Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer Review & Swatches
Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer is a new medium coverage concealer with a radiant finish that launched in 31 shades for $31. This new finish joins the original matte Shape Tape and the more recently launched Shape Tape Ultra Creamy Concealer.
I’m a die-harder when it comes to Tarte Shape Tape Concealer. I’ve been using it since it launched back in 2016 and sure, I deviate from time to time and try new concealers and even love some of them but I always make my way back to Shape Tape. I truly believe there’s nothing as good on the market. It just works great for me. I did enjoy the more hydrating, creamy version that launched last Spring but I prefer the original OG matte version. Oddly, I have drier eyes so you’d think I’d prefer the more hydrating formula! But nope, I love the original formula the best.
Sadly, I’m here to say I hate Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer. This is a matter of opinion I guess but this isn’t the formula for me.
Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer is available in 31 shades and I purchased the shade Light-Medium Beige which is the same shade as my Shape Tape Concealer. The shade range appears to be exactly the same as the original line but in my experience they run a lot darker. I saw a few reviews that said the shades were too dark or too orange-y. Thankfully, I didn’t experience orange issues but I did feel the shade I got was way darker in this finish and formula compared to original Shape Tape shade. It was a big no for me from there on out.
I tend to go a smidge lighter with my concealer for a contoured effect. Not that I have ANY IDEA what I am doing on the contour department but I feel a smidge lighter works out for me and gives my eyes a more lifted look! Light Medium Beige is a good shade for me even though it’s bit yellow at the undertone sometimes. The Radiant formula’s shade just didn’t have that brightening effect for me sadly. It had a more muddy peach undertone which didn’t work for me. I should say, peach is great for me as I have light-medium skin with more of a peach undertone and concealers or foundations with a peach undertone work great for me. Sadly, this did not. The darker shade tone plus the diamond powder and mica made my puffy, drier, finely eyes look ghastly. Never have I felt so old in my life LOL! This just accentuates every issue I have under my eyes and puts a spotlight on it. Not to mention the formula just falls RIGHT into my fine lines and sits there happily making me look old. It’s horrible.
I did swatch my shades together and also, I took photos of the wands together. They actually look the same in pictures when it comes to shade in the barrel and the sponge applicator (the top one is the Radiant formula) for the Radiant finish version actually looks lighter than the original. But when I swatch them I think you can see the difference!
Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer at the Top and Shape Tape Concealer at the Bottom
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer and Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer in Light Medium Beige
Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer Swatches in Light Medium Beige
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer in Light Medium Beige
On the upside, the formula is incredibly lightweight, creamy, and almost fluid-like in consistency. It’s a lot less creamy than the original formula and the ultra creamy one. This feels a lot lighter, less creamy, and seems to have more of a grip. It does blend very easily but it’s not as smooth as the original and just falls right into finer lines. It also has very little coverage. It’s more of a brightening type tool versus an actual concealer. Sure, you’ll get that luminious glowiness under your eyes but if you have dark circles, finer lines, puffiness, or other imperfections you’re trying to hide like sunken eyes you’re out of luck. This doesn’t really hide those issues and if anything at all it puts a bad spotlight on them and makes them look more prominent. It has the same glow and soft focus you’d get from products like ELF Halo Glow Liquid Filter and dare I say that’s what I felt like I was putting under my eyes! Not a good look at all for this girl! I will say, I’ve never tried it, but Tarte already has a Shape Tape Glow Wand which makes me wonder why we even needed a Shape Tape Radiant Concealer. Outside of having a way larger scale of shades I feel like Shape Tape Radiant Concealer is the same concept as the Glow Wands that released a short while ago!
This might be better suited for a way younger girl or guy that doesn’t have the issues I do OR it might be best suited for adding glow to your face while concealing very minor imperfections. But under eyes? I wouldn’t recommend it for that area.
I did notice and please take this with a grain of salt that it’s been out for about a week or two now and there are no reviews at all on Tarte yet QVC has some poor reviews. Hmmm…interesting right?
Anyway, I’m sorry but Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer is a no for me. I’m sure it has an audience that might love it but I’m just not that audience. This formula isn’t for me! I’ll stick to the tried and true original.
Have you tried Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer?
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Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer is a new medium coverage radiant concealer available in 31 shades. This is the third finish available in Shape Tape not counting the Shape Tape Corrector formula and it’s 0.33 oz in size and $31 same as the other concealers in this collection! I find this formula lacks the pigment and smoother coverage that the original provides. The formula has diamond powder and mica that produce a glow when applied under eyes but that glow tends to accentuate problem issues like dark circles, puffiness, and finer lines. It also, fails to really conceal those problems. It does have a nice lightweight texture that’s lightly creamy and almost fluid-like in consistency with an easy to blend formula but that easy blend formula doesn’t exactly apply smoothly and the concealer almost instantly falls into finer lines and ends up aging them terribly. The shades seem darker than the ones available in the original formula. I’m a Light Medium Beige in the original and in the Radiant that shade was considerably darker and muddier looking under my eyes!
- Same price and size as the original (thankfully, this isn’t releasing in a smaller size with a larger price tag).
- Nice texture with a lightly creamy consistency.
- Shade range is darker than the original.
- Settles into fine lines immediately after application.
- Puts a spotlight on under eye imperfections like dark circles, puffiness, and finer lines.
Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Concealer might be a good pick for younger eyes.