Lakme Perfect Radiance Multi Mineral Compact

Compact Powder was my first step into the vanity world - I remember my mother buying me my first very own makeup product which was a compact powder and I was thrilled. 

I have had combination skin tone since recently a few years and compact powder has become my best friend for quite sometime now. A good compact is a staple product for me and I guess a lot of combination to oily skin tone girls will agree to this.. 

I don't have any specific favorites when it comes to compacts - I keep switching from brand to brand as I like to experiment a lot. For quite sometime -  I was using Tip n Toes Mineral Compact which was reviewed before HERE. It suited me very well and I liked the concept of using this Wet or Dry compact. 

Eventually I got bored of it and wanted to try something new - Hence I got Lakme Perfect Radiance Multi Mineral Compact to see how it works....

Product: Lakme Perfect Radiance Multi Mineral Compact

Price and Quantity: INR 150 /- for 8 gm

 Claims:

This skin lightening compact is packed with the potent multi minerals, blends fabulously and gives you a flawlessly fair and radiant skin. This unique formulation contains SPF 20, vitamin B3, multi minerals and brightening pearls that makes your skin visibly fair.

First Look at the Packaging: 

I love the fact that Lakme has paid lots of attention when it comes to packaging of this product - A thin cute pink colored compact with a white top lid.   I had to buy it the moment I saw it - - Come On  - Any girl will fall for such Pink n White Silver Color Trick !!!! 

My Experience with the Product :

I have been using this compact 24*7 and I am not disappointed - For starters here's a thing - Lakme Products on my face .. sometime they don't suit me and they have given me bad breakouts before. So I was extra careful this time. 

First things First - The first time I used the sponge applicator which came with the compact - I was disappointed - The sponge is not quite upto the mark - Its very thin and its very difficult to work with this sponge on the face.

I tried using the sponge for two days but the sponge picked up too much of the product and deposited it on my face - blending was difficult with the sponge and in the end - the compact made me look like a ghost . 

Finally I dumped the sponge into the bin and switched to my loyal, soft kabuki brush - Which worked excellently on my face. 

I tried the shade "ROSE FAIR"  which is perfect for my skin tone. 

The compact works very well on my face - I love the results it gives me - The compact is successful in giving me that natural radiant porcelain matte effect on my face. 

The compact was successful in keeping my skin oil- free for few hours which gives this product an "A + " !!

The powder is of good quality as it adheres into your skin and disperses like a film to give you a natural look - Not too "MADE UP" 

The compact doesn't have any finely milled shimmer or glitter in it but somehow it manages to give you that healthy glow look.

Another thing I like about this product is that its absolutely lightweight and offers mild coverage to your blemishes and marks.  It is perfect as a translucent powder to set up your base makeup. 

I loved the fact that they incorporated SPF Factor into the product. It doesn't lighten your skintone inspite of everyday use but you can never expect that to happen anyway !!


Love it or Chuck it ? 

All in all I love it !! Its inexpensive product - Perfect for college girls, working females, busy moms - EVERYONE !!! Perfect for everyday use.

Lakme Launches New Perfect Radiance Range

Today, every woman is constantly on the lookout for perfectly radiant and flawless skin, but pollution and harmful UV rays rob her of this dream by creating 6 blocks –

• Tanning
• Uneven skin tone
• Dark spots
• Blemishes
• Dullness
• Oiliness

Obstructing the skin’s natural glow, these blocks make the skin lose its sheen. To combat this, Lakmé brings to you its powerful INTENSE WHITENING^TM range – LAKMÉ PERFECT RADIANCE, powered with Continuous Release Technology, which works on your skin’s 6 fairness blocks to give you PERFECT RADIANCE.Continuous Release Technology is an advanced Derma-Cellular technology brought to you by the team of skin experts at Lakmé. Continuously releasing potent Vitamins deep into your skin’s epidermal cells, it acts throughout the day even as its Precision Impact Action micro-targets all 6 fairness blocks to give you perfect radiance. Additionally, ingredients like Chronosphere Vitazyme C, Vitamin E Acetate, Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Lipophilic Pro-Vitamin C, Licorice, Tomato Extracts and Broad Spectrum Sunscreen form a potent cocktail that help give you perfectly radiant skin. Lakmé thus brings to you the latest advances in skin science in this revolutionary new range.

Designed to give you truly radiant skin, Lakmé Perfect Radiance acts on all 6 fairness blocks by:

• Keeping Tanning under control: Long hours spent in the sun, without sun protection makes your skin look sun burnt, aged and dark. Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening Range not only guards your skin from the sun, but also works from deep within to lighten it, restoring your natural, radiant complexion

• Helping even out Skin Tone: Usually caused by a number of factors, an uneven tone makes skin look discolored and unattractive. Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening Range helps clarify skin tone, giving it a radiant, complete glow

• Fading away dark spots and blemishes: Spots & blemishes are caused due to pigmentation, skin allergies and acne or even just as a part of the ageing process. Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening Range helps lighten blemishes and spots, giving you flawless skin

• Fading away Dullness: Environmental pollution, stale air-conditioning and other such factors sap away the moisture and radiance from your skin, making it appear dry and lifeless. Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening Range reduces dullness and makes you look your radiant self again

• Reducing Oiliness: Stemming from overactive oil glands on the surface of the skin, oily skin attracts dust and grime, making it looks duller and darker than it really is. Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening Range keeps excess oil at bay, leaving your skin oil-free and smooth to touch

Lakmé Perfect Radiance 4-week Intense Whitening™ – Capsules

An innovation by Lakmé, the Perfect Radiance Capsules are a power-dose of skin lightening vitamins and anti-oxidants that work in synergy to enhance your skin’s natural radiance. Each capsule contains a luxurious, lightweight serum that effortlessly seeps into your skin, leaving it perfectly radiant. Pure Vitamin C encapsulated in Microsponge helps in continuously releasing potent skin lightening vitamins into your skin’s epidermal cells.

MRP – Rs. 1250/- for 28 capsules

Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening™ – UV Day Crème

A smooth-textured moisturizer formulated with Continuous Release Technology, skin lightening ingredients and anti-oxidants which offer high-level protection against damaging environmental factors. SPF 15 helps fight UVB damage and PA++ protects the skin from UVA damage; perfect for those with an active lifestyle.

MRP – Rs. 249/- for 30ml

Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening™ – Day Crème

A smooth-textured skin lightening crème that also moisturizes your skin. Infused with Chronosphere Vitazyme C, a complex delivery system, that helps in the continuous release of potent skin lightening vitamins that helps fight the 6 blocks of fairness. Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), a key ingredient in this day crème is known for its unique skin lightening properties. Gives you perfectly fair skin with regular usage.

MRP – Rs. 99/- for 15g, Rs. 199/- for 50g

Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening™ – Night Repair Crème

Envelope your skin with this night repair crème that moisturizes and enhances your skin’s radiance while you sleep. It works harmoniously with the skin when the cell renewal process is at its peak.  Night Crèmes contain higher levels of active ingredients that renew and repair your skin while you are asleep so that you wake up to visibly luminous skin.

MRP – Rs. 299/- for 50g

Lakmé Perfect Radiance Intense Whitening™ – Face wash

A gentle face wash which cleanses each pore from deep within. Extracts impurities from the deepest epidermal layers of skin and lightens your skin tone. Creates an immediate feeling of freshness and unveils smooth, visibly radiant skin.

 MRP – Rs. 90/- for 50g, Rs. 165/- for 100g

Lakme Launches new Sun- Expert Range

Challenge the Sun with the new Lakmé Sun Expert Range

Now relax in the sun without the fear of skin damage

Mumbai, February 2012: Don’t you just hate it when your skin gets darker every time you are out in the sun? Tanning, which is visible on your skin, is a sign that deep down in your skin’s derma-layers, damages like sun spots, pigmentation, age lines and more, are forming. Scientific studies show that tanning is proof of deep-skin damage. That means if you are tanned right now, or have been tanned in the past, there is damage in your skin’s deepest layers. Over time, these damages travel up to your skin’s top layer and become visible as dark spots, dryness, uneven skin tone, fine lines and wrinkles.

Block out the sun-rays and protect your skin from within by using the new Lakmé Sun Expert Range. The range offers broad spectrum sunscreens that gives you up-to 97% protection from harmful effects of the sun and protects from deep-skin damage caused by the sun. The sunscreens range from SPF 24 to SPF 50 and PA+, PA++ and PA+++ includes specific sunscreens for dry, oily and normal skin. The Lakmé Sun Expert After Sun range offers a Skin Lightening Gel, Skin Lightening Mask, and Skin Lightening Face wash,  perfect to give your skin a radiant glow after a long day in the sun

 

Lakmé  Sun Expert Range Product Details

Lakmé Sun Expert Fairness + UV Lotion SPF 24 PA ++: For all skin types

•          Broad spectrum UV protection

•          SPF 24 protects the skin from UVB rays

•          PA++ protects the skin from the major contributor to skin damage, UVA rays

•          Daily sunscreen formulation with antioxidant-rich ingredients such as cucumber, lemon grass extracts and Vitamin B3 to protect your skin and correct past sun damage, dark spots and pigmentation

•          Available at Rs. 99 for 60ml, Rs. 175 for 120 ml and Rs. 230 for 200ml

 

Lakmé Sun Expert Fairness + UV Lotion SPF 30 PA +: For Oily Skin

•          Broad spectrum UV protection, keeping your skin looking fresh and oil-free

•          PA+ shields the skin from the harmful UVA rays

•          SPF 30 protects the skin from UVB rays

•          Lightweight, non- oily sunscreen with mineral clay  for superior oil control and
            vitamin rich ingredients such as cucumber and lemon grass extracts to protect
            the skin and correct past skin blemishes

•          Regular usage makes your skin many shades lighter

•          Available at Rs. 179 for 50ml, Rs. 250 for 100 ml

 

Lakmé Sun Expert Fairness + UV Lotion SPF 30 PA ++: For normal to dry skin

•          Broad spectrum UV protection, keeping your skin looking fresh and oil-free

•          PA++ shields the skin from the harmful UVA rays

•          SPF 30 protects the skin from UVB rays

•          Lightweight, non- oily sunscreen with mineral clay  for superior oil control and vitamin rich ingredients such as cucumber and lemon grass extracts to protect the skin and correct past skin blemishes

•          Regular usage makes your skin many shades lighter

•          Available at Rs. 199 for 50ml, Rs. 279 for 100 ml

 

Lakmé Sun Expert Fairness + UV Lotion SPF 50 PA +++: For normal to dry skin

•          High performance sunscreen that gives complete UV protection, no matter
            how strong the rays are

•          SPF 50 gives 97% skin protection from UVB rays

•          PA +++ keeps skin completely safe from harmful UVA rays

•          Cucumber and lemon grass extracts moisturize the skin and make it glow
            even more

•          Available at Rs. 99 for 15ml, Rs. 350 for 30ml, Rs. 425 for 100ml

 

 

Lakmé Sun Expert Skin Lightening + De-Tan After Sun Face Wash: For all skin types

 •          Specially formulated with UV filters and anti-tan skin soothing ingredients

•          Cleanses and soothes sun exposed skin,

•          Infused with cucumber and lemon grass

•          Deep cleanses each pore

•          Protects and soothes skin from common forms of skin irritation post sun exposure, leaving it soft, tingling fresh and clean

•        Available at Rs. 75 for 50g, Rs. 135 for 100 g

 

Lakmé Sun Expert Skin Lightening + De-Tan After Sun-Gel: For all skin types

•          Light, cooling, moisturising gel that fights harsh damage

•          Lightens sun tan, uneven skin tone and corrects blemished skin

•          Packed with cucumber and lemon grass extracts

•          Provides total hydration, leaving skin radiant at all times

•          Available at Rs. 145 for 50g

 

Lakmé Sun Expert Skin Lightening + De-Tan After Sun Face Mask: For all skin types

•       Easy rinse-off mask that soothes tanned skin and brightens it

•       Natural clay fights sun darkening and lighten skin with regular usage

•       Infused with cucumber and lemon grass extracts that detoxify and soothe the skin, leaving it soft, clean and tingling fresh

•       Available at Rs. 150 for 50g

What is different about the Lakmé Sun Expert Range?

·         Superior protection: Lakmé Sun Expert range provides complete protectionfrom the sun’s harmful rays. It provides superior protection against both UVA and UVB rays to keep skin healthy and beautiful.

®            SPF blocks UVB rays which cause sunburn.

®            PA protects against UVA rays that cause deep-skin damage

·         Dermatologist-tested : Lakmé  Sun Expert range has been carefully formulated by Lakmé  skin experts, and is tested by dermatologists

·         Non-comedogenic and Hypo allergic:Lakmé Sun Expert range is non-comedogenic and Hypoallergenic. Non-comedogenic products do not clog pores and hence do not cause acne or breakouts. Hypoallergenic product is one which is proven to cause fewer allergic reactions against skin. A Hypoallergenic sunscreen is absolutely safe to use on facial skin and body

·         Non-greasy Formula: Lakmé Sun Expert range has a non-greasy light feel formula that spreads easily on the skin to give maximum protection from the sun’s harmful rays. So there is no reason to worry about skin becoming oily or sticky post sunscreen application

·         Wide range of Protection: The Lakmé Sun Expert range features a wide range of sunscreens. So depending on skin type and the number of hours you spend in the sun, you can choose a sunscreen that’s right for you. Lakmé Sun Expert also has a range of After Sun products to heal and repair skin post sun-exposure

About Lakmé

Contemporary Indian beauty expert Lakmé continuously innovates to offer a wide range of, high performance and world class color cosmetics, skincare products, and beauty salons. In addition to leveraging Unilever’s worldwide expertise, Lakmé also partners with the leading cosmetic house Milan-based Intercos Italia, Schwann Stabilo Germany and Paris-based Fiabila. Combining international cosmetic technology with an in-depth understanding of the Indian woman’s needs, Lakmé also offers its consumers a comprehensive beauty experience through its products and services at the Lakmé Salons and Studios. For further information log on to www.lakméindia.com

My experience at Lakme Fruit Moisture Launch Event

Sorry for posting this article little late – It’s just that my net connection is acting up these days. .

Anyways – I was invited to an exclusive event by Lakme, which featured launch of their Lakme Fruit Moisture Range of skin care products for the coming winter.

The event was an exotic and colorful that was inspired by the special ingredients in the new moisture range. Right from the décor of the place to the food served to the guests of the evening was inspired by the mysterious duskiness of the plums, juicy red of strawberries, soft elegance of peaches, rich gold of honey and dewy green of avocados. The host of the evening was Suchitra pillai who welcomed the guests in order to kick-start the event.

The evening started by an exotic wine tasting session, the sommelier had specially chosen the wines for the evening that went with the theme of the event. The sommelier taught the guests how to savor the taste of the wine so as to enjoy the heady aromas of the exotic fruits that appeal the palate and set the mood for the evening.

The wine tasting journey was followed by the supper theatre experience. ‘Nostalgia Brand Chewing Gum’ was the play of the evening. A comical play about the tangled love lives of four people living in urban India.

The Launch of Lakme Fruit Moisture Range by the Brand manager of Lakme followed the play. The Range boasts the breakthrough ‘Nutritive Moisture Teachnology’ and a blend of Hydrating agents, Essential Vitamins, AHA’s and Anti-oxidants that provides the skin 12- hours of perfect moisture boost.

The evening ended on a delicious note, which included a scrumptious dinner in continuation of the evening’s theme.

I do hope you enjoy the pictures ----

Do watch out this Blog for reviews on The Fruit Moisture Range products.. :) 

Love, 

Rids 

xoxo