LA Girl HD Pro Concealer

I wanted to love this as every one was going crazy for it on facebook. I was lucky enough to get mine for $1!!! at postie plus in christchurch but the colour I got was off, I got ivory and it was very pink tinted, I felt it gave great coverage though and was good for the under eye area. The brush on it was not what I expected, and it smelled kind of funky. I wouldnt buy it at full price even though its not very dare but I would try the other colours if on special.

I bought this in the lightest colour available at the time- classic ivory and it is far too dark for my skin. Just had a look on the LA Girl website and saw they have new lighter colours which is great because classic ivory was at least 2 shades too dark for me.

I still use it to prime my eyelids and I find it good to cover redness around my nose as it is quite orangey. I've worn it under my eyes a few times and it seems to sit ok but I just couldn't deal with how dark it was. It didn't highlight my under-eye area at all.

Well every youtube beauty guru I'm subscribed to had been raving about this for the past 6mths+ so I had to give it a go. I was disappointed by the poor shade range, I am quite fair and its hard to find a concealer that I can use under my eyes for a light brightening effect. I bought this in the lightest shade available and it was still on the darker side. I can use under my eyes for dark circles but definitely not highlighting. It has a little built in brush to apply it with which I wish it was a doe foot applicator I find you don't waste as much product with a doe foot. I use a beauty blender to blend the product out and it works well I find it blends well with decent coverage but not full coverage. I set my under eye with bare minerals well rested which brightens a bit but I always find that this concealer creases on me I am still yet to find one that doesn't. I've tried using different things to blend it with and different setting powders but it still doesn't seem to help. If they had a lighter shade range I would probably give it a go but once I've used up what I've got I won't repurchase.

I decided to buy this after having tried and liking a few LA girl products. At such a low cost I thought it couldn't hurt. I really wanted to try a cream contour so I thought using one of these concealers might do the trick.

I am super fair so I was a wee bit cautious on what colour to pick but again because of the price I knew if I got it wrong it wasn't the end of the world. I picked the shade Almond.

Packaging wise this is a long clear tube with a long black screw top lid. This unscrews to reveal a inbulit brush top. You squeeze the tube and the product will pop up through the brush.

I was pretty cautious when I first squeezed this as I know these types of applicators can produce a lot more product than you bargain for. I had to squeeze quite firmly but very slowly. It produced some concealer quite slowly but not very evenly. The concealer came out the side of this brush rather than out the top. I swatched this on my hand first. Consistency wise it was quite thick and I found it a little bit lumpy and watery. I would definately not recommend putting this straight onto your face I would opt to put it on your hand first.

I took one of my small contour brushes and swiped over the swatch on my hand and applied to my cheek bones and jaw line.

Colour wise this was actually much darker than I expected especially on my very fair complexion however it was a cooler toned almond brown which worked with my skin tone.

I decided to blend this out with a beauty blender and this actually did blend out really nicely and well despite the initial lumpy/watery consistency.

You only needed a very small amount, a little went a very long way. This dried matte and had very impressive staying powder this didn't just dissapear as the day went on.

It was easily removed with my ZA oil cleanser.

Overall I was pleasantly surprised by the wear and outcome of this concealer especially for the price despite my initial thoughts.

I was so disappointed with this! Everyone and their mother on YouTube was using this but it was just too thick and dark for me! :( But I do use it as a cream contour - I'm super pale though!

An average product, thick consistency which is nice, provides medium coverage but I feel like this works better for highlighting and contouring. I have a few of these in my kit and they seldom get used. Great for beginners just starting out though!

I would probably not use this again when I find my holy grail.

Found this to be quite oily, although I set my under eye with a setting powder. It can crease your eyelids and under-eye. Brings out the wrinkles more and make it visible. It is very affordable, but its just not working for me.

I have bought this a couple times and each time it comes with little specs in it. To use it i have the out on hand and mix round for while to get rid of them otherwise looks like white dots on my face. Does work well, think i just need to find one that hasn't gone bad!

This LA Girl concealer isn't a bad product but it's far from my favourite.

On the good side, it comes in a range of shades, it's really cheap and it's quite bendable.

A strange thing about it is the brush it comes with. It seems really weird so the first time I bought it i pulled the brush out but was also a bit weird because the opening of the tube is so wide. With the second tube I had I left the brush on. I actually got used to the brush and now I don't mind it.

On the downside I find that this settles in my fine lines and creases under my eyes. I put it on and set it with powder but if I come back 10 mins later it's all caked in lines under my eyes. I ensure I don't use too much, only a bit at a time so I don't think it's my technique. I'm just not totally happy with it.

Still a good product for the cost, it's worth giving it a try.