Let's be honest, nobody gets a lot of sleep. Our generation, the age of Netflix, youtube, and Pinterest, keeps us up all night endlessly scrolling through out twitter TLs. Sleep seems to get put on the back burner and unfortunately our eyes are not the only things that suffer from lack of sleep. Sleep is good for you, it allows the body to rest, and helps regenerate and fuel it for the next day. Despite the knowledge of this, I don't tend to get a lot of sleep and my dark circles have paid the price.
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Recently highlighting under the eye with a light concealer has become extremely popular. I am a big fan of this because I think it illuminates and adds some brightness to the face. Because concealer is such a thick, creamy product due to its pigmentation and dense concentration, it tends to crease in fine lines or smudge throughout the day. We set liquid foundation with powder, so why wouldn't we set our concealer, which is just a more concentrated form of foundation with powder as well? The answer is we would set it, because that's what makes sense. Typically I would have just used my face setting powder and dust it under my eyes, but setting powders have been all the rage lately. Brands like Laura Mercier and Bare Minerals have come out with specific powder just for under the eyes. They claim to further brighten, and add more coverage, highlighting even more. When I saw this ELF version at target for only three dollars I had to scoop it up.
| what it looks like opened |
| size comparison to my hand, it is quite small |
The texture of this powder is extremely fine, similar to the HD setting powder which I love. It blends seamlessly into the skin and takes away any extra shine without drying out my already dry skin. It is a white color which pretty much shows up translucent on the skin. However, this powder has a slight glitter to it, not a shimmer or a satin, I'm talking a straight up glitter. The glitter is fine, but it's definitely glitter particles in there. I don't notice it doing anything crazy to my under eye concealer, it sets it just as well as my HD powder had. The glitter does not transfer to much to the skin and it's definitely not super noticeable. It does do a beautiful job of setting the under eye area and prevent it from creasing throughout the day but I do not notice this product doing anything to overall brighten my complexion. This product, in my opinion, is a great powder, but is no different from the elf HD setting powder which is an all time favorite of mine except its sparse glitter particles. I will continue to use it as it doesn't look cakey and gets the job done, but I might not repurchase if I already have the Hd setting powder.
Xxx Girl with the Pink Bow
| what it looks like opened |
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