Lancôme DreamTone

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Before I get into the review, I want to say I do have some reservations about typing this for a few good reasons. When applying to be able to review this there were some misinformation in my opinion given about the product. Each "tone" was supposed to be for Fair, Medium and Dark, while that may be true the thing they forgot to tell people were that each one does something different. While they all have the same properties, each one does something the other doesn't. Had I known that I may have picked another "tone" for the specific needs of my skin. Not only that but we were instructed to test this for 30 days, I was only given 25 days as my review had to be up the day I am posting this. So, in reality, I only got to test this for about 23 days, since I am typing this a couple of days early. I wanted to point that out straight at the beginning so you knew. It has always been and will always be my intention to give give a completely accurate review or products regardless of if I have been sent them or if I have purchased them myself. I was raised to be honest when it comes to things like this and I always have been. With all of that being said, let's get into this review.

     I didn't really have high hopes for this when I received it in the mail. I didn't look into the product except for the information that I was given. I've tried correcting products before that never worked. There are three different "tones".

The website says: 

IMMEDIATELY:• 74% saw glowing skin*
7 DAYS:• 70% noticed a more even skin tone*
4 WEEKS:• 69% saw the appearance of dark spots reduced*
8 WEEKS:• 78% saw color imperfections reduced

Tone 1 - Fair Skin - Corrects the appearance of dark spots, uneven skin tone, dullness and proves specific color correction for the look of redness.

Tone 2 - Medium Skin - Corrects the appearance of dark spots, uneven skin tone, dullness and proves specific color correction for the look of sallowness.

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Tone 3 - Dark Skin - Corrects the appearance of dark spots, uneven skin tone, dullness and proves specific color correction for the look of acne and blemish marks.

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Ingredients: AQUA / WATER / EAU, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCERIN, ALCOHOL DENAT., HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL, SQUALANE, ISOPROPYL LAUROYL SARCOSINATE, POLYSILICONE-11, PEG-10 DIMETHICONE, HYDROXYPHENOXY PROPIONIC ACID, GRIFOLA FRONDOSA FRUITING BODY EXTRACT, CARBOMER, SODIUM HYALURONATE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, INULIN LAURYL CARBAMATE, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, MANNITOL, CHLORELLA VULGARIS EXTRACT, AMMONIUM POLYACRYLDIMETHYLTAURAMIDE / AMMONIUM POLYACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE, DISODIUM EDTA, DISODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE, HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACID, ACETYL TETRAPEPTIDE-15, ETHYLHEXYL HYDROXYSTEARATE, ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, PHENOXYETHANOL, CHLORPHENESIN, CI 19140 / YELLOW 5, CI 75470 / CARMINE, CI 77163 / BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE, CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE, MICA, GERANIOL, EUGENOL, LIMONENE, CITRONELLOL, BENZYL ALCOHOL, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE

Price: $98 USD for 1.38 Fl Oz

My Thoughts:

This isn't the cheapest correcting product. What I did find odd is how each tone is "designed" for each skintone, but what if you have problems with acne and blemishes and you are a fair skintone. Can you use Tone 3 and vise versa? That's just what I find off about the whole thing, I wish they were clearer about it. The scent of this is very lovely, it's kind of floral but won't kill you if your sensitive to floral scents. It doesn't linger and it dissipates pretty quickly. I use one pump for my entire face, sometimes I'll use a pump and a half, but that really depends on my mood. My skin does look glowing right after I use this. I'm not going to call it a shine, because that would be calling it wrong. I don't really know how to describe it. For someone who is so used to seeing a completely matte face, I kind of enjoy the more "glowing" look, it's nice.  As for seeing my skin tone looking more even, not really so much. My forehead is a bit darker then the rest of my face (weird) but it does look a little bit more even, but not by much. Now most of my pictures that I take, I RARELY have foundation on because I just don't feel the need for it. That is beside the point I'm trying to make. I have a really red chin, I don't know why, but I do. I'm really surprised that the redness in my chin has really gone away. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but I think maybe with continued use it will. Do I have high hopes that the redness will completely go away? No, not really. All in all, I do think this is a good product, but it's not something that I would go out and spend the $98 for. That's just me though. I'm not 100% convinced with it, especially since I really needed Tone 3 for acne and blemish marks. But it is what it is. 

Before: See what I mean about my forehead being a slightly darker color than the rest of my face. Then the redness in my chin and a few other places. 

 

After: Excuse the couple of acne marks. Both pictures were day in natural lighting. As you can see the greatest majority of the redness is gone, especially in my chin.Woo for that :D

I kind of want to try the Clinique Dark Spot Corrector, or whatever it's called to see how it compares to this. I've heard the Clinique was better, but only time and the future will tell.

Disclaimer: This product was sent to me for free for review purposes. The only compensation I was given was to keep the product. All opinions are 100% my own

L'Oreal Studio Secrets Anti-Redness Primer

So, there is the lovely product in all of its glory. Sorry for the mess on the desk behind it though!

Anyways, so I bought this product with high hopes for coving up my red areas. Well, It didn't really cover up any of the red spots on my face at all. So, I was kinda disappointed at that aspect considering I think I spent $12 or $13 for it. :(

Well, since today is Easter, I decided that I wanted to try and use it again since it has just been sitting in my makeup drawer. So, I put it on and was like ...eh its still nothing great! Well, come to find out, the reason my face looked really weird and kinda gross is because there is GLITTER in the primer!!! Seriously, I never noticed that there was glitter in this product! It made my face not only look cakey but really kinda like I put 6 layers or more foundation on my face. It was kinda gross and I kinda got upset. Because I had to take all of the makeup off that I had JUST put on, just to get the primer off so I could get the glitter off my face. So that was a little agitating. When I had put my foundation back on without the primer it looked pretty awesome, so I do know that it was because of the primer.

The reason I was so upset about the glitter and it making my face look weird was because of the fact that I have really oily skin and I didn't want the glitter to enhance it.

In my personal opinion I wouldn't buy this product again, just because I don't like the way it makes my face look when I have it on, its way too cakey looking, even if I have a very thin layer of foundation.

Now, this may work completely different on you than it does my skin, it could just be a my skin kinda thing, but I really don't think I would buy this product again.

AuttyW