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| 486 days worth. |
Makeup is expensive. Fact. Even when you're buying everything at Boots rather than at Harrods it soon adds up.
Did you know the average makeup bag holds 16 items and is worth £130 and that at home collections rise to £512? Yep. And that's just the average.
I want to tell you about a product I believe is insanely good value for money when it comes to cost per use.
Laura Mercier's Secret Camouflage.
For those of you unfamiliar with this cult concealer, it's a bit of a work horse. Here's why:
- It has a unique colour blending format (2 shades enable you to custom blend as well as adjust your concealer throughout the year according to how light/tanned you are)
- It's full coverage which means it covers redness/spots/thread veins beautifully
- Once in place it stays. All day.
I must have bought the Secret Camouflage you see above well over a year ago and I use a little everyday. So let's assume I bought it in June 2012. That's approximately 486 days ago (give or take a day) / £26 = £0.05 per day. I think that's pretty good value and how many products can we say we actually get through?
How to use it
This is a fantastic product if you like wearing a light to medium coverage foundation (or tinted moisturiser) but just need a little help evening out your skin tone here and there.
- Apply a light veil of foundation/tinted moisturiser
- Using a concealer or lip brush, pick up a little of the two colours* and apply to any areas of redness (e.g. around the nose, on the chin, blemishes, thread veins etc).
- IMPORTANT STEP: once in position, press into the skin to blend using your ring finger
- Set over any concealed areas with a little powder
- Finish your makeup as normal
*You can also mix the two colours on the back of your hand (I find I need to do this in the winter months when the concealer is cold).
I wouldn't recommend using this product under the eyes as it can look heavy but it can certainly be blended with something lighter (YSL Touche Èclat or No 7 Instant Radiance Concealer).
Look out next week when I'll be revealing my best makeup discovery this year!
