A Wren Says

I am comfortable admitting when I used a product wrong or when there has been a weird fluke experience. (See the update below.) But no, I didn’t like Beauty Stat’s Universal C Eye Perfector. I am going to contrast my experience with what how the brand describes it on the site.

• “Our Universal C Eye Perfector feels light and velvety on your skin. Wear it on its own, or under your makeup to lock in moisture and protection.”

It did not feel like velvet. This what I have to say about the texture. Imagine someone took sandpaper and made a smoothie out of it. This thing was smooth and yet grainy at the same time. It was definitely a paste/cream, but it felt dry. I didn’t understand. Perhaps this was a bad batch. Maybe the sample I received was old. Maybe it is like velvet, but I didn’t get to experience that. Needless to say, it was not moisturizing on my skin. It didn’t really do anything for me.

• “Optical diffusers immediately brightens and blurs imperfections on application ” [sic, direct quote from site]

It just seemed that the modus operandi was to give the appearance of a lighter undereye area by way of the color of the product. If you look closely at the product, it appears to have very fine glitter. Maybe that is what they describe as “optical diffusers.”

My undereyes were certainly lighter, but that is because they looked ashen. This could be an issue with the color correction being more suited to lighter skin tones. But the model on the site has brown skin. I wonder why it works on her? The CEO and founder is a Black man. There is no way darker skin tones would be left out of consideration when they formulated this? Right?

I can’t even give a good review of the other benefits because I won’t be wearing it anymore. Maybe this is a case of a bad batch. Maybe there is an issue with the foil packaging used for the sample. There are clear visual differences between what I received and how it is depicted on the site. It looks soft and velvety.

There are glowing reviews, even Allure has given its stamp of approval. But the most critical review on the Ulta Beauty site describes the product as pasty. And another 1 star review describes the product as a matte paste on the skin, though it started off as velvety. That tells me that it’s not just me.

Update: It seems like I had an off experience with Beauty Stat’s Universal C Eye Perfector. The review above is based on my first experience with the product. I would later get to try the product, with the proper consistency. It seems my suspicion was correct, that there was an issue with the product that I received. While I did get to try it again and didn’t hate it, I am leaving my original review for reference for anyone who might think the consistency is weird.

I can’t in good faith give a glowing recommendation, but maybe you would have a good experience if you were to try it. I don’t want to say I would never try it or anything from the brand again, because I am assuming they need another try. But obviously, the lack of consistency is a problem.

(Image credit: BeautyStat Cosmetics)