Ever since I was little I've had these dark freckles on my face. While I've been fortunate enough to never have any acne problems, I'm still not a fan of this discoloration. It's from being exposed to the sun too much.
As you can see, I have dark spots on my central cheek, chin, and forehead. After reading the reviews of the Kat Von D Concealer, I thought I'd give it a try. Because it's designed to work on tattoos, it can also cover natural dark pigmentation of the skin. I had the ladies at Sephora test it out on my face. In order to get the product to set on my skin, my artist, Nada, applied a layer of the concealer, followed by Laura Mercier's pressed powder in sand. She repeated this three times over my freckles. Then she coated my face in Laura Mercier's tinted moisturizer for normal skin, also in sand, followed by more of the pressed powder. These were the results:
It's very obvious that I'm coated in makeup. The Kat Von D Concealer is very thick because it's meant for tattoos. Topped w/ the moisturizer and more powder, I definitely look a little bit cakey. But for a formal event it would work well. I'd just need to blend more into my neck than she did lol.
I really liked the concealer. The consistency worked well on my skin. However, I had two major problems with it. First, each bottle runs for $25 and is very small. To coat my whole face at least three times would mean I'd be dropping a lot of money on a product that does nothing for my problem (I like to have a little bit more a return with my products). Secondly, none of the shades really fit my skin tone. The lightest two were quite literally white. The next two were VERY yellow. And the ones after that were too tan. I had to opt for the lightest concealer, which in the harsh lights of Sephora, made it VERY obvious. Yes the end product did look very nice. But the pressed powder and the tinted moisturizer used with this look together cost over seventy dollars. So for a look that is no where near natural and only a once and a while thing, I didn't think it was worth it. Instead I chose to go with something that would actually fix my problem :)
I bought the Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector. It goes for $50 but can last more than two months (as only one pump is necessary to cover the whole face). It's a serum so it glides onto the skin very nicely and takes no time at all to dry. After applying it to the face (twice a day) you HAVE to follow with sunscreen. It even says something weird like "sunscreen imperative" on the back of the bottle. If you don't prevent more spots from forming, there isn't any use to this product. It says from four to six weeks your spots will have noticeably lightened. In the 4 or 5 days I've been using this product (I tested it out a couple days before I bought it) I've seen some of my newer spots lighten greatly. Obviously the ones I have had since I was young are going to take more time, but it's definitely worth it. That way, once my spots are lighter, more options will be available to me to cover the remainder of them up, without looking cakey or overdone.
I'll update you on the improvements I see once I've had more time to use the corrector :)
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