bareMinerals BarePro Concealer

Hello, my beauties!

Today I’m sharing with you my review about a product that I have received complimentary for testing purposes from Influenster!

I was very excited to get the VoxBox from Influenster as this is my first time when I’m being sent a product in exchange for my opinion. And it counts!

Once again, this blog post is not sponsored and everything you read here is based on my honest opinion. Let’s get started!

First Impression

This is the New BarePro 16-hour Full Coverage Concealer from bareMinerals. It comes in a variety of shades, 15 in total, ranging from fair to deep. I have received 01 Fair-Cool shade and have already been testing it on my skin for a while.

The concealer comes as a cream stick. The formula is creamy, yet it is very lightweight and has a matte finish. The Bamboo Stem Extract indeed smoothes the lines and pores, but the coverage is rather medium-to-full than full. Besides, there are also extracts of Raspberry Seed Oil, Blackcurrant Seed Oil and Sea Lavender which are considered as powerful antioxidants that nourish, hydrate and protect the skin against environmental stressors.

Even though it”™s a cream stick concealer and has such a nice list of ingredients, it dries very fast, so it blends best the moment you apply it to your skin. I use my ring finger to blend the product as I feel that the heat from the fingers makes it more flexible to blend and I can achieve a more natural look. I don”™t use a lot of a product at once, I rather build up the coverage steadily until the desired coverage is achieved.

I have to admit that unfortunately, I received a wrong shade which is at least 1-2 tones lighter than my skin is (my complexion is light-to-medium almost in all foundations and concealers). However, in small amounts the shade that I received still worked to lighten up and cover my under eye area. It has a little bit of crease after several hours, but not as much as other concealers like Shape Tape Concealer from Tarte. The last one works perfect only on pictures but it is very thick, heavy, creases in fine lines and emphasize pores.

Summing up the above, here are the key things to consider:

Pros:

• creamy lightweight formula
• smoothes the appearance of pores and small fine lines
• non-comedogenic and non-acnegenic
• water-resistant, smudge-proof
• 15 shades from fair to deep
• natural look

Cons:

• dries fast, less time to work with
• not a full coverage formula
• creases a little after several hours
• doesn’t last for the whole day

Verdict:

Overall, it’s a good concealer to try as it feels weightless and minimizes pores and small lines. Because of the wrong color, it is a little tricky to fully evaluate the product, so I’m thinking of getting my shade at Sephora ( I believe it is Light/Medium-Neutral 05) to see how that will work as well. However, there is definitely room for improvement of the formula to make it truly long-wear so that it really can become a five-star product. Right now, I have to rate this product with 3.5 stars even though I like bareMinerals a lot.

Acknowledgement:  I’d like to thank bareMinerals and Influenster for this amazing opportunity to be a part of the program.

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