Concealer for dark spots

Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer has the best record for dark spots, with 31 of 32 shoppers saying it covered theirs. Records stay close down the list, as low as 25 of 28 for MAKE UP FOR EVER Full Cover Concealer, so finish and coverage matter as much as rank. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have dark spots.

  • 218 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Sep 2012 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it cover dark spots? What shoppers with dark spots said
  1. Tarte Shape Tape Concealer 12 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for spots showing through. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer Best record Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer 31 of 32 say it covered their dark spots See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Finish is worth weighing too. Creasing comes up in 13% of Benefit's reviews, a dry look or fine lines in 10% of NARS Soft Matte's and oxidizing or turning gray in 10% of MAKE UP FOR EVER's.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer

Lancôme

Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer

Best for easy blending

31/32 say it covered their dark spots

Across all 38 of its reviews, 34% say it blends easily, 29% say it doesn't crease and 29% say it lasts all day. 31 of 32 shoppers said it covered their dark spots. Complaints are small, with 5% saying it is hard to blend and 5% saying it doesn't cover enough.

What buyers praise

  • Easy to blend 34%
  • Doesn't crease 29%
  • Lasts all day 29%
  • Easy shade match 13%
  • Natural, skin-like finish 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to blend 5%
  • Not enough coverage 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 5 of 6
  • Sephora 26 of 26
  • Brand site 6 of 6 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination13 of 13
  • Oily6 of 6
  • Normal4 of 4
  • Dry3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light8 of 8
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 5
  • Medium-tan to tan6 of 6
2

NARS

Radiant Creamy Concealer

Best for a natural finish

38/41 say it covered their dark spots

More shoppers stated an outcome for this one than for any other concealer here, and 38 of 41 said it covered their dark spots. Looking at all 46 of its reviews, 35% say it covers blemishes and 15% call the finish natural. Complaints are scattered, including 7% who say it creases and 7% who say it doesn't cover enough.

What buyers praise

  • Covers blemishes 35%
  • Natural, skin-like finish 15%
  • Easy to blend 13%
  • Lasts all day 13%
  • Good value 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Creases 7%
  • Not enough coverage 7%
  • Too expensive 4%
  • Hard to find a shade 4%
  • Dry, shows fine lines 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 14 of 14
  • Sephora 24 of 27
  • Brand site 3 of 3 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination11 of 11
  • Normal3 of 5
  • Oily4 of 5
  • Dry3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light10 of 11
  • Light-medium to medium8 of 8

Share of 46 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

3 Tarte Shape Tape Concealer

Tarte

Shape Tape Concealer

12/12 say it covered their dark spots

12 of 12 shoppers said it covered their dark spots, which is the highest share here, though it rests on a small group. Looking at all 14 of its reviews, 21% say it is fine on mature skin and 21% say it covers blemishes.

What buyers praise

  • Fine on mature skin 21%
  • Covers blemishes 21%
  • Lasts all day 14%
  • Easy to blend 14%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 12 of 12
  • Brand site 12 of 12 shown, not counted
4

NARS

Soft Matte Complete Concealer

26/28 say it covered their dark spots

Blemish coverage draws the praise: across all 30 of its reviews, 60% say it covers blemishes. 26 of 28 shoppers said it covered their dark spots. The catches are finding a shade (10%) and a dry look or fine lines (10%).

What buyers praise

  • Covers blemishes 60%
  • Lasts all day 17%
  • Easy to blend 10%
  • Doesn't look dry 10%
  • Easy shade match 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 10%
  • Dry, shows fine lines 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 26 of 28
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination15 of 16
  • Normal2 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light6 of 6
  • Light-medium to medium9 of 10
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5 bareMinerals Loose Powder Concealer

bareMinerals

Loose Powder Concealer

22/24 say it covered their dark spots

Shoppers who stated an outcome mostly said this loose powder concealer covered their dark spots, at 22 of 24. Across all 30 of its reviews, 30% say it covers blemishes and 10% say it lasts all day, though 7% say a matching shade was hard to find.

What buyers praise

  • Covers blemishes 30%
  • Lasts all day 10%
  • Natural, skin-like finish 7%
  • Easy to blend 7%
  • Doesn't crease 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 22 of 24
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination10 of 10
  • Normal4 of 6
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light11 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 5
By age (reviewers who gave one)
  • Under 403 of 3
  • 40 and over16 of 18
6

MAKE UP FOR EVER

Full Cover Concealer

25/28 say it covered their dark spots

It has the weakest record here at 25 of 28, a tie with Benefit Boi-ing Industrial Strength Concealer. Across all 30 of its reviews, 33% say it lasts all day, though 10% say it is hard to blend, 10% say it oxidizes or turns gray and 10% say it doesn't cover enough.

What buyers praise

  • Covers blemishes 60%
  • Lasts all day 33%
  • Easy to blend 20%
  • Doesn't crease 17%
  • Doesn't look dry 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 10%
  • Not enough coverage 10%
  • Hard to blend 10%
  • Oxidizes or turns grey 10%
  • Creases 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 25 of 28
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination12 of 13
  • Oily7 of 7
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light11 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 6
  • Medium-tan to tan4 of 4
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked8 of 8

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7 Benefit Boi-ing Industrial Strength Concealer

Benefit

Boi-ing Industrial Strength Concealer

25/28 say it covered their dark spots

Blending and creasing both come up. Across all 30 of its reviews, 20% say it blends easily and 13% say it creases, while 60% say it covers blemishes. Its record is 25 of 28, the same as MAKE UP FOR EVER Full Cover Concealer.

What buyers praise

  • Covers blemishes 60%
  • Easy to blend 20%
  • Lasts all day 20%
  • Easy shade match 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Creases 13%
  • Hard to find a shade 7%
  • Not enough coverage 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 25 of 28
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination10 of 12
  • Normal3 of 4
  • Dry3 of 3
  • Oily3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light11 of 13
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 7
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked10 of 10
See price & reviews on Amazon

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 88,303 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for spots showing through and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Sep 2012 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer Ulta and Sephora (38 reviews counted)
  2. NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer Ulta and Sephora (46 reviews counted)
  3. Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Ulta (14 reviews counted)
  4. NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  5. bareMinerals Loose Powder Concealer Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  6. MAKE UP FOR EVER Full Cover Concealer Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. Benefit Boi-ing Industrial Strength Concealer Sephora (30 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which concealer covers dark spots?

Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer has the best record (31 of 32), followed by NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer (38 of 41) and Tarte Shape Tape Concealer (12 of 12). The records are close, so finish and shade matter as much as rank.

Does concealer get rid of dark spots?

No. Concealer covers dark spots but doesn't treat them, and the records here are what shoppers said about how well each one covered theirs. How well it covers also depends on the shade match and how much you apply, so test the shade in daylight. A spot that changes shape or color, itches or bleeds is worth showing to a doctor.

Is NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer good for dark spots?

Usually. 38 of 41 shoppers said it covered their dark spots, and more shoppers stated an outcome for it than for any other concealer here. Across all 46 of its reviews, 35% say it covers blemishes, though 7% say it creases.

Which of these concealers are sold on Amazon?

Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer, Tarte Shape Tape Concealer and bareMinerals Loose Powder Concealer have official Amazon listings, sold by the brand or by Amazon itself. Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer is the best pick sold on Amazon at 31 of 32, and it is also the leader. Benefit Boi-ing Industrial Strength Concealer is sold there by a third-party seller. For NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer, NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer and MAKE UP FOR EVER Full Cover Concealer, we could not confirm an Amazon listing.

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