Talk to me about undereye concealers

[whackamole]

I went into Debenhams today fully prepared to spend my £10 worth of beauty card points on a concealer for my horrible dark undereyes. I tried a Bobbi Brown one, but you need to buy two different products totalling £40, and even with £10 off (which turned out to be £5 but never mind) I didn't want to spend that much. Also, it was a corrector cream, then a separate concealer and powder compact. Surely you shouldn't need 3 things to make dark eyes go away?

I have bought a Collection 2000 one and am going to place an order to ELF for a colour corrector palette as it has the yellow powder like the BB one, but I thought I ask you all here first.

[flowery]

I just opened this thread to rave about the Bobbi Brown one so I will be no use to you!

[valiumredhead]

If it's to get rid of dark circles then you need Lily Lolo Peepo concealor - amazing stuff.

[whackamole]

Lol flowery! Is it definitely worth the £££ then? I mean, I'm no stranger to wasting spending lots of money on high end make up, but I can't help but think there simply must be something out there that does the same thing but cheaper!

Does the Lily Lolo one go over a regular liquid foundation? My face doesn't get on with mineral powder foundation.

[valiumredhead]

I don't know, sorry.

[artydeb]

I was a total YSL Touche Eclat fan until I saw my friend looking flipping fantastic, enquired as to her fantasticness and she informed me she was wearing an Aldi Lacura version. I went, I purchased (for less than £4) and it is just incredible. I have also since received enquiries as to my yoof-fullness and passed on the word. The consistency is great, same clicky pen mechanism and it really does do a fab job. (but you'd have to spend your points on something else

[whackamole]

Aldi you say? Hmmmmm. I will take a stroll up there tomorrow!

I have tried Touche Eclat and to be honest it didn't do a lot for me. I felt conned, conned I tells ya! I used to use the Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse concealer but they discontinued it! How very dare they!

[cazza40]

Not sure why you need all that bobbi brown stuff ! I have just one product of theirs in a small pot with a mirror costs about £20 lasts a year or so and is nothing short of miraculous - maybe go to a different bobbi brown counter ?

[thenightsky]

i use the garnier one. I find it gives better coverage than Touche Eclat.

[Lexiesgirl]

Benefit's Boing Boing concealer is fab.

[NoWayNoHow]

Touche Eclat gave me terrible eczema under my eyes!

I used the Garnier tinted caffeine roll-on and it's brilliant - gets rids of the circles at the same time that it covers them up.

[flowery]

I reckon it's totally worth the money, yes. I was using the Garnier one, it was fine, but the colour was a bit wrong as I am like death warmed up. Once the Bobbi Brown lady in John Lewis had applied their stuff I couldn't believe the difference tbh.

[Pinot]

Touche Eclat is a highlighter, not a concealer.

I second Peepo but again dunno about over liq foundation.

I rave about By Terry Touche Veloute, ££ but OMG amazing velvety texture that is somehow powerful enough to cover my shading but fine enough to look natural. It's sinister, really :)

[wildstrawberryplace]

Touche eclat is partly designed for dark circles, because the leaflet in the box shows you how to apply it to make them appear less dark. True it's not a concealer in the sense that you don't want to cover blemishes with it, but it is designed with the eye area in mind.

[MrsBovary]

The Bobbi Brown duo is super. I've only recently started using this, and I think it cost £20 - 30.

I don't bother with Touche Eclat anymore.

[whackamole]

How strange - my post disappeared!

I might just splash out on the BB one then - just the one with the powder as well. Pretty sure I can dupe the other one.

[EllenParsons]

My favourites are Benefit Erase Paste (which I use under foundation, similar to the Bobbi Brown corrector) and Laura Mercier Secret Concealer or Estee Lauder Double Wear concealer on top.

[oasisinthedesert]

I bought all the bobby brown stuff and find it rubbish tbh. maybe i'll try again though as you all reckon it's good

[MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe]

The BB corrector is good but I find the concealer too heavy for undereye but great elsewhere.

Benefit erase paste is OK.

I cover mine with corrector, apply foundation then if they still show, apply a bit of Mac Moisture Surge concealer which is quite light but doesn't dry out.

The next product in the never ending search for a really good under eye concealer is the By Terry one,

[whackamole]

I've never heard of By Terry.

Will have a look.

[pinguthepenguin]

Too much yellow in bobbi browns concealer imo- plus it settled into the lines in a horrible way. In fact, it showed up lines I never knew I had!

Used touché éclat for donkeys and still do- but agree with Pinot, it's primarily a highlighted and it a bit of a con to say it's an under-eye concealer. It took me years to work that out and i persevered for yonks.

I've since discover benefit Erase Paste. Tiny pot, loads of product and brilliant at hiding circles- love it! ( I just set it with a bit of my mac skin finish powder that I wear for my face anyway- no need to fab with separate setting/finishing powder)

[MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe]

BB concealer does cake horribly especially in lines.

[choppychopster]

Another vote for Benefit Boing. Great coverage for dark circles.

[choppychopster]

Not keen on the Benefit Erase Paste though. May be that I've not got the right shade though as it seems a bit orange on me.

[Poppolino]

Benefit's Boing is the best I have come across and I buy mine very cheaply on ebay as it has probably been shoplifted

[monkeysmama]

I love the By Terry one. I tend to use Laura Mercier concealer whenever I'm not using mineral foundation with a light pat of By Terry on top. Both are very good and make me look far more awake.