Giorgio Armani High Precision Retouch & Master Corrector Review

 

Giorgio Armani High Precision Retouch Concealer

Here is what Nordstrom's Webpage had to say about this product:

" A radiance-enhancing concealer to wipe away shadows, blur imperfections, and brighten the complexion.

A high-precision concealer that blurs imperfections, treats dark circles, and highlights the complexion. Contains light-reflecting pearls, which diffuse light for radiant skin. Vitamin E and moisturizers pamper the delicate eye area. High-definition applicator."

 I have had these products for a year now and have used it underneath my eyes every time I wear makeup (when I'm not trying out other products) so I can give you a good look into how this product wears, it's consistency, coverage, and where it may lack.

I purchased the Giorgio Armani High Precision Retouch Concealer (wow long name) in shade #3.5 and I layer this over the Giorgio Armani Master Corrector in #2 Orange.

             The GA HPR for short comes in a very sleek easy to throw in your handbag packaging. There are four problems I have with this product and (1) as you can see from the pictures below when you use this it tends to push more product out of the bottle making quite a mess. I've cleaned this up several times since buying it and it's a chore and it wastes product. I do like this product is it perfect?... no. I love the consistency it is thin and easy to blend and the small brush allows you to apply just the right amount of product to your undereyes. And this color works perfect for me. (NC 25+). (2) The description above mentions "light-reflecting pearls" they don't look like full blown glitter but it is noticeable in daylight. Unfortunately I couldn't capture this in my swatch because its so good at reflecting the light. (3)When this product dries down which takes no time at all (don't worry you have time to work with it) it can crease just a little bit. Now these problems still don't deter me from using it at all! I still love the thin consistency and the product is very pigmented and my perfect color match. I wish it was slightly more moisturizing so it wouldn't crease but the creasing is only slight and just about every undereye concealer does this on me. Another thing to note.. this product does and that you would assume work very well when layered on top of the master corrector. And lasts all day.(4) The color selection is minimal and will only work for light to light-medium skin tones.

(above: Giorgio Armani High Precision Retouch #3.5)

(above: Giorgio Armani Master Corrector #2 Orange)

(Top: GA Master Corrector #2 Orange)

(Bottom: GA High Precision Retouch #3.5)

Nordstrom webpage on the GA Master Corrector:

"Corrective concealer in two color-balancing shades is designed to target specific complexion concerns. Exclusive Micro-fil™ technology allows for targeted correction, visibly concealing imperfections while light-reflecting pearls impart a halo of light for a seamless, flawless facial canvas."

             Now to review my favorite of the two the GA Master Corrector in #2 Orange. This has to be one of my favorite beauty products out of my whole collection for several reasons. The first being it is a master at correcting they really captured it all in the name. It blends beautifully... don't be scared of the orange color it neutralizes my dark circles which are hereditary (sigh). I've used pink, pinkish lavander, and salmon shades to cover up my most hated flaw but they all couldn't handle the job. Well the GA Master Corrector can! It has the "light-reflecting pearls" like the GA HPR but not as many which I love and isn't as dry. In my opinion this is the perfect correcting product. The only fault is in the packaging which does the same as the GA HPR in that it will get a bit messy over time. 

Both retail at $37.00 each.

Bottom line: I would be happy to repurchase the Master Corrector in #2 Orange as it is definitely a Holy Grail product for me. When it comes to what I would layer on top of it the GA HPR does a good job but I would like to try something new. At the moment I have my eye on the Le Metier De Beaute' Peau Vierge Corrector Concealer ^_~*

Thank you for reading!