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Lakme Eyeconic Black Kajal Review

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by Gowmi

I am a kajal person and I have been experimenting kajals with smudge proof quality and long lasting staying power. When Lakme Eyeconic Range came up with these qualities, I was waiting to try one.  I could neither find Lakme kajal online nor in shops, still I don’t know why Lakme kajal disappear all of sudden.  Who cares now!  I bought the Lakme Eyeconic kajal 3 weeks before and now here is my review on it.

Lakme Eyeconic Kajal Review

Lakme Eyeconic Kajal Review

Price and Quanity:

Rs.199 for 0.35g

Lakme Eyeconic Kajal Price

 

My Take on Lakme Eyeconic Kajal:

Packaging: Lakme Eyeconic kajal is a twist-up one and retracts back inside safely. It has a sleek body; I personally feel that it is so cute and very travel friendly.

Lakme Eyeconic Kajal Review


Color, Texture & Pigmentation: I compared colossal kajal with lakme eyeconic kajal. I can say lakme has less intense black color compared to the colossal one. Lakme glides smoothly on upper and lower lash lines. But it doesn’t glide well on the waterline. I don’t why, I use much kajal on waterline and I miss this thing with Lakme Eyeconic. So overall, you need more swipes for an intense black color.

Lakme Eyeconic Kajal Swatch


How it works: I tried Lakme Eyeconic kajal when before sleep at night, for testing though. I could see, it doesn’t smudge on my upper lash line, little on my lower lash line and by waterline it smudges a lot. It doesn’t sting my eyes and yes it’s true that it is dermatologically tested. The staying power is about 6 to 7 hours hardly and I feel it’s good compared to the colossal kajal. It will be good for daily use purpose and of course easy on a trip. Removing this kajal is such a pain; you will need a good cleanser to remove this kajal as it is waterproof.

EOTD: 

Lakme Eyeconic Kajal Eye Makeup ~ EOTD

PROS:

  • Staying power is too good, I may say 8 to 7 hours but not 10 though
  • It is truly waterproof
  • Doesn’t sting eyes at all and dermatologically tested
  • Doesn’t smudges on upper and lower lash lines
  • Good for oily lid babes ;)
  • Travel friendly and a cute twist up one

CONS:

  • Doesn’t go smooth on waterline
  • You will need more swipes for an intense black shade

 

Rating: 4/5

 

Do I Recommend?:

Yeah! All could try this one out. I cannot say that it is a great kajal but a decent one.


Would I Repurchase?:

No, it doesn’t go smooth on waterline and smudges a lot on lower lash line as I got watery lids. I am waiting to try the Lakme Satin kajal or and any other which satisfies my oily lids.

Lakme Fantasy Shimmer Eyeliner – Midnight Moon Review and EOTD

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I am reviewing a liquid eyeliner from Lakme Fantasy Collection now. Sorry for irregular post time, I was a little lazy and also had some works. I remember doing some EOTD here with this eyeliner, which you can check out here. I know, this is somewhat a late review for this liner, but still I wanted to review this one as it became one of my favorite eyeliner. Now, let the see the product description before going into the review.
Product Description: Steal the secret to those twinkling eyes with a gel based liner infused with micro-fine glitter particles. This rich sparkle liner lets you line, layer or blend without smudging or spreading. I will be showing you some swatches and also a EOTD using this eyeliner, nothing much I have simply used this on my bare eyes (Ofcourse kohl-ed he he ) and hope you will enjoy this review. Don’t forget to read my reviews of Lakme Insta Eye Liner and Other Lakme Products.
Lakme Fantasy Shimmer Eyeliner
Price: Rs.275 for 3.5ml
Shade: Midnight Moon
All Shades Available
  1. Glimmer Blue
  2. Mystic Mauve
  3. Moonshine Topcoat
  4. Astral Green
  5. Indigo Star
  6. Pink Crystal
  7. Bronze melt
  8. Midnight moon
My Experience with this Product
This liquid eyeliner comes in a very classy sleek case with a long applicator. I loved the way of packaging, it is really cute and trendy. The lid is golden colored and the case is transparent. Stiff and travel friendly packaging, overall very well packed.
  The shade of this eyeliner is somewhat grayish blue with white, sky blue and dark blue shimmers in it, which are not all OTT on your eyes. You can apply this liner in whatever way you want as the application is so easy and in control.
  Soon after I applied this on my eyes it dried like a magic, within 2 or 3 seconds. I am impressed the way it dries because the Lakme insta liner one takes ages to dry :P the shade is not at all over powering, it is a daily wearable shade and a great substitute for regular black. I stopped using the black liners and jumped to this one recently.
 This fantasy eyeliner stays for up to 6 hours and even more if you don’t sweat. It doesn’t smudge at all whatever I rub, but pour some water and rub, it will totally vanish off. I expected it to be water proof but sadly it is not. This will go well for people who doesn’t sweat much and surely a great buy I would say!
And see now, how it looks on my eyes.
PROS
  1. Lovely shade, somewhat blueish gray. This is a daily wearable subtle glittery eyeliner.
  2. Quick drying, dries in 3 seconds.
  3. It doesn’t smudge however you rub
  4. Stays for a decent time.
  5. Easily available
  6. Can be removed easily with your daily cleanser.
  7. Easy application with the long applicator. Every application is smooth.
  8. The texture of the eyeliner itself is smooth with subtle shimmer which do not look OOT on your eyes at all.
CONS
  1. Not waterproof
  2. Might be pricey for the little quantity
Nothing more! I really love the shade. Waiting to try the other shades as well.
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
My Recommendation: Try for sure! This makes a perfect casual/formal wear eyeliner with subtle shimmers.
Will I Repurchase?: Of course. I will. I love this shade very much.

Easy 3 Minute Eye Makeup Tutorial for Beginners

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Hey girls! Today I am here with a simple EOTD. Being an eye makeup beginner, I started loving experiments in eye makeup and the results are these continuous EOTD posts. I am sure, I will be posting more EOTDs and tutorials here as I almost turned an addict of them. This EOTD is the result of my morning try. I just started to try something different, no pre planning and it ended up like this. I am not that impressed with my perfection here, but still I loved the colour combination a lot. I used 2 different eyeliners with different shades and made the eyeshadow subtle. Let me show you the pictures and explain you the steps briefly.

Steps

1. Cleanse and Prime your eyes. I skipped the primer here and used the Lotus Herbals Swift Makeup stick instead. Apply your kajal (Optional) and wash your eyelids with the eyeshadow of your wish. I made the shade of the eyeshadow very light in this EOTD.
2. Now start lining your eyes with your favorite shimmer eyeliner. Don’t go for black this time as black is the colour we girls use most of the days. If you are a expert in lining your eyes, you can do it in your comfortable way. If you’re still a beginner, don’t worry. First start lining from the middle upper lash line to the the outer corner, then line from the inner corner and join both. You can extend the eyeliner up to a some length of your wish but I personally prefer to extend not more than a bit, for a natural look.
3. After the eyeliner gets dry, start lining thin above the glittery eyeliner using your pencil eyeliner. Make sure both the shades match. As the first one we used is the shimmer one, a matte eyeliner will do the trick now. I prefer using any dark colour for this to get a fuller eye look. Apply your mascara and allow it to dry.
4. Now you can skip this step if you want :P I just tried something funny. If you’re going out somewhere, please do skip this step. I designed my outer corner little funny with a liquid eyeliner simply. That’s it. My EOTD is done. As a beginner, I felt very easy doing this, so hope you will too.

Products Used

1. Lotus Herbals Swift Makeup Stick.
2. Lakme Fantasy Shimmer Eyeliner (Midnight Moon)
3. Deborah Milano Long Lasting Eye Pencil
4. Lakme Insta Eye liner
5. Faces Cosmetics Eyeshadow Duo

Hope you liked the tutorial. I am waiting to hear from you what you feel now! :)

Lakme Fruit Blast Berry Lush Fruit Energizing Face Wash Review

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Today’s special is the review of Lakme Fruit Blast Berry Lush face wash which I have been using for past few months. It’s too late as I reviewed few other face washes from this fruit blast range already. I gave the mandarin and melon ones to my friends, so the only thing left to review is this one. (I have another mandarin one with me, may review it later). I loved the yummiest fragrance of the Lakme Fruit Blast Strawberry Facewash and it got over long before. This one also contains Strawberries, and as bonus the raspberries too, hence I am using this nowadays. Let me give a detailed review about this with my experience. Oops!! Forgot to say! Happy Valentine’s day guys and girls!!!! (Thought to do a separate post, but lazy me.. Sorry :(. Please do forgive)

Lakme Fruit Blast Berry Lush Fruit Energizing Face Wash

(With Strawberries and Raspberries)

Price: Rs.70 for 50g; Rs.125 for 100g
Shelf Life: 24 months
Usage Instructions
Squeeze a small amount into hands and work into a rich lather. Massage on wet face. Rinse thoroughly with water.
Claims of this Face Wash
Berries are packed with vitamins and antioxidants that protect the skin from damage and aging.  These fruits were traditionally used to soothe sun burns and moisturise the skin.

Lakmé Berry Lush Fruit Energising Facewash is a nutrient rich blend of fresh crushed raspberries and strawberries. Known to have high doses of Vitamin C and essential antioxidants, it revives your skin and returns that healthy glow. The strawberry seeds gently scrub away dead skin cells, while the raspberry extracts rehydrate your skin, leaving it nourished, tingling fresh and smelling of berries all day long. 

My Views with Ratings
The Packaging
The Lakme Fruit Blast Berry Lush face wash comes in a tube like every other face washes from this range comes, with a flip type cap. The tube is semi transparent and hence it is easy to find how much is left inside the tube. The only thing that bothered me is the cap, In the first tube I used, it was perfect and travel friendly. But when I got my second tube, the cap was too tight to open/close and hence I gave little more force to open.. Ouch.. The cap got very loose then.. Hence, I couldn’t take it anywhere and it’s not travel friendly. The flip cap should be improved in these fruit blast face washes. Other than this thing, I loved the hygienic and cute tube packaging!
Rating: 4/5
                                                       Flip Type Cap
Colour, Consistency and Fragrance
The face wash is gel based and deep plum coloured with tiny strawberry seed exfoliators floating inside it (Refer below pic). The consistency is neither too thick, nor too runny and it lasts for more than a month. And it has a very yummy and mild fruit fragrance (Not sweeter than the strawberry face wash from this range though) and I loved it as it gives a fresh feel with every wash. But I doubt whether the few tiny exfoliating beads exfoliate my whole facial skin or not with a tiny squeeze. Other than this doubt, I am totally okay with this product’s CCF. And so, No more complaints about the colour, consistency or fragrance! Perfect!
Rating: 4.5/5                                
                                 Floating tiny Strawberry Seed Exfoliators
How it works on Me
I will finish this part short and sweet.
This face wash gives a cooling sensation and obviously tingles a bit too which may be okay for some people and not okay for very sensitive skins. The lathering effect is very less, it lathers only a bit when I rubbed many times in my hands. If you expect for a rich lathering face wash, this wont be your choice at all. Unlike the Strawberry face wash from this fruit blast range, it doesn’t dry out my skin much. Listen, not to the extent of no need of moisturiser, It just doesn’t dries. Doesn’t moisturises too. The stretchy feel in dry skins will be less when compared to the strawberry face wash and of course you will need a moisturiser after cleansing your face with this.Other than this, it’s perfect for everyday use with a mild fruity fragrance and gel texture. A great face wash for oily skins (May be normals too) and for dry skins, I won’t recommend this. Go for a extra nourishing one. Overall it’s a good fruit face wash.
Rating: 3.5/5 (-1 for the tingle and -0.5 for no moisturising effect)
PROS
  1. Yummy fruit fragrance which will be a treat for strawberry and raspberry lovers.
  2. Affordable price for the quantity.
  3. Easily available everywhere.
  4. The very cute gel texture with exfoliating beads which many may like.
  5. It doesn’t give much stretchy feel (Expect dry skins). Oily skins will love it (Normal skins in winters)
  6. Great for everyday use for a refreshing feel with fruit extracts!
CONS
  1. Because of the cap in few packs (not all), it might not be travel friendly.
  2. Tingling sensation may not be liked for sensitive skins.
  3. I doubt whether the exfoliating beads work or not (Because they are less in numbers)
  4. Stretchy feel in dry skins.
  5. Doesn’t lather well. If you expect rich lather, this won’t be your choice.
My Recommendation: Go for it oily skins! You will love the refreshing fruit aroma in every wash. Normal skins can try this in winters. Dry skins and very sensitive skins stay away as this is not moisturising and tingles a bit too.
Overall Rating: 4/5

Will I repurchase?: Yes, in summers for the fruit fragrance. It’s not going to be my winter choice.

Lakme Kajal Pencil in Black Shade Review

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Hey girls!
Hope you all read my Lakme Instaliner Eyeliner Review which I posted a couple of days before, I have mentioned that it is a great affordable eyeliner for starters. If you didn’t check it out still, you can check here. Now let me review a Kajal from the Lakme brand. I shopped this 2 months ago from stylecraze and using it now and then.

Since 5 years I am using kajal, which I started at my age of 12. I never ever go out without kajal because I feel my eyes are not fulfilled without at least kajal and eyeliner. Even If I don’t have any compact, concealer or lippy I will be okay with it, but kajal and liner!! My god! I never can. Okay enough saying about my makeup history.. he he.. Let me share my experiences with this product with it’s pros and cons. Keep reading!

Lakme Kajal (Black Shade)

Price: Rs.49 for 2g; I got it for Rs.46 from Stylecraze

Shelf Life: 3 years

Ingredients: Camphor and Castor Oil


What does the product claims
❤Easy to apply and sharpen, for an ultra smooth finish.
❤Has camphor and Castor oil to cool and soother the eyes.
❤Helps eyelashes grow longer.


My Views and Ratings

The Packaging
The kajal comes in a black coloured thick pencil stick with a transparent plastic cap and a golden colour bottom lid. As this is a pencil type kajal, it is easy to sharpen and use unlike other roll type or simply stick like kajals. The packaging is very simple, compact, handy and travel friendly as the cap is firm. Even though it is not much cute, it is quite good and well packed, hence I loved the packaging. The only thing that disappointed me is that the cap doesn’t have a sharpener to sharp this kajal pencil. If the product comes with a sharpener I would be giving full rating for this :( Even though we cannot expect a sharpener for this cost, it still bothers me (I know.. Greedy me) :P
Rating: 4.5/5 (-0.5 for no sharpener) 
                                 
                                     The kajal in my palm to guess its size
Colour, Consistency and Texture
What to say about the colour? Already you would be knowing that it is black. No other shade is available.This doesn’t bother me because I always love black in kajals. It is so thick in consistency as it comes in a pencil stick (Not much thick as other pencils though) but the texture is so smooth. It spreads smoothing over my water line and gives a black shade instantly. The shade should be more dark though, it’s not enough for me. 2 swipes is enough for a thick application and hence a stick lasts for months. You can see the swatches (thin and thick) in my hand below..
Rating: 4/5

                                        I rubbed with my bare fingers twice!

My Experience
To state about this product in single word, I can say that it is a daily “Home wear” kajal. It would suit home makers well because it has not much staying power. It barely stays for 1 to 2 hours without disturbing eyes, then gets disappeared. The good things are, it doesn’t sting eyes or give me any side effects and even if smudges it doesn’t show darkness below eyes much. The creamy kajal is dark,but has no good staying powder. This may be an advantage too for some people as it comes off easily without any trouble. About the eyebrow lash growth claim, they were somewhat true because it does stop my eyelash hair fall and made it healthier with regular use, thus it grows longer if there is no falling. This might because of it’s natural ingredients like Castor oil and camphor. I love the product overall, worth of money, very affordable! If you are an eye makeup beginner, house wife, simple makeup lover, then go for it. Are you planning for going market, or a 1 hour shopping? Then you can use it without any fear. It’s such a simple and great kajal for sensitive eyes and makeup starters.  
Rating: 3.5/5 (No dark shade and No staying power)

PROS
  1. Very affordable and lasts longer.
  2. Smoothly spreads over waterline and doesn’t sting my eyes at all.
  3. No side effects.
  4. Good packaging, travel friendly and handy.
  5. Will suit makeup beginners and house wives well.
  6. Easily available everywhere.
  7. Doesn’t darkens “below eye area”much even if smudges.
  8. Does goodness to eyes! Cools down and makes eyelashes healthy with daily use.

CONS
  1. No sharpener (Shouldn’t consider this as a con for this price though)
  2. No lasting power. Barely lasts for 2 hours.
  3. Not at all suitable for everyday wear (For college, workplace and occasions)
  4. The shade should be more dark.
My Recommendation: House wives, makeup beginners, sensitive eyed persons.. Go ahead! It is a lovely product without side effects and it does good to eyes too. Not for a makeup-ies, college girls or workers anytime! 
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Will I repurchase again?: Sure! But I guess it’s not going to get over soon! May take months :P