Lumene Beauty Base Cover Palette review

Since my quest for the HG concealer is NOT over yet (upcoming post....), i decided to rummage through my abandoned ex-lovers and bring back to light old favorites. What's a student budget limited person gotta do, right...

So i dug up this old concealer from Lumene. Had it on yesterday, suddenly remembered how great we used to get along, and decided to blog about it. I have had this product for so many months i'm surprised i never mentioned it.

Ok so this is the little fellow:

As it says on the lid, the little case contains three concealer shades meant to neutralize red and blue undertones, either in imperfections or undereye circles. The salmon-ish tinted triangle is the blue neutralizer and the other two are meant for concealing red undertones-one is darker than the other to allow for customizing the optimal shade.

Apart from the rather high price (around €12 and 3.6 gr/0.13 oz.) for a drugstore product, i think there are no other flaws of this product. First, i like its versatility. Second, and the best thing about this- it's very creamy. The creamiest drugstore concealer i own, perhaps a softer, more moist consistency than the Nivea one (since the latter is a stick concealer). It picks up on the fingers/brush at the slightest touch (as you can see from the indentations on the sections), it's easy to blend in and allows for a very natural finish since you can mix the colors until obtaining the desired shade.

My usual problem with concealers, drugstore or not, is that they are not creamy enough. Most of them are downright dry, settling into the fine lines and giving an impression of 'cracked' makeup to the overall skin, which is highly disadvantageous especially when it comes to mature skins. 

This product, being intensely creamy for a drugstore concealer, settles into the fine lines under the eyes but not as dramatically as other higher-end products i've used in the past. And if i blend it in immediately and set it with powder it will not crease at all; i think it resists for about 5-6 hours without any touch ups; my definition of 'touch up' when it comes to concealers and foundation doesn't imply applying a second layer, but slightly patting the skin, either with the ring finger, a brush or a sponge, to absorb whatever oiliness that has formed and even out the possible blotches/ color patches that inevitably form after a certain amount of time. 

It works great on moisturized skin because the soft consistency becomes almost 'the real deal' in creaminess.  The coverage is mild medium i'd say. Definitely not sheer, but if we're judging by what 'medium' standard coverage means today (Double Wear foundation is allegedly a medium coverage one, go figure), then this is a light medium coverage. Like in the 1st half or middle of the medium spectrum. You get the point :)

Squint eyes with flash:

I don't have killer dark circles but they're tricky like hell. The upper lid is a brown-ish color and the undereye area is a dark pink, almost red with purple undertones. I found that if i use something by itself (99% of the cases except for Helena Rubinstein's concealer) it just won't cover them completely and will lack a natural finish- basically i'm able to see the rather dull purpleness showing through. Bleh.

This is not the best concealer in the world, absolutely. But if you're looking for a palette that allows for customizing your shade and contains something similar to Eve Pearl's salmon concealer, then this is the one you should try before purchasing a high-end product (for example i'm watching a video-actually listening to it- right now and it's about a certain degree of disappointment in MUFE's concealer palette...).

I should definitely start digging up older favorites more often...yep.