Review: Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer in "Cream"

I swear it feels like I've read about a hundred glowing reviews for this concealer, and I honestly do not know why it's taken me so long to review it. I adore so many Maybelline products, and my holy grail concealer is Maybelline Super Stay. I guess maybe, deep down inside, I think that nothing will ever compare to that concealer for me, so that's why it's taken me so long to get to this one.
The last time there was a 40% off sale on Maybelline, I picked this up (and of course used coupons as well) and paid close to nothing for it. Let's take a look:

Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer in Cream (retail: around $7, 0.106 oz)

The one complaint I have about Dream Mousse products is that it's impossible to tell what color you're truly getting because the glass container is so thick. It really warps your view of the shade. Anyway, I selected Cream because it looked to have the most peach in it (as I always say, I have to use under-eye concealers with a lot of peach in them to counteract my under-eye discoloration. If the product is too yellow, it makes my under-eye area look gray).

The swatches above were taken in two forms of lighting, and neither one is really 100% accurate. One of them looks too peach, and the other looks too yellow. I'd say that in real life, the color of this concealer is somewhere in the middle between the two. In other words, it's not so yellow that when I swatched it it made me run screaming back to the drugstore to return it, yet it's no so peach that it made me instantly fall in love with it.

Now for the before-and-after:

The "before" picture was taken on freshly washed and moisturized skin. The "after" picture was taken after applying Dream Mousse Concealer in Cream. I am only wearing this concealer in the "after" pic--no foundation, powder, etc. (Well, in both pics I am wearing eyebrow pencil, but that doesn't count, right?)

I'm not sure if you can really see it in the above pics, but the finish of this concealer is very natural-looking. It's wonderfully simple to apply (it glides on just like a mousse, of course, and it's light and easy to spread). It's also a snap to blend this concealer using just your fingers. It literally seems to melt right into my skin and I can hardly detect it once it's blended.

But that, my friends, is also its downfall (for me, at least). As you can see, it doesn't really conceal. Well, it doesn't conceal my dark circles (your mileage of course may vary). I think that after I blend it, it just becomes too sheer to be effective. And if I try to layer more on and build the coverage, that's where I end up with issues. I've tried building several times with this concealer and every time I do, I end up with a cakey mess and the product ends up settling into my fine lines within the hour.

This leaves me with only one conclusion: for my particular needs, I maintain that Maybelline Super Stay is still my reigning champ at the drugstore. It's my holy grail for the following reasons: there's a shade that suits me (peach!), it's long-wear even with my oily skin, it conceals my darkness better than any other drugstore concealer I've ever used, and it never, ever cakes or settles into my fine lines.

So, do you own Dream Mousse Concealer? Is it a "dream" product for you? As always, I'd love to hear from you!