Hard Candy Glamoflauge Concealer

Can I just start off with how cute the packaging is? Hard Candy, like Benefit has amazing packaging for their products.

Now, onto the review. Hard Candy Glamoflauge Heavy Duty concealer comes in a squeezy-tube which I like since it makes it easier to use up more of the product. It is available in 3 shades: light, medium, and dark. I really wanted to try this out for a long time so when I went to Walmart, I just picked up the only shade that was there: light. The shade actually works great for my under-eye area. A little bit of this product goes a long way and it really brightens up the area, so I'm glad I got this shade. However, it is too light to use for covering up dark spots on my face, so I'm going to have to keep checking my Walmart to see if they ever come in stock with a medium. I also find this product to be a bit dry and thick in consistency.

And look! Hard Candy doesn't test on animals. Always a plus.

This product also comes with a small pencil concealer, which in my opinion is much creamier and goes on more smoothly. Due to the consistency, or the possibility that the pencil comes in a slightly darker shade, I can use this to cover up my dark spots which it does extremely well.

Overall, I'm really impressed with this product and the fact that you use such little product every time makes this really worth the money, even though it isn't that expensive.

Hard Candy products are sold exclusively at Walmart and you can pick up this concealer for $6.00. 

Covergirl Clean Makeup

I decided to try the Covergirl clean liquid foundation and pressed powder. I bought them in the shade 545 warm beige.

The consistency of the foundation is fairly thick and goes onto the skin smoothly. I found it worked best when applied with a makeup sponge or with fingers and then buffing it out with a brush. When I tried applying it from the back of my hand straight to my face with a brush it went on uneven and was harder to blend out.

As far as controlling oil, the foundation lasted for about 4 hours with powder during the summer. (Keep in mind I live in a hot, humid place.) However I during the colder months it lasted about 7-8 hours with minimal shine. Almost double the wear time! My skin just changes quite a bit in the seasons. I think if you have combo-oily skin then this will work for you well, but if you have vey oily skin you may want to skip this one. However, it's not that expensive: it averages from $5 - $6 wherever Covergirl cosmetics are found.

The powder costs about the same and comes in a blue compact for the oily skin range. As you can see from the pics I have almost used it up. I found that again, like the foundation, this powder seemed to last on me longer in the winter than in the summer. My skin is more on the extreme side, but if you have normal or combo/oily then it should work.



I also tried the Covergirl Invisible concealer in the shade Honey, although I don't have pictures of that since I finished it up and threw away the packaging about a month ago! The concealer works great for under-eye circles, but it does not do a good job of covering up dark spots on the face. It comes in a tube with a sponge tip applicator and is sold for around $5.00.