FACES Ultime Pro Second Skin Pressed Powder - Review, Price, Swatches

Summers are here and so is the time to take out those pressed powders for finishing off your makeup.
Today I'm sharing the FACES Ultime Pro Second Skin Pressed Powder. I have already reviewed the Faces Ultime Pro Second Skin Foundation

The packaging is very nice, a black container with silver embossed letters make it look chic. The lid opens to reveal the powder puff inside while the lower half opens up to reveal the actual product as well as a mirror. This is perfect for travelling.

The powder puff is nice and soft and gives a very even application. A tip - remember to press down the puff on your face instead of swiping it all over. Pressing it down allows the powder to settle easily without wasting product and also gives a more neater finish.

Price: Rs 899 [available online for Rs 692 HERE]

FACES Canada Ultime Pro Mystic Kajal - Review, Swatches

Eyes are the windows to our soul and helping them look beautiful are the new Mystic Kajal pencils from Faces India.

FACES Ultime Pro Mystic Kajal is a luxurious product. The Ultime Pro Mystic kajal comes in four incredible shades of Grey, Blue, Green and Brown.

Price of Faces Ultime Pro Mystic Kajal - Rs 599 (discounts available Here)

The Ultime Pro Mystic kajal is a multi-purpose product. It can be used as kohl, eyeliner, and as an eye shadow with the help of the smudger. Each Mystic Kajal comes in a pencil that is the same color as the product. It comes with a plastic lid on both ends. One end is the pencil and the other end is a smudger.

FACES Ultime Pro Supreme Gel Eyeliner - Review, Swatch, Price

There are black liners and then there is the FACES Ultime Pro Supreme Gel Eyeliner - from packaging to product, FACES has impressed me completely with this little makeup marvel!

FACES Ultime Pro Supreme Gel Eyeliner - Review, Swatch, Price

 FACES Ultime Pro Supreme Gel Eyeliner allows you to line your eyes with the precision of a liquid liner, the intensity and ease of a gel eyeliner, and longevity of a wonder horse. I have had many long stay formulas glide right off my eyelids without my knowing, so when this worked, I was surely impressed.

Price: Rs 649 [available for Rs 519 HERE]

FACES Ultime Pro Supreme Gel Eyeliner - Review, Swatch, Price

The texture of the Supreme Gel Eyeliner is smooth and creamy making it easy to apply. It settles down to a jet black matte finish that is water and sweat proof so you can welcome the monsoons without fear (although monsoons really are no where in sight at the moment, sigh!)

FACES Canada Ultime Pro Face Palette - Fresh and Glow - Review, Swatches

FACES Canada Ultime Pro Face Palette is aimed to give you perfectly sculpted contours. It is a 3-in-1 palette that helps you contour, highlight and define your face.

FACES Canada Ultime Pro Face Palette - Fresh

FACES Canada Ultime Pro Face Palette - Glow

There are two shade palettes available - Fresh and Glow. Each palette comes with a blush, a bronzer  and a highlighter. The three are chosen carefully so that they work perfectly together.


Price:

FACES Ultime Pro Face Palette- Fresh   Rs.899 [click for discount]

FACES Ultime Pro Face Palette- Glow    Rs.899 [click for discount]


The packaging is travel friendly and one palette is enough for your travel needs as you can double it up as your eyeshadow palette too!

FACES Utlime Pro Intense Gel Kajal - Review, Swatch, Price

Hi friends! It's been a really long time since I last posted on the blog. I was travelling for almost a month and just posting on social media during that time.

If you follow me on Instagram you know that I was attending a wedding in Virginia and must have seen a few pics of mine. I wore a new kajal during the celebrations and I'm sharing the review with you all now.

FACES Ultime Pro Intense Gel Kajal Applied As Eyeliner

FACES Ultime Pro Intense Gel Kajal is a new launch from FACES Canada. Its a kajal pencil at one end and a smudger brush at the other.

FACES Utlime Pro Intense Gel Kajal - Review, Swatch, Price

Price: Rs 549 [available online for Rs 490]

The kajal has an intense black color and the pencil is itself extremely soft. The effect of the pencil is similar to what you get when you use a gel liner. The pencil is easy to use and makes the whole process of applying the kajal very quick. The pencil glides on and settles to a smudge free finish.

FACES Stackables - Glitter and Sparkle Dust Whish - Review, Swatches

FACES Stackables is a unique concept of having a stack of glitter of shimmer powder that you can carry with a lot of ease and store in little space. Stackables come in different colors and textures. Today I'm sharing the Sparkle Glitter and Sparkle Dust stackable.

Stackables are small clear plastic containers created such that the bottom of the topmost container is the cap for the next container and so on. 

Sparkle Glitter contains a set of 6 glitter powders. The powders are deep purple, fuchsia, ocean blue, white duo chrome glitter, golden, and silver.

FACES Stackables - Glitter and Sparkle Dust - Review, Swatches

Price: Rs 899 (available HERE)

FACES it Kit - Scarlet Siren

Have you seen these alluring little kits from FACES cosmetics? These little "it" kits created in collaboration with The Trunk Label are perfect gifts (for others as well as for yourself!)

FACES it Kit - Scarlet Siren

The kits come in a range of different color schemes, pinks, reds, blues (Floral Darling, Scarlet Siren, Azure Mermaid, Pop Princess) - the one I am sharing today is called Scarlet Siren. This is the perfect dose of red for your bridal needs. The 'it' kit comes with a lovely gold pouch that you can use to hold your cosmetics. It contains 4 products from FACES cosmetics along with some blingy piece from TheTrunkLabel.com. Scarlet Siren contains a chunky necklace with white pearl beads.

FACES it Kit - Scarlet Siren

Cosmetics inside the box are:

1. Lip creme from the FACES Ultime Pro range in a beautiful red called Red Mary. 

2 FACES Ultime Pro Matte Lipstick in the shade Red Addict.

3. FACES Long Wear Eye Pencil is solid black

4. FACES High Shine nail enamel in Tinted Red

FACES Ultime Pro Eyeshadow Crayon - Night Fever - Review, Price, Swatch

Yesterday I shared my views on the FACES Ultime Pro Lip Crayon in Midnight Rose. Now let's take a look at the Eyeshadow Crayon in Night Fever.

FACES Ultime Pro Eyeshadow Crayon - Night Fever - Review, Price, Swatch

The Ultime Pro Eyeshadow crayon looks exactly like the matte lip crayon. Its a chubby stick with a plastic cap. The crayon body is of the same color as the eyeshadow itself. The texture is extremely smooth and waterproof. The eyeshadow can be used to line the eyes or spread across the entire lid. You must work quickly if you want to smudge it out. It dries fast and settles to a waterproof finish.

Price: Rs 599 (1.6 gm)

FACES Ultime Pro Eyeshadow Crayon - Night Fever - Review, Price, Swatch

Night Fever is a peachy gold eyeshadow that can be used on the entire lid. It gives a metallic finish and can be smudged out to a pale golden finish. You can smudge it out on the inner corner of the eye to use it as a highlighter.

FACES Hi Shine Nail Paints - Instant Delight & Sheer Ecstasy - Review, Swatches

FACES had launched gorgeous polishes in their Hi Shine range of nail paints. I have swatches of 2 pretty shades called Instant Delight - 132 and Sheer Ecstasy - 131

FACES Hi Shine Nail Paints - Instant Delight - Review, Swatches

Price: Rs 229 (9ml)

FACES Hi Shine Instant Delight is a brown based soft rust shade. This is a great shade for all skin tones and gives a nice lady-like appearance.  

FACES Hi Shine Nail Paints - Instant Delight -132 - Review, Swatches

Sheer Ecstasy - 131 is a gorgeous peach pink shade with brown undertones. This is an apt neutral shade that will just give the right amount of color to your nails for any formal event.

FACES Hi Shine Nail Paints - Sheer Ecstasy - 131 - Review, Swatches

All the swatches have been taken without a top coat. As you can see the polishes do have a high shine finish. They go opaque in two coats and the finish is streak free.

Both the polishes come in flat cuboidal bottles with a black cap. The brushes are medium sized and might be a bit thin for broad nails. The polishes are cream polishes with a high shine formula. Without a top coat they last for 3 days after which they start fading at the tips if you do any household work. With a top coat they last through the week. The shine stays on.

FACES Hi Shine Nail Paints - Sheer Ecstasy - 131 - Review, Swatches

I would love to try out other shades from this range. I love these two shades and the creaminess of these polishes. The hi shine effect is long lasting and really nice.

Have you tried any shades from this range? Which of these two is your favourite?

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FACES Ultime Pro Velvet Matte - Just Looking & Proof - Review, Swatches

Hi friends, I am back with yet another post about lipsticks. This time two matte lipsticks from FACES Ultime Pro Velvet Matte collection.

FACES Velvet Matte - Just Looking & Proof - Review, Swatches

These lipsticks are very differently packaged as compared to the Color Perfect lipsticks I shared. They come in a matte black packaging. The lid clicks on and stays put even when you keep the lipstick in your bag. Very classy chic packaging. And the shade label on the bottom is color coded to match the lipstick shade.

FACES Utlime Pro Velvet Matte lipsticks are smooth to apply, give a matte look, and do not dry the lips. You do need to exfoliate your lips properly before using them as matte lipsticks tend to highlight lip lines. 

Overall the texture is creamy and smooth. Proof and Just Looking both shades are opaque, a single swipe covers all lip pigmentation. Without food the lipstick lasts for a long time but one full meal and the lipstick fades on the inner part of the lips. Since the lipsticks are non staining you must reapply immediately after having food else the lips look horrible. With such lipsticks I prefer to use a staining lip liner underneath. Doing so not only increases the staying power but also ensures that your lips are not left bare with an outline of lipstick after you have your meal.

FACES Glam On Color Perfect Lipsticks - Pink About Me & Miami Night - Review, Swatches

Two lovely shades from the FACES Perfect Color Glam On Lipsticks to share with you girls today. This range of lipsticks comes in a clear plastic packaging.

FACES P Glam On Color Perfect  Lipsticks - Pink About Me & Miami Night - Review, Swatches 

The plastic is of a good material and looks nice. FACES Glam On Color Perfect Lipsticks are extremely moisturising. If you apply a single layer its almost like coloured gloss. I love this texture specially for summers. The texture is smooth and light, even multiple layers of the lipstick does not feel heavy on the lips.

The lipsticks are surprisingly long lasting despite the glossy texture. I applied this around 12pm, was out shopping, eating, and when I returned back home in the evening the lipstick was still there albeit a little lighter.

Faces Magneteyes Kajal Review and Swatch

Faces Magnetyes Kajal is a new product from Faces Canada. The kajal pencil comes in a striking red twist up pencil form and is claimed to last you all day long.

Faces Magneteyes Kajal Review and Swatch

Magnetyes Kajal is enriched with Vitamin E. The twist up pencil is great because there is no need for sharpening and hence less product wastage. 

Faces Magneteyes Kajal Review and Swatch

The texture is amazingly smooth. It simply glides on the eyelids and waterline. When you look at the pencil stick itself you will agree that this looks the blackest of all kajals out there in the market today. I have extremely watery eyes so I needed two swipes on my waterline but on the upper lid I use this as a liner and a single swipe is enough.

Faces Magneteyes Kajal Review and Swatch

It takes a few seconds to settle down so if you want you can smudge it well before it settles. This is great to create smokey eyes. For the swatches I swiped it once on the hand and then a little further away I applied a bit of lotion and applied this on top - just to test the intensity. It smeared a bit (as expected because of the lotion underneath) but the swipe still looked pretty intense.

Faces Magneteyes Kajal Review and Swatch

I am wearing this in the pic below on the lower lash line smudged on the outer corner with the green kajal from Soultree. As you can see its pretty intense black.

Myntra Haul - Beauty Shopping Time!

Recently I was contacted by Myntra.com to try out their beauty section and was given a discount voucher to make my purchase. I was super excited and spent hours, yes hours and hours browsing through the beauty section which has 1090 products! Didn't know what to pick and what to leave. I was supposed to pick a couple of items but instead I did this complete haul!

Beauty haul from myntra.com

Faces Ultime Pro Lipstick - 06 - Flirty Pink - Review, Swatch & FOTD

Come summers and we see a burst of color all around. I love the bright colors that are almost synonymous with summer and SS13 has brought with it a burst of neon all around. So the otherwise conservative me is now experimenting with bright pinks!!! OK, well its not really a neon pink that I'm talking about but very close!

Faces Ultime Pro Lipstick - Flirty Pink

Faces Ultime Pro Lipstick - Flirty Pink

I have earlier used the Faces Lipsticks and quite liked them. So when I got a lipstick from the Faces Ultime Pro collection I was quite hopeful about the quality of the product.

First lets talk about the ultra chic packaging and overall appeal of the lipstick before we venture into details about the Flirty Pink shade.

Faces Ultime Pro Lipstick - Flirty Pink

Faces Ultime Pro Lipstick - Packaging , Texture & Price

Faces Blush Brush - Angled Makeup Brush Review

Lately I've been using a blush more often than I used to. I now love how a blush gives a flush of warmth to the face. Earlier I used to apply the blush with a round fluffy brush and was quite adept at it. Then I saw a video by a makeup artist on you tube and was floored with the ease that was provided by his angled blush brush. I loved it and wanted to get hold of an angled brush for myself.

FACES Blush Brush (Angled Brush)

Then came the Faces post - they sent me this lovely brush packaged nicely in a plastic pack with a zipper (which now actually serves as a travel pack for all my face brushes. Notice the plastic zipper). The post came just in time as I had almost finalized an angled brush online.

FACES Blush Brush (Angled Brush)

The brush packet also contains a card with instructions on how to use the brush along with more details about the product itself.

FACES Blush Brush (Angled Brush)

The brush is almost 8 inches long and is completely black in color (bristles and handle). The bristles are very fine and smooth on the skin.

Faces Ultime Pro Nail Lacquer - Second Skin

Hi girls, here I present to you a gorgeous shade from the Faces Ultime Pro Nail Lacquer range - Second Skin. The name is apt as the color is actually a skin shade and looks lovely. This is one shade that is made for medium skin tones but would look equally gorgeous on fair and deep skinned beauties!

Faces Ultime Pro Nail Lacquer - Second Skin

Faces Ultime Pro Nail Lacquer - Second Skin

Ultime Pro is a new range launched by Faces Cosmetics which is a professional range of products. The products are in the higher range under the Faces brand but promise long wear. You can check out more details of the Faces brand HERE

Faces Ultime Pro Nail Lacquer - Second Skin

The nail lacquer applicator is of a much better quality and I love the whole packaging with the silver cap. Makes the bottle appear very classy!

Faces Ultime Pro Nail Lacquer - Second Skin

The shade Second Skin is a gorgeous neutral shade with brown undertones. It instantly reminded me of my Maybelline Colorama Dusky (reviewed HERE) but the dusky has more pink undertones while this has no pink undertones.

Faces Ultime Pro Nail Lacquer - Second Skin

Sexy Orange Lips–Faces Glam On Lip Gloss–Chilled Cherry - Review

I had earlier tried the Faces Glam On Lip Gloss in light pink color and absolutely loved it. This time I dared a little bolder shade, and YES I’m loving this one too!

I do not, and I mean never, wear anything on my lips that is in the orange range. But when I saw this gorgeous shade I simply had to have it!

Faces Glam On Lip Gloss–Chilled Cherry 303

Faces Glam On Lip Gloss–Chilled Cherry 303

Faces Glam On Lip Gloss–Chilled Cherry 303

So while you can check my earlier post for all details of the Faces Glam On Lip Gloss range HERE  this post is going to simply talk about this gorgeous shade Chilled Cherry. It is a perfect festive shade of gloss.

Faces Nail Paint - Sparkling Cracker - Review

A feisty red for the festive season and the coming Christmas is just apt for your nails. Faces Nail Enamel Sparkling Cracker is the color I am talking about.

Faces Nail Paint - Sparkling Cracker

The nail paint has good pigmentation and long staying power. The color is a beautiful deep red shade with very gentle hints of copper glitter. Sparkling Cracker is suitable for all skin tones and really brightens the hand. I have worn it below on short nails and this shade would look just as pretty on longer nails as well.

Faces Nail Paint - Sparkling Cracker

Festive Makeup - for your lips - Faces Go Chic Lipstick - Port Wine - Review

Shiny luscious lips speak volumes and the radiance it brings to the face is never to be undermined. With the festivities all around there are so many ways to dazzle your lips but we do have to zero in on one bright shade for the day.

My pick this Diwali is a deep red colour with undertones of soft brown - Port Wine from Faces Go Chic lipstick collection.

Festive Lipstick - Faces Go Chic Lipstick - Port Wine

Faces Go Chic lipsticks are really becoming favourites with a lot of people around. This particular shade is so apt for the festival season. The richness of this colour is very traditional, very suited to the chilly winter that is approaching, and would suit all skin tones.

Hiding Acne Scars - And The Winner Is?

A whole week spent trying to hide those acne scars. Four products of one brand put to test. Faces Canada cosmetics have faired quite well.

So we saw how the Faces Vanishing Act Concealer, the Faces Oil-Free Foundation, and the Faces Mineral Loose Powder fared. The fourth product I realized had already been reviewed by me sometime back - the Faces Silken Finish Pressed Powder.

So which one was the best in terms of concealment? If you have read my posts you know it is the Faces Oil-Free Foundation hands down. And if you haven't you can check out each post which has real face photos with and without the product.

The vanishing act concealer also did a good job but for a person who wants to do up their entire face it becomes necessary to use a foundation and that is where the Faces Oil Free Foundation comes to the rescue.

For a more subtle look opt for the vanishing act concealer topped with the mineral loose powder and you are set for the day.

Treating the scars takes time so it is imperative to hide them when you can. So no more scary acne scars, say YES to gorgeous fresh looking skin!

If you have tried products which you feel work wonders in hiding your scars yet giving that no-makeup look - then please do share in the comments below. I have to fight acne scars on a daily basis and maybe your comments will lead me to something that is better than all the ones I've tried till date!