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Faces Long Wear Eye Pencil Turquoise Blue Review

Hey All!

Faces is a very known brand in India for the affordable range of Makeup. I simply love their lipsticks and eye pencils. Well this eye pencil is from their Long wear Pro range and is in the shade Turquoise blue.

Price and Quantity :

The Faces Long Wear Pencils come at 249 INR for 1.15 g of product

My Take:

The product comes in a pencil for which one needs to sharpen as they use it. The main problem in that case is the breakage that happens due to sharpening and the soft texture of the product. That means a lot of wastage of product . The packaging is neat with the pencil having a black matte body and the information are inscribed on it with silver. The shade is presented through a color coded end and caps so that you can find them easily.

The pencil is quite smooth and glides on the lids without any tugging and gave dark color in just one swipe. I apply it on my eyes and even on my oily lids they stay until I remove it with makeup remover. The intensity lessens after 5 to 6 hours but the color remains until fully removed.

The color is a turquoise blue and it’s intensity can be varied with swipes. So I love this eye pencil for the days on which I want my eyes to stand out. I’ve felt no irritations or anything from using this pencil and on the waterline it did not sting my eyes. The pencil is totally worth the 250 bucks.

PROS:

Easy to use
Available both online and offline
Good shades to choose from
Staying power is quite nice
Price is quite decent and about 100 Rs less than it’s Colorbar counterpart
One swipe gives good color payoff

CONS:

Sharpening results in product wastage
Soft product tends to break while using

Rating: 4/5

So Do I Suggest?:

Yes. Of course, I keep them in the lower compartment of the fridge door so that it does not become soft . And this is compulsory in summers.

Will I Repurchase?:

I will but in other shades. Strangely this shade of blue does not complement my skin tone. I love green and purple.

Freeman Beautiful Body Salt Scrub Guava Review and Swatch

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Freeman is a well known brand which supplies quality skin care products at reasonable prices. These are not available everywhere and only a few of the online stores stock these regularly. So if you see these in stock do not hesitate; pick one of these up and you will not be disappointed. Read on to know why.

Price and Quantity:

This Body Salt comes in a 150 ml tube which is available for 180 INR

My Take:

The packaging of this bath salt is quite attractive. The tube is bright green in color and has attractive graphics. The ingredients and other details are mentioned on the back. The tube comes with a flip cap which is quite easy to store inside the bathroom and use while one takes a bath.

Read: Chandra Body Care Detox Bath Salt Review

There is no problem of product not coming out of the cap or getting stuck, the product comes out beautifully. You can see in the swatch that the product is a transparent gel like product with coarse Sugar like ‘Salt Granules’

Read: Homemade Quick Scrubs from Kitchen Ingredients

On my first use I was really surprised by the warm feeling it provides once you apply it on your skin. I feel it’s nice for those winter days. I have been using it as a body scrub for a month now and I feel it does what it claims. It removes dead skin layer effectively and also provides relief to the skin by restoring its moisture. I have normal to dry skin on my body which turns dry in some areas and I have felt that after using this product I did not need to apply body butter to provide moisture. But I feel those with very dry skin will need good moisturisation after this scrub.

The smell of this is fruity and is not too overwhelming. Sadly all of my bath gels and shower gels are scented so I could not test if the smell stays after shower. The fact that I love most is the clean and polished feel to my skin. Though I will not say it turns my skin like that body polishing at the parlour (It would have been so great if it did!!) but it does give my skin a radiant new feel due to the removing of dead skin.

The granules of the bath salt dissolves with the touch and vanishes after a while of scrubbing.

PROS:

Cost effective
Packaging is quite attractive
Easy to use and store
Made with natural botanical ingredients
No irritations
Does not over dry skin
Gives a nice warm feeling upon contact with skin

CONS:

Availability

Rating: 4/5

So Will I Suggest?:

Yes, if you want a good bath salt and scrub for an affordable price give this a try.

Will I Repurchase?:

Yes! I love the way my skin feels after using this. I use it once a week.

Maybelline Colorama Verde Palmeira Nail Color Review and Swatches

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Hey All!

Maybelline’s nail paint range offers great quality and quantity at an affordable price range. The first color I used from their range was the transparent one. Well believe it or not I went to the Maybelline counter while I was in school to ask for the top coat and the SA there handed me the ‘Brillo’ shade saying this was the top coat.

Well returning to this shade I was hunting for a green (For earth day) that will look good on me and found this one. This is a great green shade and I believe it will look good on any one.

Price and Quantity:

Rs.100 for 8 ml

My Take:

The packaging is simple and also is good for storing too. I find these take up less space than the Lakme ones and Revlon ones. The handle of the brush is easy to use and the bristles work like a charm (No streaky application).

These nail paints come in many colours and finishes with some providing opaque finishes in one coat to some which give sheer color even after 3 coats. This one gives an opaque finish in two coats so that’s a big pro for this shade.

The shade is a dark green which is not too light or too deep. It’s just a perfect green for your hands as well as feet. The consistency is great and it dries in decent time which I find nice.

The nail paint stayed for 3 days on me with no chipping at all and on the 4th day I saw some chipping on the tips. Also the color lost its vibrancy when I wore the color for a week on my toes. But there was very less chipping on my feet. On my feet though I had applied the Revlon Colorstay Top Coat but for this price I feel the result is quite nice.