobbi to order the concealer palette that she was smearing under the model's eye as if she was trying to cover up not only dark circles but possibly the entire eye area as well (I blame my spontaneous purchase on the amount of sugar in the M&M's)!

Even while watching her brutal cover up job I was still tempted to order this little palette for my very own. I was especially wanting it after hearing so many rave reviews about Bobbi Brown concealer all over cyber space and beyond!



I got it. I used it. And I'm here to review it just for you! Don't you feel special?

Whether I like it or not remains to be seen as I haven't quite made up my mind if I'm keeping this or sending it back (Yes, you can send back used cosmetics to QVC and they smile and say no problem here's your money back!).

First of all I hate the price. $58 USD gets you a tiny palette and a little baby brush and my wallet it screaming about the amount of cash I dropped on some concealer however if this was available in store you wouldn't get the brush and it would probably be around the same price so no sense complaining right because after all you got a free bloody brush!

The palette contains a light shade of concealer, a darker shade, a foundation stick concealer (which I'm confused about!) and a fine white powder to set the concealer. I'm confused what the hell I'm supposed to do with the foundation stick concealer and I can only assume that it's used as a spot treatment however I have been using it under my eye area truth be told.

Why I need two shades of concealer is also puzzling me but I do like the fact that I can play Frankenstein Lab with all the shades and create my perfect shade of concealer. Just for kicks I'll give you a break down of how I used it and hell I know it's probably wrong but I find it worked a treat when used this way! I take a little of the darker shade of the two concealers and mix it with the light shade and then I dip it in the foundation stick concealer and mix it up a little bit. I proceed to layer it under my eye and pat it into place. After this I take some more of the lighter shade and I tap it on! Finally I finish it by brushing on a tiny bit of the setting powder very lightly (I can't do too much powder since I find powder under my eyes makes me appear quite old lately!)! Done!



Coverage is perfect. It really does cover well. However, coverage comes at a price and I find the formula is very heavy for my particular eye area. I'm getting old, my god did I just say that? and I'm noticing that my eye area is very delicate and dry and this particular concealer takes a bit of work to blend which I'm not liking! I don't like touching my eye area too much with it being so delicate and I find that this needs a bit of work to blend perfectly into my skin. It's very creamy and appears very moisturizing but it does have a nice knack for sinking into the fine lines under my eyes after a few hours.



My regular concealer of choice is Benefit Bo-ing but I switched over to Dior's Skinfinish Radiance Booster Pen when I noticed it was settling into my fine lines. I find the Dior very creamy and it conceals quite well for me minus the caking under the eye (I don't recommend it if you have very dark shadows or circles to conceal as it won't do a good job!).

After using the Booster Pen and switching to this palette for a few days I notice that I'm getting much better coverage but I'm also having to deal with patting my eye to remove the excess which is settling too comfortably in my fine lines! Grrrr getting old blows!

Overall, the coverage is great but I'm thinking the palette might be for a younger girl to enjoy. If your eye area has some fine lines or is dry this might be something you might want to skip on!

I love the fact that this lasts all day long with little to no touch up and I also love how well it covers and makes me look wide awake however the deal breaker is the fact that it cakes a bit and the coverage is very thick! A thicker formula is fab for now but what about Summer? Who wants to walk around with a thick layer of concealer under their eye?

The brush this came with is great as well! Strangely enough I love the brush so much because it comes with a cap! Most concealer brushes you have to leave home, either that or suffer concealer all over your makeup bag! However, this comes with a nifty little cap that covers up the messy concealer end of the brush! The brush is dual ended and includes a fluffy powder brush on one side and a harder tipped concealer brush on the other end. It may turn you off that it's so tiny but I can say it works double duty and is perfect for working the concealer into your eye area plus it's portable and perfect for touch ups! I love the brush!



L@@K a cool cap!


Messy concealer be gone! Cover up the brush with the included cap!


Click here to see my Visee Aqua Shining Eyes FOTD and you can compare my regular concealer to this FOTD using the Bobbi Brown palette.

I really should have done these sans flash but my camera doesn't take good pics without flash! Sorry!

You can see that my eye area looks smoother, brighter, and much more flawless with the Bobbi Brown palette where as in my Visee FOTD my eye area looks a bit saggy, darker, and tired looking!

I guess my eye area almost looks whiter too weirdly enough but not in a bad way! However, it does, in my opinion, appear to make my eye more awake and flawless looking!













I'm still debating with myself on if I'm loving the palette or disliking it! I think it might work it's way into my heart soon but that remains to be seen!

P.S. Sorry for the lack of gloss, blush, and such! It was worn off after a long day ;) These pics were taken quite late so my makeup was longggggg gone!