Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer pencil

Review for Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer pencil in FBI

Hey guys today i’ll be reviewing the Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer Pencil that was featured in my previous makeup haul. For those who are curious where I got mine, I ordered the concealer from Allcosmeticswholesale.com, which sells a wide variety of cosmetics from many different brands at discounted prices. The Urban decay 24/7 concealer was one of the items and it cost only USD$11.99 on the site instead of the regular price of USD$18.00. It costs around SGD$28.00 in Singpaore Sephora outlets.  

I got mine in the shade FBI. For reference I’m a shade NC25 in MAC and FBI fits me perfectly. I roughly gauged the colour match through online swatches and reviews and reading other’s colour match really does help for me.

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Pros:

The concealer comes in a pencil form and although you do need sharpening, it is so super convenient to use. I do own liquid concealers such as the ZA liquid concealer in the squeeze tube and cream concealers such as MAC’s studio finish concealer and I find them to be more troublesome in usage. It skips a step as I can just apply the pencil directly onto the blemish. If you are a really hygienic person, who I am obviously not, you may not want to directly touch the concealer with the active zit as bacteria may transfer onto the clean product. I’m mostly concealing redness and scars so it isn’t a big hygiene problem to me. 

 

The texture is phenomenal, before I got the product I was afraid of it being too hard or dry but really, the concealer is very creamy and super blend-able. The lasting power of the concealer is pretty awesome. It lasted a good 6-8 hours on me but do take in mind that I have combination skin. I find the coverage to be a good medium. If the texture is too dry for your preference, try using heat (such as hairdryer) to warm it up to make it easier to blend.

I did try using it on my dark eye circles, and although I find it a little drying for the undereye area, it did quite a good job. But if your under eye area is really dry, you may experience flaking since it is a pretty dry formula. I still recommend using a liquid concealer as it does not emphasize fine line or flaking occurring on the under eye area.

I do think that it is a decent size, great for size for travelling and I do feel that the pencil will last quite a long time. I’ve been using it daily for around 2 to 3 weeks and it didn’t break me out which is awesome.

 

Cons:

Similar to other pencil products, the cap might scrape the product if you are in a hurry because the concealer is not retractable at all. 

This concealer pencil does require sharpening but I don’t really find it a hassle because you really only need a bit at a time. I’ve used it for around 2 – 3 weeks now and I only made a small dent into the tip of the concealer. 

A normal sharpener will not be able to sharpen this concealer pencil which in my opinion is the biggest disadvantage of using it. I have to purchase an additional sharpener with a bigger opening that fits the concealer. If you do already have a larger sharpener such as the NYX sharpener for their jumbo pencils, there will not be such a problem. 

The first or second time I used it. The tip of the concealer pencil fell out! I was so super disappointed because I didn’t even put any pressure when concealing. Luckily I caught it in time and kinda squeezed it back in. I don’t know the reason why the tip fell off, I didn’t see any reviews talking about the fragile tip so just my luck I guess.

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I bought the Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer pencil for USD$11.99 which is below SGD$20 approximately. Will I repurchase? Yes. It is super convenient and I do like the creamy consistency. I recommend it especially for girls like me who are on the lazier side, definitely a hassle-free product. Very value for money, I’m sure this product will last me a good period of time. What is your favourite concealer? Do recommend it to me!

Price: 4/5

Lasting power: 4/5

Coverage: 3.5/5 (medium)

Texture: 4.5/5

Packaging: 4/5 (very user friendly, good control)

Overall ratings: 4/5

Check out my latest post on the UB 24/7 Concealer Pencil here!

Love,

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