This $24 Bareminerals Concealer Replaced My Favorite $70 One

My joy of applying the perfect product every morning began to be overshadowed by a dark cloud: the fact that when it ran out, I would have to cough up another $70 to replace it. Spending that much on a concealer once is one thing, but creating a lifelong dependence is an entirely different issue. Luckily, stick products tend to last forever, so I pushed the dark thoughts out of my head and kept on applying my $$$ concealer, business as usual.

Then a few weeks ago, I impulse-grabbed the BareMinerals BarePro 6-Hr Full Coverage Concealer out of Glamour's beauty closet, not even sure whether it was my shade, since I'd remembered someone telling me it was similar to my fave.

I wouldn’t call it a dupe per se, but it definitely holds its own. It has the same full coverage and ease of a stick, but it's a little creamier and goes on smoother. Because it has more slip, it also has a glowier finish. Another selling point? It's highly pigmented and covers both spots and undereyes equally well. With both options I’ve found it easiest to use a brush (I like Fenty’s concealer brush) to blend versus my usual sponge. The BareMinerals also has some kind of witchcraft that makes everything blur together, like I have a filter on IRL.

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I adore both and wouldn’t ever get rid of my Clé de Peau entirely (I'll keep a small savings fund for it if I have to), but the BareMinerals concealer has become my everyday winner. As someone who’s insecure about her skin, I go through a lot of concealer, and I like not worrying about how much money I’m spending per swipe.

The other major area where the BareMinerals works for me is that it's better for covering a large area. I like concealers that melt into foundation and can cover a cluster of acne or scars in one swipe. Because the Clé de Peau is a little tougher and slightly more pigmented, it works better when precisely covering a spot. That tiny extra glow also goes a long way and works better for my dry skin.