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Similar to Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage?

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Hephebe · 28/03/2024 19:38

If you have previously loved this (the cream/duo version in the compact) for its texture and staying power, have you found anything else comparable? I'm quite fair (yellow-toned) and the one I use, SC-2, is a touch too dark for me on the winter so I'm looking for something a shade lighter.

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Hephebe · 29/03/2024 16:17

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Hephebe · 10/04/2024 14:55

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CultureAlienationBoredomandDespair · 10/04/2024 15:00

The texture is completely different but I actually prefer kevyn aucoin’s sensual skin enhancer. The colours are better and I like that I don’t have to mix the two, plus it’s better for under eyes. Just as long lasting and opaque though.

Hephebe · 10/04/2024 15:33

Ahh thank you! I've never tried Kevin Aucoin products but will have a look - i think I can try them at SpaceNK, which is a trip out but worth it for a reliable bloody concealer!!

Having said that, I was talked into an Anastasia liquid one by a saleslady at SoaceNK last time I tried to branch out and it was rubbish...

I also really miss a lovely Stila concealer I used to have for undereyes - Aqua Serum I think. I've seen it on eBay but only in the darker shades. I don't know why it's so hard to find a sheer but buildable, non-powdery/cakey undereye formula and a long-lasting high adherence one for blemishes!

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stillawip · 10/04/2024 15:36

Sorry, I may have misunderstood, but can you not just use the stick replacement for Secret Camouflage? Failing that, try Tarte Shape Tape, or the one that the famous Lisa Eldridge always recommends for under eyes is the Clinique Airbrush one

Hephebe · 10/04/2024 15:41

stillawip · 10/04/2024 15:36

Sorry, I may have misunderstood, but can you not just use the stick replacement for Secret Camouflage? Failing that, try Tarte Shape Tape, or the one that the famous Lisa Eldridge always recommends for under eyes is the Clinique Airbrush one

Thanks @stillawip but I'm after something with a better shade range but the same consistency and staying power as Secret Camouflage (and ideally a pot rather than a stick). Although having said that I can see he stuck version seems to have more shade options that the compacts, but both have them in a duo, and it's a waste for me to have the second colour really.

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CultureAlienationBoredomandDespair · 10/04/2024 19:07

Hephebe · 10/04/2024 15:33

Ahh thank you! I've never tried Kevin Aucoin products but will have a look - i think I can try them at SpaceNK, which is a trip out but worth it for a reliable bloody concealer!!

Having said that, I was talked into an Anastasia liquid one by a saleslady at SoaceNK last time I tried to branch out and it was rubbish...

I also really miss a lovely Stila concealer I used to have for undereyes - Aqua Serum I think. I've seen it on eBay but only in the darker shades. I don't know why it's so hard to find a sheer but buildable, non-powdery/cakey undereye formula and a long-lasting high adherence one for blemishes!

No worries, the KA one is in a pot and very thick but less balm like than SC, a little goes a very long way. I would say it’s most like dermablend, thicker and with better consistency than shape tape. The Clinique one is more of a highlighter, similar to touché eclat-no real coverage.

Hephebe · 10/04/2024 20:26

Thanks @CultureAlienationBoredomandDespair - I like Dermablend consistency but the colours available are not great - even the palest seems very dark - so the KA one sounds promising.

For undereyes I used to use L'Oreal Touche Magique but they changed the shades and again, the lightest is now a weird tone.

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