Bobbi Brown creamy concealer review

I'd been itching to try this concealer for ages as I'd seen it mentioned on loads of blogs, but it had never quite made it to the top of my wish list - probably because it's a little bit pricey at £23.50 for the set with concealer and a setting powder.  So when I spotted this on a blogsale for about £7, I snapped it up

Overall, I was fairly disappointed with this concealer, and glad I only paid a fraction of the retail price.  My main issue is that it's just not creamy, and considering it has that claim right there in the title, I think I'm entitled to expect the texture to match the description.  I've found it quite stiff and hard to blend - even when I try warming it up first.

The consistency makes for a pretty uneven application - I've tried both brushes and applying with the ring finger, and it's really hard to blend either way.  Partly I think this is because it's winter, and cold in my house, and also possibly the product is a little older, as it was from a blog sale, but I still can't imagine the consistency of the brand new product to be creamy based on this.

I got the shade ivory, which is just about right for where I wanted to use the concealer - under my eyes.  It has a tendency to crease and make fine lines more prominent, which is obviously the opposite of the effect I was looking for, but again I think this is due to the stiff consistency.  I quite like the slightly yellow toned powder that comes with the concealer - it's good for setting the concealer and I've noticed it minimises pores too.

I don't like to waste products, so I have been trying to find ways to use this concealer - the best method I have so far is to practically melt it with a blast of my hair dryer before applying - this improves the consistency a bit.

The packaging of this product has since been changed - it now comes with a pressed powder instead of the loose one, and they're side by side in a compact as you can see below.  You can buy it here from Debenhams for £23.50.

If you have this and do find it to have a creamy consistency, or if you experienced the same problems and found a way around them, please let me know in the comments.