Ingredients:
Aqua, Triisostearin PEG-20 Methyl Glucoside Sesquistearate, Propylene Glycol Dipelargonate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Sorbitan Stearate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistarate, Dimethicone, Boron Nitride, Plantago Major Seed Extract, Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Silica, Disodium Edta, Polyacrylamide, Alumina, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Sorbic Acid, PEG-8, Tocopherol, Sodium Hydroxide, Laureth-7, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Parfum. MAY CONTAIN: CI 77891, CI 77492, Ci 77499, CI 77491.
I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green. Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...
Thoughts:
- If I remember right, the brush thing was quite annoying and didn't work properly. You had to try to clean the brush after every use but it was challenging. Also it wasn't good at applying the product anyway, I had to use my fingers. The brush was somehow too long and not precise.
- You had to push the liquid out of the tube into the brush by twisting the end of the stick, and you never got the right amount of product. Only very little, barely at all, and suddenly a huge lump, dripping everywhere and you just had to use it all. Maybe that's why I used the highlighter/concealer/whatever is was stick all over my face!
- Because of the technical difficulties or me being unable to use a product correctly, I run out of the sticks very fast. And it wasn't cost effective, even though they weren't very expensive.
+ I think if I remember right, I used the highlighter/concealer stick under my eyes, as well as on top of blemishes. It was a quite a versatile thing, I think I also used it all over the T-area.
+ The formula and colour were right and seemed to melt into my skin and skintone well, even though it did have a neutral pink hue. End result was natural and brightening.
+ I don't remember that the product would have oxidized or creased (but now it did on my hand when I tried the expired product). If it wore off, if must have worn off quite evenly. But I had a younger person skin back then, too...
+ Wasn't drying or irritating at all. My eyes are quite sensitive.
- You had to push the liquid out of the tube into the brush by twisting the end of the stick, and you never got the right amount of product. Only very little, barely at all, and suddenly a huge lump, dripping everywhere and you just had to use it all. Maybe that's why I used the highlighter/concealer/whatever is was stick all over my face!
- Because of the technical difficulties or me being unable to use a product correctly, I run out of the sticks very fast. And it wasn't cost effective, even though they weren't very expensive.
+ I think if I remember right, I used the highlighter/concealer stick under my eyes, as well as on top of blemishes. It was a quite a versatile thing, I think I also used it all over the T-area.
+ The formula and colour were right and seemed to melt into my skin and skintone well, even though it did have a neutral pink hue. End result was natural and brightening.
+ I don't remember that the product would have oxidized or creased (but now it did on my hand when I tried the expired product). If it wore off, if must have worn off quite evenly. But I had a younger person skin back then, too...
+ Wasn't drying or irritating at all. My eyes are quite sensitive.
* Ok, Lumene discontinued Natural Code in 2017. Nordic Girl replaced Natural Code, and I think I read somewhere Lumene is already discontinuing Nordic Girl as well. And here is me, who still happens to have a Natural Code highlighter/concealer stick hiding in the drawer. :) You can imagine I haven't used it for a while... So I don't remember very clearly how it worked.
Price:
Can't honestly remember. Maybe 5 € / 1,8 ml ?
Bought from:
Supermarkets
Buy again?
No, discontinued. But I did repurchase it a couple of times back then.
Worth the money?
I must have thought it was. But also in a way, I did stop buying the sticks or I had to because Natural Code was discontinued, can't remember. Anyway, afterwards I haven't bought a single thing resembling them. I secretly must have hated the twist end packaging style with the brush applicator! But also, I haven't found any concealers I would have wanted to purchase for my undereyes afterwards either.
I must have thought it was. But also in a way, I did stop buying the sticks or I had to because Natural Code was discontinued, can't remember. Anyway, afterwards I haven't bought a single thing resembling them. I secretly must have hated the twist end packaging style with the brush applicator! But also, I haven't found any concealers I would have wanted to purchase for my undereyes afterwards either.
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