Friday, September 17, 2010

First Impressions: Pro Longwear Concealer by MAC

This product is surprisingly good! I have never been a fan of MAC foundations or concealers, being as they contain titanium dioxide and wash you out in pictures! However, this product really delivers. With its packaging (I love glass bottles and different shapes) it looks like serious, science-y stuff. My shade is NW35 (you should try to stick to NW for under eye) and it looked far better than the NW35 shade in Select Cover Up. I suppose this would mean that the shades did not stay 100% true to the older MAC concealers.

I was told by the MUA at MAC that this product is incredibly concentrated, and that is an understatement! You need the TINIEST, TEENIEST little bit to cover up your entire under eye area. It is not extremely high coverage such as the Select Cover Up or Studio Finish, but by layering you can achieve an incredible coverage. Moreover, it blends like a dream! It is much easier to blend than the other MAC concealers, regardless of if you use a brush or your finger. For this particular concealer, I blend with a large concealer brush then press it in with my finger. My favorite part is that you don't even have to set it with any powder! I'm not sure as far as the formula goes what is different, but this concealer truly is long wearing, and does not budge. It is 10:06pm right now, and I have had it on my face since 1pm and NO creases! I cannot even begin to sing enough praises for this fabulous product! I would run out to your nearest MAC store and pick up one, this stuff will last a life time with how little product you actually need.

10 comments:

  1. Would you recomend this for scars? from post acne?

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  2. can you make a video using this? or take pics of how it looks on skin

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  3. i used this on my under eye area in the video i did on youtube about my blog. That's what it looks like on skin, its a great finish! but ill take some more pictures and post them as well.

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  4. and i would not recommend this for scarring, i think its much better for the under eye area than other areas of your face

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  5. oh well what you suggest megha? I have heavy scarring, does airbrush work?

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  6. airbrush is a better choice, but unless you are a makeup artist, i wouldnt recommend getting one of these machines! they are tedious, and honestly, you will probably stop using it after a week or two. Try out mac's studio finish concealer, and if that doesnt work, i honestly love the coastal scents 10 palette of concealers. they are very heavy coverage, the only set back is the fact that for a normal consumer, you dont need all of those 10 shades

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  7. thank you so much for the advise im going to go with the mac one first and if that fails I will go with the coastals scents

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  8. Love this concealer, I'm the same shade. Did you happen to get the foundation as well? If you did or didn't what shade would you be in it? NC42 seemed too light and I don't feel like mixing lol

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  9. hey sara,
    i didnt get the foundation because im not a huge fan of mac foundations. its funny that you say that the nc42 looked too light, because i noticed that the concealers ran a bit darker than usual, so i figured the foundation did as well. I didn't try it out however, but i'm assuming i would be either an NC42 or 44

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  10. Thanks for the response. They don't make NC44 in this foundation just NC45. I think I'll pass.

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