We all know the Sephora Collection has some hits and some misses. They recently introduced a Sephora Best Skin Ever 8HR Color Corrector for $15 in three shade selections and I decided to pick up the Peach shade to try out. I didn’t really buy this because I have dark circles but because I actually like to use peach shades as a way to brighten up my under eye area. I’ll just use them as a concealer on a more natural day of makeup! For example, I’ve only ever used Tarte Shape Tape Corrector as a concealer and never as a corrector before my concealer. It’s the perfect brightening shade of peach for my under eye area.
When I purchased Sephora Best Skin Ever 8HR Color Corrector that was exactly how I had plans to use it as well! Here’s how it turned out.
Sephora Best Skin Ever 8HR Color Corrector is $15 bucks and 0.16 oz in size and looks like Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer. For reference Age Rewind is around $8.99-$10.99 and 0.2 oz which makes it a touch cheaper, a lot more pigmented, and a better formula. I’ll explain all that shortly though.I’m actually sort of surprised that Maybelline never released corrector shades other than pink to the Age Reward Concealer Collection as of yet.
Sephora Best Skin Ever 8 HR Color Correct has the same twist up design as Maybelline’s that allows the product to release under the attached sponge applicator. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work nearly as well as the Maybelline one and barely releases any product into the sponge head which makes for frustrating application. I will say this, I do think Age Rewind releases a bit TOO much product into the sponge where as Sephora’s version releases too little so both are kind of screwed up.
Since it barely releases product it made it a little difficult to work out how heavy, thick, or creamy the Sephora formula is. I’m going with it being a bit thinner, a lot less creamier, and more sheerer than Maybelline’s version. Granted, one is a corrector and the other is a concealer so keep that in mind. That being said, correctors should be pigmented enough to diffuse dark circles and even offer some assistance in concealing them. This provides some brightening but doesn’t really do much in the ways of concealing anything. I do think the thinner texture does make it easy to wear under a concealer. One of my issues with applying corrector and concealer is I feel it’s just too much. This thinner formula actually wears easily under a concealer should you like to use both. It has a soft, silky, matte finish that blends quite easily but the matte finish isn’t too friendly if you have drier eyes or finer lines as it did crease into my finer lines. The wear time is a bit eh as I got around three hours in before it faded and that was when wearing it alone without concealer. With concealer, I didn’t notice fading as my concealer is pretty pigmented (I used Shape Tape Concealer) but I did notice it made my concealer crease a bit which isn’t the norm when I use this particular concealer. The creasing happens rather quickly within the first hour of wear and this results in fading as well.
Sephora Best Skin Ever 8HR Color Corrector isn’t really worth your coin (even when it goes on sale at 30% off during the Sephora Holiday Savings Event). It’s just not that great of a corrector and I’ve seen better and cheaper options available.
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Sephora Best Skin Ever 8HR Color Corrector is a new color corrector available in three shades that’s 0.16 oz in size and $15. This comes housed in a barrel with a twist up feature that releases the corrector in the attached sponge applicator for easy swipe and blend application. Sadly, the packaging seems a little faulty as getting the corrector to flow proved difficult and I had to twist several times to get the smallest amount out. This made it difficult to determine how creamy and thick the product was as I only got a thinner, sheer formula due to the small amount it releases. The thinner texture does work in your favor if you’re using this with a concealer as it’s very light, blends easily and allows concealer to lay comfortably on top of it. Sadly, it does crease though when worn alone and does make the concealer you wear on top of it do the same. It does provide a nice brightening effect and looks lovely under eyes but the creasing happens within an hour of wear.
- Thin, easy to wear under concealer.
- Faulty packaging releases a small amount.
- Creases alone or when worn with concealer.
Sephora Best Skin Ever 8HR Color Corrector might work for someone with a smoother under eye area that doesn’t have issues with finer lines for this to fall into.
