Cle de peau concealer- The Review

The Product

Cle de Peau Concealer (in Ocher)

Available at Holt Renfrew

Price: $85 (no, not a typo- you read correctly)

Let me preface this post by saying that purchasing this product was not my fault- it was stupid Kim Kardashian's fault. Alright fine... she did not hold a gun to my head but in a recent interview she stated that she used this concealer to hide all of her 'dark circles' and I figured that this was the secret to why she always looked so fresh on her party girl scheduele. So in a moment of weakness at Holt Renfew, I handed over my credit card (please hubby, don't be reading this!!) and purchased this so- called miracle stick and I couldn't wait to put it to the test! Could it be too good to be true? Would I be able to say goodbye to my undereye circles forever?

The Review

As you can see in the picture above, the product comes in a stick form (not much bigger then a lipstick- quite small actually for what you'd expect from the price) and I found it just a tad dry when i put it on my skin. I tend to apply concealer only under my eyes and sometimes at the sides of my nostrils to counter some slight discoloration there. I find that you have to warm the concealer a bit between your fingers so that it blends better and i didn't notice the product caking into my creases too much so that was a good sign. I tend to prefer more moist/creamier concealers so this was definitely a change for me. There's no doubt that this is a pretty decent concealer, but I really wanted to know if it did a better job then my everyday concealer so I decided to put it up against Benefit's Erase paste. And how did it hold up? You be the judge.



Benefit                                                      Cle de Peau



Benefit                                                      Cle de Peau



The Verdict:

Cle de Peau might mean "key to great skin" in french, but in my vocabulary it translates to "don't waste your money". Yes, I do notice a slight improvement in the coverage from the pictures above but the price does not justify such a small difference. I believe that there are many great concealers out there for 1/3 of the price (namely Benefit Erase Paste and Laura Mercier secret camoflouge just to name a few) and i don't think that I will be purchasing this product ever again due to price. So a note to  Ms. Kim Kardashian: If you are reading this I would like my $85 dollars back! It's not this concealer that makes you look like you have no dark circles it's the four hours that the makeup artist spends caking all that crap on your face to make you look good!

What about you? Have you ever spent way too much money on something so absurd as a concealer?

Please share so I don't feel so bad!!!