Hit or Miss: Becca Radiant Skin Creamy Concealer

The Becca Cosmetics brand has always caught my eye as I walked around a Space NK store or browsed their website. I had heard so much about their foundations from friends I was intrigued but was always holding out until I ran out of my current fave foundation (Illamasqua Skin Base <3)

But alas I am a beauty addict and I love myself a bargain and when I saw some of the Becca products had gone on sale on the Space NK website...it was fate...destiny...whatever you want to call it; I just had to try their products! So I got a couple of Radiant Skin Satin Foundations that looked close to my skin tone; Tobacco and Cafe (Medium-Tan) and picked up two of their Radiant Skin Creamy Concealers in Toffee and Coffee that complimented the foundation colours.

As far as the foundations go; I think I will do another Hit or Miss post on them as I am still giving them a good test run before I have a firm verdict. Unfortunately the concealer just does not get that benefit of the doubt from me as after one use it is a definite MISS for me! 

I just did not get along with this from the minute I opened it. The packaging is similar to the YSL Touche Éclat with the whole pen mechanism; however the Becca version took forever to actually appear up the pen, seriously I just kept twisting and twisting for a good five minutes. Ridiculous is not the word...but OK you can get over that assuming its so that the product doesn't leak. Right?

How the product comes out of the packaging. 

*Cue Laugh* Why laugh? Because actually that was not the case really; when I finally got the product to appear, out came a thick blob (yes blob) of concealer; and more than I would ever need to use to conceal my face. This happened with both pens; but I was still going to cast aside the amount of product just wasted and give this a fair trial by testing it out for the day.

Concealer swatched once only 

So I did; I got up in the morning, actually (for some reason) slightly excited to try out the concealer because packaging aside it claims to be a creamy medium coverage concealer that brightens the skin, leaving a natural radiant look. Any one thinking "too good to be true"? I sure did; but being a Becca product I was secretly hoping it would be true and amazing. 

I applied this in the morning (7am) after my foundation under my eyes and on some spots on my face that needed the extra bit of concealing. The application under my eyes was awful to say the least; there was no way I could apply it straight on to my face after the amount of product that had come out so I tried to apply it from my hand with a concealer brush. This didn't work as it wasn't blending and I just ended up pulling the skin under my eyes. 

I also tried to warm the product up on my hand and dabbing it on to my under eyes but no such luck; it just dried so quickly there was no time to try and blend it at all. I will admit the coverage on this was insane, it most definitely covered up my dark circles on initial application; its just that it immediately started to look cakey and I hadn't even set it with a powder. I concluded at that point that this was never going to be a good under eye concealer, nonetheless it was still going to be put through the day wear test. I also used it as a spot concealer and I have to say for this purpose on initial application this works great; dab a little bit on the spot and press with your finger or a brush (pressing motion) and you have got a fully covered spot.

Both swatches dry after blending

After wearing it for the whole day I refute the claim that this formula is long-lasting and crease-proof. Well I totally get how it might be water resistant as it was not easy to get off with my micellar water, but the rest of the claims not so much. 

By 10am my under eyes were very cakey(more than before), they felt dry and had most definitely creased and faded. Although this wasn't the case on the concealer I had applied on my spots, that was still very much there but had slightly dried out the area; for this reason I shouldn't give it a complete "miss" but I will as I just don't think it is enough of an all round concealer the way it claims to be.

It claims to be a creamy concealer; but its not creamy. Creamy to me means velvety and smooth; almost like a glass of Baileys! This reminded me of the Mac Studio Tech Foundation that comes in the compact; very thick with full coverage. Not something you would expect from a concealer that states it can be used under your eyes and the pen/wand brush mechanism thing just did it no justice either; clearly the wrong packaging for this type of product!

By the end of the day I couldn't wait to take this off and I totally get why these were on sale; as I would never have paid full price for them! I will probably only use this for covering up the odd spot and stick to my trusted Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer which totally does what it says on the tin for my under eyes!

I have to be honest I am really disappointed with the Becca concealer as I was rather excited to try Becca products and the first one I did just did not make the cut, I just hope the foundation doesn't disappoint. 

Have any of you tried these and had a completely different experience? Let me know. 

Janki Ahalya x o x o

Disclaimer:

All products mentioned were purchased by me and I am in no way sponsored by any of the brands mentioned.