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So I’ve recently bought a Marc Jacobs concealer/highlighter/brightener ‘Remedy’ (and the brand’s face sculpting brush) and thought I would give my two cents regarding the product.
I’ve been in search for a good highlighter for months, and Marc Jacobs was not my first choice. Sadly, my adored Bright Light MAC highlighter has been out of stock in the Middle East for over four months. I can’t even find it at the airport. Anyway, desperate for a good liquid highlighter to help with my contouring, I decided to take a little leap of faith with Marc’s new beauty line.
Now, appearance wise the pencil-length, silver cylinder ticks all the right boxes. It’s chic, small enough for me to take anywhere for touch ups, and like the rest of the collection, oozes sophistication. In terms of its design it is flawless… except for one, itsy bitsy thing: the hole for the liquid to come out of. Personally I like to smear my highlighter from container to skin – most of the items I have had in the past have all had bristles or a nozzle in order to do so. With this piece you’ve got to pump the extractor, get the liquid from the tip to a concealer brush, or onto your fingers. Personally, I find it a hassle and having bristles diffuses the liquid into the areas I want to target before I need blending it out with a brush. Instead, I have to awkwardly pump highlighter onto a brush, which for a 38 dollar product, seems like a backwards step considering that highlighters have had bristles for years to solve this unnecessary process.
Although the product comes in seven different hues, for someone with yellow undertones it was hard to select a colour for me. Everything was either too rosy or suddenly too dark for my skin when there was finally any yellow pigment. Fortunately I have the residue of some of my old foundation around to mix into the colour, but it is still disappointing that they haven’t managed to get a suitable yellow pigment into their concealers. I mean, MAC has three choice colours for their new highlighter products, and they manage to cover more color range with only a trio of hues.
The texture of the highlighter itself is adequate; not the best, but certainly not the worst that I’ve tried. It reflects light beautifully and gives a glowing, youthful appearance, however, it is a concealer that I’ve had to cake on rather than smear over a few blemishes and dark spots. I have slight abrasions on my cheeks; spots that aren’t really spots, so with certain foundations or creams it creates an uneven surface. Since this concealer is so delicate, I have to pour it on so that the bumps aren’t so noticeable – something that I don’t have to do with all of my products.
All in all, it is a pretty but someone ineffective device. It works well alongside other products, but as a standalone concealer, it is pretty weak compared to other goods on the market. I’d give it a 6/10.
As for the brush, it is absolutely lush. I feel like I am stroking my face with angel hair.
Has anyone out there had any experiences with this product? How did you find it compared to other concealers you’ve used before?
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