Mac Pro Longwear Concealer Review

Does anyone else have that one concealer or foundation that they always wear in the summertime? Well for me, it's the Mac Pro Longwear Concealer!

This concealer is probably one of my all time favorites and I'm so excited that I'm finally tan so that I can wear it again (more on that later on in the post)!

So for the basics, this concealer has great packaging.

 

The packaging is nice and compact and it comes with a pump (mine was very messy, but I still love liquid products with pumps)! The only problem with this pump is that it tends to dispense way too much product..

 

This picture is the least amount of product I could dispense (and it covered everything I needed covered). If you do a full pump, you will end up with so much product that a ton will end up wasted, so BE CAREFUL! This pump isn't one that is easy to control how much product comes out, but I suggest you very carefully try to pump as little product as possible. Also, for those wondering, it comes in a glass bottle.

Now on to the actual product.. This concealer is obviously a liquid consistency. I find that it's the perfect consistency for a liquid concealer-- not too liquidy, but liquidy enough.

It applies super easily and blends in to the skin and looks natural. I love the finish that this concealer has, it sets to a beautiful natural matte finish.

The coverage is medium to full and very buildable. One layer of this product will give you medium coverage but you can layer on more to give you a great full coverage.

One of my favorite things about this concealer is that it is VERY long wearing-- the name doesn't lie! It stays looking good for a very long time, and even when it starts to show wear, it wears beautifully. It stays matte for longer than any other concealers I have owned. When I was travelling about a week ago, I applied this at 5 A.M. and it stayed on until I took it off at about 11:30 P.M. The only sign of wear that it showed was that my skin was starting to get a little shiny. Pretty impressive!

Now I must admit, there is another downside to this product (at least for me). The reason that I can only wear this product in the summer is because of the color range. I am strictly in the NC shades in Mac. My summer shade is NC30 and the next shade down from that in the NC shades (for this concealer) is NC20. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, it basically goes from my dark summer shade to a very light shade that is even too light for me during the winter time. There is no in between. I would love to use this concealer year round and have different shades but they virtually don't have my color! I do realize I could mix NC20 and NC30 but that is a bit of a hassle and I would waste a lot of product. Most of you may not encounter this problem, I just wanted to mention it just in case anyone else is around these shades.

Overall, I think this is a great concealer and I highly suggest checking it out, especially if you have a long day and need your makeup to last. It retails for $18 which I think is an amazing price especially considering how long one bottle will last you!

This concealer is available wherever Mac products are sold-- Mac stores, Mac counters in department stores, maccosmetics.com.

Thanks so much for reading! I hope this was helpful :)

 

 



SUPER EASY Fourth of July Nail Tutorial

One of my favorite holidays is July 4th! Not only do I love the cookouts, fireworks, and time with family and friends, but I love doing patriotic nails!

This year I decided to keep it pretty simple with a super easy, patriotic manicure.

 

The first step is to apply a base coat. You can apply whichever one works for you, I used the Nail Tek Intensive Therapy 2 (need to post a review on this)! Don't skip this step though because it is very important! It makes your nail polish apply better, last longer, it protects your nails, keeps your nails from staining, and even makes your polish easier to remove when its time to take it off.

I let this dry for about 5 minutes before applying the next polish.

 

Next, I applied a classic, deep red polish to all of my nails except my ring fingers. I used an opaque red so that I could get a pretty good looking even color in one coat. You can use whatever red polish you like, I used Personal Shopper from Sephora by OPI and it was kind of a hassle because after the first nail I realized that the polish I had was old. Still a beautiful color though!

I let this dry for 10 minutes before applying the next polish.

 

 

On my ring fingers, I applied a blue color, and again, you can use whichever blue you like. This one takes two coats but is one of my all time favorites. I used Blue My Mind by OPI.

This polish dried for 10 minutes between each coat and before the next polish was applied.

 

This next step is where you can really get creative. You can draw stripes on your nails, stars, use nail stickers, etc.

I applied a chunky silver glitter polish. I love this because it adds some sparkle to the look and the big silver glitter represents stars on our flag! I used the Essie luxeffects nail polish in Set in Stones.

This dried for 10 minutes before applying the top coat.

 

As always, I finished up with a top coat. I used the OPI RapiDry Top Coat.

I let my nails dry for about 20 minutes before doing other things. Nail polish can take a few hours to COMPLETELY harden.

 

And there you have it-- super easy, cute July 4th nails!

Thanks so much for reading! :)

Have a fun and safe Independence Day!