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I made a foray to one of my local pharmacies recently to bag myself some Catrice goodies, and am still in the process of testing and trying ‘em all out. Known as Essence’s big sister, this German brand is fairly widely available in Ireland, but doesn’t get much love. Here’s one product I thought you’d like to hear about, knowing the levels of concealer-obsession on Beaut.ie.
Catrice Allround Concealer costs about €3.50 (!) and contains three shades of concealer and two of corrective cream colour. The shades of concealer are obviously designed to, er, conceal, with the pink shade for use on dark circles and the green meant to tone down redness.
First things first – if you’re a Bobbi Brown creamy concealer or Lancome Effacernes fan, you’ll find the textures just too light for you. But if you go for more sheer coverage, like that from YSL Touche Eclat-style products, or just don’t have the cash to splash on more expensive products, then I think you’ll get on ok with this. I’m the former, so this little palette of skin-shaded goodies just doesn’t have enough coverage for my preferences.
One huge advantage here though is the fact you can custom-blend your own concealer colour, using a mix of the first two or three shades – that’s really appealing, especially if you find it hard to get a match off the shelf. So what are the colour-corrective shades like? I have zero faith in green creams anyway and found this did precisely zilch to take down any redness on my cheeks. Likewise I’m not a fan of using concealer caked on below the eye area as it always moves and creases, but the pink cream would be useful for placing in at the dark corner of the eye by the nose, to lift the area a little.
So where is Catrice stocked? The problem with this brand is they do little to no PR, meaning we’ve no access to a stockist list, so it’s a case of just finding it where you see it. Selected Dunnes branches and pharmacies carry it – my local chemist Janet Dillon on Manor Street, Dublin 7, being a case in point. We’ve canvassing all our readers on our Facebook page to tell us where it can be found in their area, so leave us a comment on Facebook if you know of any stockists, and once we have a comprehensive list, we’ll post ‘em on the blog.
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I’ve gone through 2 of these and find them really useful. The only thing is that with regular use I’ve found the the top breaks off as the screws are weak. But I really like this! I’ve posted a few locations on the Facebook page.
I bought this a while ago, and find it really useful. The fact that you can mix the colours is brilliant, and for the price you can’t go wrong!
I love this and use it everyday. Wouldnt be without it!! For anyone who lives in Cork, The Moderne stocks Catrice along with Essence, NYC and Wet n Wild =)
In Cork also you can get Catrice in Dunnes,Merchant’s Quay Shopping Centre and also in Dunnes on Patrick St.
dunnes in athlone have it near the tills upstairs!
What would you recommend for people trying to cover redness?I have red cheeks but green concealers make me look ill!
You can get Catrice in McCabes in the Crescent Limerick and Tipperary Pharmacy in Tipperary town. (not really a facebook fan!)
Macaholic, I would recommend using a medium to full coverage foundation – maybe something like EL double wear if your skin is slightly oily. then use a coral blush on your cheeks. This sounds a bit counterintuitive but the artificial pretty coral colour is similar enough to your natural cheek colour to cover up but different enough not to add to the redness. hope this helps!
macaholic, try a yellow toned concealer or if you foundation has ggod coverage, make sure its yellow toned.. the MAC NC are yellow toned i think and Bobbi Brown foundations are mainly yellow toned… i was also a fan of benefits “get even” over my foubdation top set it until i switched to mineral makeup..
Just spotted the Catrice range in Guineys on William St in Limerick!
great, thanks a mill girls!
Meant to add earlier that Catrice aren’t great to re stock empty sections on their display. I recommended this to a friend AGES ago and she couldn’t find it in either of the two places nearby. We kept going back and nada!!
In Longford this brand is in Wards chemist in Longford town.
Hi girls, I found this in Penneys on henry st in dublin for anyone looking for it. Its a new stand there so its fairly well stocked……….well not for long if I get my hands on it. Ive found some ofn the shadows quite nice and longlasting too! with good payoff on colour.
Girls, a bit off-topic but for anyone who finds green concealer a bit sickly or harsh, I love the Boots Natural Collection green concealer stick – I suffer from redness at times and a little bit under foundation works miracles – not chalky either, and very cheap
have it – not good… almost anything else i have used is better