If you struggle to disguise blemishes and other imperfections, I think I’ve found one of the best new concealers to help – a clever ‘pencil’ from a celebrity make-up artist
As someone who often has blemishes, post-breakout marks and other skin imperfections that I want to cover up, having one of the best concealers in my make-up bag at all times is an essential for me. And I’ve just stumbled upon a game-changing new product.
Top make-up artist Lisa Eldridge is renowned for her ‘pinpointing concealing’ technique – so much so that she has even trademarked the term. This method involves covering marks or blemishes with a tiny amount of concealer and blending it out, rather than covering the face with a thick layer of make-up, giving a very natural result.
It was probably only a matter of time, then, until Lisa launched a product to quickly an easily do exactly this: enter, the Pinpoint Concealer Micro Correcting Pencil, £27. Here’s why I think it’s a must for spot-prone skin…
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Pros
- Really precise application
- Blends well
- Waterproof and smudge-proof
- Good range of shades
- Doesn’t take up much space in your make-up bag
- Excellent customer service from the Lisa Eldridge team
Cons
- Not really suitable for use on very dry or flaky patches of skin
- If you have a lot to conceal, it’ll wear down quickly
As someone who nearly always has something on my face that I want to camouflage (sometimes just the odd patch of pigmentation, sometimes multiple blemishes) but who still likes a natural look, I’ve been unknowingly doing Lisa’s pinpoint concealer technique for years, using a teeny tiny liner brush to dot my favourite NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer just where it’s needed. Lisa’s new Pinpoint Concealer Micro Correcting Pencil, however, feels like the product I’ve been waiting for.
Pinpoint Concealer is available to buy through the Lisa Eldridge website (where the super-helpful customer service team are great at helping you right the right shade), or at Space NK. Although it may look like an eyeliner, this twist-up complexion pencil is so soft and creamy on the skin, and doesn’t drag or scratch the skin. It’s so easy to precisely dot on exactly where it’s needed, and blends out really easily with a few taps of your fingers. Once it’s set, it stays put well all day.
In these photos I’ve applied a light layer of Lisa’s Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint first (an excellent hydrating, sheer face base), then dotted on Pinpoint Concealer where I need more coverage: on old blemish marks, over a faint bruise under my eye from a recent treatment, and on patches of redness around my nose (I wear shade 4). The result is a very naturally perfected finish with imperfections erased but skin still looking like skin, like using the ‘patch’ function on Facetune.
If I had to list a couple of negatives, I’d say that the finish does look a little dry if used on very flaky areas of skin (on a particularly crusty spot, say), and that if, like me, you need to scribble on quite generously over your face, I think it will wear down quickly. But otherwise this nifty pencil has been an absolutely game changer for me, and the one make-up product I wish I’d invented.
Something similar is Jones Road’s The Face Pencil, £28 – a chunkier crayon, this is better suited to covering larger areas – and the PIXI CC Crayon, £10, which is specifically designed to neutralise dark under-eye circles.
