About a month ago, I picked up two Revlon products on a buy-one-get-one deal at CVS. The first thing I picked up was Revlon Age Defying Concealer (Color: Light/Pale). I was on the hunt for a drugstore concealer in tube form. Most of the concealers I find at the drugstore come in stupid clicky-pen form; you know, a little pen with a sponge tip applicator where you click or twist it to release more product. Bleh! I would rather have it in tube form so I can use my brushes. The Revlon concealer was the only tube concealer I found in the whole store. (I'm surprised L'Oreal doesn't make one.)
This is a pretty decent concealer - by drugstore standards, it's great. It's fairly concentrated, and a little goes a long way. It's pretty blendable, although I find that if I use a tad too much it totally sets into my pores. I definitely prefer it as an undereye concealer than as a blemish/red spots concealer. And it's SPF 25, so can't go wrong on that front. However, I think it's ultimately just kind of average. I'll probably only repurchase if it goes on sale again. While it's great by drugstore standards, it's not that special overall.
However, the other Revlon product I picked up was so ghastly horrible that I am appalled it retails for $13.99 - $.99 would make more sense. I decided to give the Revlon ColorStay Mineral Mousse foundation a try, and what a nightmare decision that turned out to be.
I seriously cannot even put into words how horrible this foundation is. First off, let's talk about the product itself. If you don't shake it before you use it, the watery silicone separates from the rest of the foundation, and you just get a shmear of translucent clear liquid. Icky.
And even if you shake the product vigorously before use, the ColorStay Mousse is still dreadful. It is a cakey mess that settles into your dry spots and makes your skin flake horribly. And honestly, I don't even have that bad of dry spots - I regularly exfoliate and moisturize. And other foundations don't make me flake up. But this one does - and even if you want to look past the flakiness (I don't know why you would), it's just a lousy foundation. It manages to be both too sheer AND give you that mega-obvious I'm-wearing-foundation-look.
I've looked at some other reviews on this foundation, and they all seem to be in-line with my opinion. The ONLY way I could see someone liking this product would be if their skin was really, SUPER oily. And even then, I have to think that they're are better options out there.
Pick up the Age Defying Concealer
here. And, if you must, pick up the Mineral Mousse
here.
