Touche Eclat £14.50 incl P&P

Addy

Everyone's raving about this stuff so I feel I'm missing something by not having it!

Is it just for dark circles under eyes? I'm intrigued!

Diamonds_2

Addy wrote:

Everyone's raving about this stuff so I feel I'm missing something by not having it!

Is it just for dark circles under eyes? I'm intrigued!

Yes, it's really a highligher.. ie: it's supposed to reflect the light in the correct way as to not show dark circles as much,.. oh I don't know, it's a good concealer too.. it doesn't look 'caked' on, it just sinks in but works somehow???

It makes me feel better anyway so well worth the money. I will be hoping for a 'wet mop smell' free one next time though! :eek:

ps: my OH said recently that I've been looking alot nicer.. he hasn't a clue what I put on my face so wouldn't know it's make-up that's doing it! he thinks it's because I've given up the cigarettes but I recon it's the touche eclat! :T

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There are loads of reviews of Touche Eclat here and a few people mention the erm 'odour problem'.
http://makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemID=663/Primer/Corrector/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Touche_Eclat_(Radiant_Touch)/

peanutpie05

I have used touche eclat for a few years now. I did have one that went a bit smelly - but my last 2 have been fine.

I've heard some good reviews about diors skinflash. Does anyone know where you can get it reasonable priced. Any other alternatives?

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peanutpie05 wrote:

I've heard some good reviews about diors skinflash. Does anyone know where you can get it reasonable priced. Any other alternatives?

Did a quick search on Froogle for Skinflash :
Cheapest was:
http://www.lapreya.com/acatalog/DiorSkinflash.html

Don't know if that is particualrly cheap or not as I do not know the RRP.

As for alternatives, quite a few of the reviews on this site suggested possible alternatives - you could check the reviews for the alternatives and see how thay are rated in comparison?
http://makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemID=663/Primer/Corrector/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Touche_Eclat_(Radiant_Touch)/

Also try http://www.epinions.com/content_193444155012 for more reviews - only 1 on there for Touche Eclat which suggests maybelline everfresh concealer as a cheaper (£4.99) alternative?

reverie

I used Touche Eclait for years, even when moneysaving would go without anything else to have it

Tried Skinflash which is very good but just the same as Touche Eclait I think. Also it is 1.5ml instead of 2.5ml I think.

Then recently tried this No 7 one because of free gift with it. It is £11.50 (with free mascara for over £10 spend at the moment, plus advantage card points - 200 points with No 7 purchase in Boots magazine at the moment) and it is so good! I am really impressed and convinced it is the same stuff as the other two.

It's pen container thing isn't quite as sexy as the others though :rolleyes:

peanutpie05

Thanks for the top tips ...

I hadn't even heard about the maybelline one ... but I'll certainly be taking a look.

Ahh a fellow bootser ... thanks for the tip about the no7 one ... as if I needed an excuse to go into boots again And I had been sulking about picking up 2 bogof suncare 'thingys' the other day and forgetting to get my free mascara .... looks like I will be getting it after all!!

:T :T :T

reverie

You don't need to find an excuse to go into Boots peanut, just embrace the addiction like I have

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jnd wrote:

Can a guy wear this without it being at all noticeable that you are wearing make-up? I have darkish circles under my eyes and I've read that make-up artists use this on actors to hide things like this. Too scared to ask at a make-up counter so thought I'd ask my MSE friends.......

You could try this product which is specifically for men - not cheap (£2 more than the Eclat stuff, perhaps less if you shop around) - but at least it is all natural ingredients. Haven't tried it though so cannot comment on its effectiveness.

Living Nature Firming Eye Gel for Men.
A firming gel to help slow down the signs of aging while nourishing and supporting the eye area. A non-greasy formulation which is easily absorbed.
http://www.mybeingwell.com/shop/face/moisturisers_product.php?id=231

I don't know what the ingredients of Touche Eclat are but I would be wary of putting anything with certain ingredients near my eyes - see sites like the Ecologist (what's behind the label feature) to see what they put into a lot of the big name brand beauty and cosmetics products.
http://www.theecologist.org/behind_the_label.asp

Diamonds_2

I've got some bad news about touche eclat.. I've been using it now for a couple of months and was initially very impressed.. however, over the past few days I have aquired very dry, itchy and red patches where I have been applying this product. I have never, ever, suffered from sensitive skin so I'm quite shocked about this as it's very noticeable and now I look worse than I did before I started using it.

I am wondering if (because mine was one of the smelly ones) it was actually 'OFF' and therefore that is why I have reacted like this? has anyone else had a bad reaction?

I can't think it's any of my other face creams that has done this as I've used them for ages and it's only under the eyes where I have had this soreness.