Carter Beauty Covert Concealer, Meringue

This comes in a sealed bag bubble wrapped well. There’s no outer product box. But, the concealer bottle does have plastic wrapper sealed around it. The bottle has a little label on it that you pull up to reveal the ingredient list. It is cruelty free (PETA approved). It is made in China.It comes in a nice thick frosted glass bottle. Unfortunately, it’s dispensed with a dropper. I hate concealers/foundations with dropper dispensers! Why?! I’d much rather have a doe foot for a concealer.They didn’t have swatches of the shades they have. There’s only 3 shades, which is a pretty sad selection. It’s hard enough selecting the right foundation shade, but it’s even harder online. When there is a photo of all the shades swatched together, it makes it a little easier. Fortunately, the lack of shade options made it easier. I am fair with a neutral, leaning slightly cool undertone. So, I went for the lightest shade - “Marshmallow.” I usually go for the lightest shade anyways since I’m so fair and I’d rather a shade be too light and fix it with bronzer than a shade be too dark.I had gotten the foundation from this brand - Full Measure HD Foundation. The foundation actually had swatches of the shades next to each other, so I was happy about that. I like my concealer to be a shade or 2 lighter so it seemed like the shade “Shortbread” in the foundation would work well for me. BOY WAS I WRONG! Let me tell you, if “Shortbread” is any indication of what the other shades are like, the shades shown in the swatches are WAAAAAY off! In person, “Shortbread” looks more like the swatches for “Banoffee” or “Sticky Toffee.” It’s crazy how much darker it is in person! I could immediately tell it wasn’t going to work when I saw it in the plastic bag it came in. Sometimes you’ll get a foundation bottle and see it inside the bottle and think, “Ohhhh, I don’t know. That looks too light/dark.” But with this I could immediately tell it was way too dark! I thought for sure they sent the wrong shade. But, nope, they sent “Shortbread,” it just looks NOTHING like the swatch photo! After that, I was seriously hoping that “Marshmallow” would work! Thankfully, “Marshmallow” worked! It definitely isn’t as light as it appears in the bottle in the product photos or in the photos of the same shade in the foundation. I show photos of my own for you to see for yourself where I compared it to the shade “Shortbread” in the Full Measure HD Foundation. It is a fair to light shade with a slightly warm undertone.This claimed to be full coverage, erase dark under eye circles, expertly cover blemishes and imperfections, blend easily, smooth away appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, provide full coverage with every application, and leave the skin looking fresh and flawless.I already mentioned I hate dropper dispensers for concealers. The concealer seems to bunch up at the top of the bottle and get chunky and dry out and flake in areas, which can fall into the bottle. Then when you pull the dropper out of the bottle, it ends up getting some of that on the dropper. So, you need to be careful when getting it out, which is annoying.The concealer is nice. It’s definitely nowhere near full coverage for me. I’d say it’s light, natural coverage. You can try to build it up, but for me it didn’t look nice when I would add more. If I do a light layer or even a second light layer, it looks nice and smooth on the under eyes. But, if I try to build it up a little more to get more coverage, it ends up making my under eyes look really dry. It applied easily (once you got some out without the chunks on the edge of the bottle), blended out nicely with brush and sponge. It looked nice after application.Overall, I’d recommend this concealer if you’re looking for light, natural coverage. It applies easily and looks nice and smooth. It isn’t drying on the under eyes as long as you only apply a light layer or 2. I do have dry under eyes to begin with, so maybe if you don’t you could get away with building it up more. But, I don’t feel that should be necessary when they call it a full coverage concealer. So, I give this 4 stars since it works nicely and looks nice on with a light layer or 2. But, took a star off since it’s no where near the “full coverage with every application” it claimed.

I’m starting to really love this line by Carter Beauty! The packaging is nice and the droppers are easy to use. This is the same bottle as their liquid highlighter. It has a rubberized purple cap, and a nice glass bottle.I got this in “Meringue,” thinking it looked a little darker online. I have light-medium skin with neutral undertones. Sometimes my skin has some pinkness and dark spots. The skin around my eyes is certainly showing its age, often looking dark, droopy, and tired. This is much lighter than I expected, but works like magic on dark circles! It’s so moisturizing without making my skin look shiny… I even swear it plumps up fine lines and gives my skin a lifted look! As far as coverage goes, it’s not as full/coverage as I’d like but is very buildable. It reminds me of the YSL Touché Eclat eye pen. I’ve even used this as a regular concealer on dry, healing acne spots that need extra moisture and coverage.Highly recommend this! I think the shades look darker online than they do in person, so order accordingly or check for user reviews with pics!Hope this helps. ☺️

This concealer came with a plastic seal on it, but the bottle was not screwed completely. It was tightened enough to prevent spillage, but not tight enough to keep the concealer from getting cakey and seeping all the way to the top of the dropper. In one of the photos you can see how dry and caked on it looks on the dropper, and the amount of concealer that accumulated at the top of the bottle. I decided it was worth a try anyway.I dont know how well it comes across in the photos, but this stuff left my skin super dry. I have combo skin and even in that oily T zone this left me extra flaky. I only used this in the T zone where one would highlight to 'brighten'. I always prep with a serum and a hydrating primer under foundation because I tend to be dry, but this concealer didnt care.This product accentuated every wrinkle and fine line I have. It gave me texture that I didnt even know I had lol. For a liquid concealer Im super surprised because I didnt anticipate it to be so drying.Claims to be full coverage and cover dark under eyes - I dont think it completely masked my dark under eyes but the coverage is quite good. I have redness in my skin and left my cheeks with no product so you can compare them to the rest of my face and see that it does a great job covering that redness.

This concealer is not full coverage, and it's not as lightweight as it claims. It's kind of cakey, and it shows every flaw. Smile lines, crow's feet, blemishes - if it's there, this stuff almost points it out. It's a shame too because I like the color. It's good for my fair skin, and it might be okay if I were a teenager with perfect skin, but I'm not. This concealer is also a bit drying on my skin, and that's something I don't want as well. I don't think I've ever run into that problem with a concealer until this one. So, I'd say this concealer just isn't for me.

This arrives in a fully sealed glass container. There is a plastic "collar" around the whole bottom that needs to be teased away to access the product. Now, this is excellent because you know the product that arrives at your home will be in excellent condition!Now this is a very small bottle that has a dropper dispenser. The dispenser has great potential since it can keep the product free from contamination (if you are careful never to touch the dropper).The product is a little heavy and a little thick (which is pretty much what you might expect from many concealers). Therefore, use this very, very sparingly. Using a very petite brush to just dot this on blemishes (and very lightly blend out the edges) would be the very best approach here. When used on small areas (as is typically with concealers), this can help camouflage small blemishes well.