REVIEW: Clinique Acne Solutions Clearing Concealer

As promised here is my VERY FIRST make-up review. For my first such review I thought I would start with something that I use basically every single day of my life. Basically a staple in my make-up stash and something I cannot imagine living without.


Clinique's Acne Solutions Clearing Concealer is your basic concealer with Salicylic Acid which in their words makes it a "Medicated concealer [that] helps clear and prevent blemishes". Sounds fun-tastic. But is it?

Here's what's good about it. It has pretty good coverage and it does especially well for discoloration. It can also last through Malaysian humidity, no problem. It keeps the area that I cover nice and non-oily. I also rest a little easier after putting it on because I don't feel like I'm clogging up my pores with some generic product. Even though I have NO idea if it's helped clear up anything, at least I feel better in my mind.

What's bad about it is that it dries so super fast that it makes blending well virtually impossible. It's semi-obvious that I have concealer on when I do wear it which kind of sucks. Also, it's kind of shitty at providing coverage for actual active live volcano type acne.

Still, it works for me. I have pretty bad skin, which I treat off and on with birth control pills, antibiotics, creams, etc. So this really helps me face the world everyday.

Here is a picture of my cheek with the concealer on. Believe me when I say I was having a horrendous skin day that day. As you can see, you still see that my skin kind of sucks but it does help conceal the redness. Sorry there is no before picture, but there's no way I'm putting up images of my skin entirely without make-up.

While it's not the best concealer in the world by any means, if you've got acne, this might be THE concealer for you. BTW I got the idea to buy it from Instyle. Thanks Instyle!