Lakme Perfect Radiance Fairness Day Cream Review

Today I am going to review a fairness cream from Lakme, a well known popular cosmetic brand. Basically I am not that crazy about fairness creams or lotions as I love my dusky complexion and I am not the one who crave for whiter pale skin. Fairness creams are not going to make me or anyone magically fair though :P The main reason why I purchased this fairness day cream is that I loved the face wash from this range very much. I have already reviewed the Lakme Perfect Radiance Fairness Face Wash here and the reason why I loved it is the freshness and instant brightness it gives after washing my face. So I thought of trying the fairness cream from this perfect radiance range and using it for about a month. Let me give my review about it with its pros and cons

Lakme Perfect Radiance Fairness Day Cream 
 (With White Lily and Sacred Lotus Extracts)

Price : 50g  for Rs.175; 15g  for Rs.92

(I bought the 50g pack as the 15g one is too less in quantity for the price)

Shelf Life : Best before 24 months (2 years) from packaging

Ingredient List 

(Sorry for the inconvenience with this bad clarity picture) :(

  

What Does the Product Claims

Designed to give you truly fair radiant skin, Lakme Perfect Radiance Fairness Day Cream with White Lily and Sacred Lotus acts on all six signs below of skin ageing.

How to Use

Smooth on every morning and evening on cleansed skin to discover skin that's not only truly fair but glows from within. For external use only.

Lakme Perfect Radiance Fairness Cream Packaging
                                         
                                          Opening Cover.. The tub is compactly placed inside

In my hand.. You can observe it's size easily

Compactly and Safely Packed with a firm Plastic Base

Consistency and Colour of the Product

Before Applying the Cream 

After Applying the Cream

My View About Lakme Perfect Radiance Fairness Day Cream

The product comes in tub with an outer cover which is sweet pink in co lour. The tub is compactly packed inside the cover with a thin plastic base. The tub which containing the cream is somewhat purplish in colour with a lovely silver lid on the top. This combination makes the packaging classy and anyone will love it very much. The silver lid was firm and tight thus the product is travel friendly too. Even though I loved the packaging, I feel little disappointed with it because the tub packaging makes it unhygienic. We have to dip our finger every time into the tub to take out the cream, If the product comes in tube, it would be much better than this. The fragrance is flowery and sweet as same as the face wash from this range.

       To say about the consistency of the cream, it is very smooth, creamy and milkish peach in colour (As you see in the above pics) It spreads easily and absorbs easily without any trouble on my skin. Unlike most of the other fairness creams, it is very light on my skin, it doesn't make my skin feel heavy or tight. The main thing, it's not greasy at all. It instantly brightened my skin without leaving any whitish cast. But remember, In darker skin tones, it may leave a ashy cast if applied too much. With regular use, it reduced my acne scars up to an extent and made my skin tone even. It think it removed little tan too as it claims. As I am a "normal to oily" skinned girl, this cream suits me best for day time usage but dry skins should stay away from this. There is no moisturizing effect at all. This product is surely not for dry skins and some normal skins too may feel this less moisturizing in winters. Eventhough I love to use it as a perfect day cream, I am not ready to go with it to nourish my skin at nights, my skin needs an extra nourishing night cream. So allover, it's a perfect day cream which is light, which gives instant brightening effect, stays longer on face and best to use only for oily skinned people. It also acts a superb makeup base but dry skinned people shouldn't go for it.

PROS

1. Cute, Sturdy and Travel friendly packaging
2. Smooth texture of the cream which is very creamy and spreads easily.
3. Lovable flowery fragrance which gives instant freshness.
4. This day cream instantly brightens skin without any greasy feel or heaviness.
5. A very best day cream and a make up base for oily and super oily skins.
6. It reduces the appearance of scars and evened out my skin tone up to a great extent.
7. Removes sun tan as it claims, only with regular use.
8. The tub is fully filled with cream, hence it's affordable for the quantity and quality. A 50gm tub will last for more than 2 months.
9. No side effects, no breakouts if used in normal and oily skins. Safe to use.

CONS

1. No moisturizing effect! Dry skins stay away.
2. Tub Packaging which is unhygienic.
3. Contains Parabens. Which cosmetic today doesn't?

No other cons, the only main thing that bothers people is that the product has no moisturizing effect. But it's not a big con according to this cream because they didn't claim at all that this cream will moisturize your skin. The product only claims that it "Reduces oiliness". So, the Lakme Perfect Radiance Fairness Day Cream lives up to its claims. Worth of money!

My Recommendation: Oily Skins go head, it will suit you best in all the seasons. Normal skins, summer is alright but stay away from this cream in winters and dry people, just forget about this product. This is not for you in any season.

My Rating: 4/5 (-1 for tub packaging and -1 for no moisturizing effect)

Will I repurchase this product? : Sure, Every time! I love it because it instantly brightens, evens out my skin with daily use and acts as a good makeup base too.

Five Best Skincare Products Under Rs.50

Hello girls! Hope you're enjoying your weekend. Here in Chennai, the weather is too good with cool breezes.
Today we are going to check five of my favorite skincare products below Rs.50. From my childhood, I have a huge love on skincare cosmetics (More than makeup) and I loved shopping skincare cosmetics every weekend while going for shopping along with my mom. Those days (When I was 10 or 11 something), the only products I known were the Ponds Cold Cream, Lacto Calamine, Fair and lovely and such. Later, when I stepped into my 8th grade, I eyed out for some face washes, scrubs and etc in range between Rs.50 and Rs.200 due to my less pocket money reasons :P

Five Best Skincare Products Under Rs.50

      These products which I am sharing with you today are the ones I am using for years and till today, I still love them and repurchase them often. Do not under estimate these products just seeing their price because they all actually work great and they could be a great boon for teens to buy cosmetics in a budget. These products might also help you when you are in unexpected travel, in which situation you cannot spare money on expensive skincare goodies. Let us now move on to the post and check these products one by one now.

Swatches:

1. Johnson's Baby Lotion, 2. Johnson's Baby Milk Cream, 3. Pears Pure and Gentle Face Wash, 4. EverYuth Naturals Walnut Scrub, 5. Clean & Clear Blackhead Clearing Daily Scrub

1. Johnson's Baby Lotion

Price: Rs.42 for 50ml

No! Don't look at me strange. I am not a baby but I simple love using baby skincare products. This baby lotion is one product which I cannot live without. This baby lotion comes in 2 variants I guess. The one is Johnson's Baby Cream and another one is the Johnson's baby MILK cream. The milk variant is pure white in colour whereas the baby cream which comes in a pink plastic bottle is light pink in colour. I love the pink one better because of its very mild, soothing baby fragrance. I find its consistency thin and the fragrance, absolutely divine. I feel like baby every time when I use it over my skin. It moisturizes my normal-oily skin very well without leaving any greasy caste behind. I use it on my body, face and hands whenever I feel like I need something baby-sh. I makes my skin soft, smooth and baby like instantly!

2. Johnson's Baby Milk Cream

Price: Rs.38 for 30g

This cream is similar to that of the Johnson's baby lotion but has a thicker consistency and also it is white in colour. The above mentioned Johnson's baby lotion is best for usage in normal, oily or combination skin types whereas this one serves dry skin types the best due to its creaminess. Creams or heavier than lotions, right?
     I do not use this on my facial skin due to its richness (I am afraid of breakouts due to greasiness!) but I often use this as my hand cream and foot cream to prevent dryness. It provides enough moisturization to my dry feet and moreover it makes me smell like baby too! If you are a dry skinned beauty, you can use this as your facial moisturizer too. It comes in a neat and simple white coloured tube which is completely travel friendly and hygienic to use.

3. Pears Pure and Gentle Face Wash

Price: Rs.45 for 60g

After a heavy makeup day or a summer evening when your skin is the most sensitive due to over sun exposure, when your skin screams for something very gentle, this is one face wash that can fulfill your skin's wishes. I have been using this face wash since ages and it never disappointed me till today. This Pears Pure and Gentle Face Wash is made of pure glycerin and is 100% soap free. What more you need?
   I guess that this product would suit each and every skin type whether oily, dry or combo. It only does gentle cleansing, leaving skin soft and pure. It also lathers well and washes out well without leaving any slippery feel on facial skin. I use this face wash more often for its gentleness and I am sure you will love it too if you experience it. For just Rs.45, you get 60g which would last really long. Overall, this face wash is gentle as per its name and suitable for usage in all skin types, especially sensitive. So, if you have a very sensitive skin type, note it down in your shopping list soon.

4. EverYuth Naturals Walnut Scrub

Price: Rs.30 for 30g

Unlike the other products I mentioned in this post, this isn't the one that I bought myself but received it free with some other product. For more than 3 months, it was sleeping inside my skincare product case and it has been only 6 months I started using this. This is a very pocket-friendly priced facial scrub which claims to remove dead skin cells and blackheads with its walnut and apricot scrubbing particles. It has a thick, creamy texture with tiny scrubbing granules present in it. As per the claims, it removes the dead cells and blackheads up to a good extent from my facial skin without leaving it dry. For a normal-oily skinned person like me, I didn't feel any dryness after using this scrub but in case of extra dry skin, you need to follow up with a good moisturizer after using this to prevent dryness. The one thing that I dislike about this product is its fragrance (A kinda artificial) but it doesn't linger on and I just don't mind it for the price! This scrub is comes in a really dirt cheap price, but has a very good worth and if you're a beginner facial scrub user, try this for sure.

5. Clean & Clear Blackhead Clearing Daily Scrub

Price: Rs.49 for 40g

Most of you have used this scrub for at least once in your life isn't it? It comes with an attractive claim of curing blackheads in just 3 days and I grabbed it the next minute I happened to watch that television ad. Once, when I visited my aunt's home, me and my cousin very enjoying our holidays with daily outings in sun and dust. And thus made my skin dull, dark and full of accumulated dirt. Due to the dirt accumulation, I experienced blackheads for the very first time in my life and was really shocked. Suddenly, I got an idea of using this blackhead clearing scrub and voila! It removed most of the blackheads and left my skin clean and clear. Unlike the EverYuth Natural Walnut Scrub, it is a scrub-come-face wash and it also contains more tinier scrubbing beads compared to the coarse the EverYuth one. Hence, I don't mind using this scrub everyday whereas I can use the EverYuth Walnut Scrub only once-twice a week.
   Both are good economical scrubs, the EverYuth Walnut one and this Clean & Clear Blackhead Clearing one, but I would say that I like the Clean and Clean one more because it clears out blackheads more effectively compared to the Everyuth Walnut Scrub, though having finer scrubbing granules. I can use it everyday too for blackhead prevention and a gentle exfoliation!

These products work best on my normal-oily skin type and I am not sure it will work on all skin types; It might suit you or might not, however these are dirt cheaply priced for the amazing properties. These are easily available too.
    Not just these 5, I have many more skincare and haircare products to share in this price range and I will share them in upcoming days! :) Keep Visiting!

Hope you enjoyed this article about five best skincare products below Rs.50

Have you used any of these products above? Which is your favorite skincare product below Rs.50?

Do share your comments, feedback and suggestions below!

Top Five Ideas to Shop Cosmetics Online

Online shopping has become a huge craze among people around the world nowadays. Especially women today are much interested in shopping cosmetics, apparel and such online. Before two years, there were only few Indian online shopping sites available but today, it has been developed a lot and we can see many online shopping sites popping here in India. When we run out of our regular skincare/makeup product but have no time for physical shopping (Or lazy huh?) online shopping helps a lot and acts as a quick fix! Soon after placing our order, we receive it in next few days, that too with great discounts. Isn't it? Then who won't love shopping online?
         Today, we are going to check 5 best and easy ideas for shopping cosmetics online. These tips would help you to purchase beauty products wisely and also help you save your hard earned money.

1. Choose Your Online Shopping Store

As I said, there are several number of online shopping stores running nowadays and moreover, many new ones are popping up day by day. You might find it interesting to from all of them, or few of them but remember you cannot always have good shopping experience with all the sites. So avoid trying new inexperienced sites more often just because of craze. Read online shopping site reviews and make a decision where to shop first. There are many real time shopping experience shared on the net, especially if you are looking out for a cosmetic shopping site reviews, you can find them easily on beauty blogs!
  If you are already experienced with any specific site and in case once you feel their delivery and customer service is good, then stick to it. Do not change your shopping site often as it might confuse you about their service, product quality and delivery time. If you are an online shopping beginner, then better choose a site with COD option, that is Cash On Delivery.

2. Check their Customer Service Before Shopping

This may sound a bit lazy to do but this is a very essential step to confirm before you shop online. If you are interested to shop from a specific online shopping site, make sure to note down their email address and contact number. Drop them a mail first, with some simple queries such as "Is there any exchange policy available in your site?" and "Can we shop with the COD option?"
     Even though you know all these before, do drop them a mail and check how and how soon they respond to your query. :D This would definitely help you a lot to judge the customer service of a shopping site, making your shopping safe and secure. In case of any trouble after payment or shopping done, you need to contact them, Right? So do that before itself and check once. Alternately, you can also check with their social networking fan pages to read what other customers have posted and queried. This will let you know better about their service, delivery time etc.

3. Fix The Budget Before Placing Your Order

Choose your budget first before starting to add the products to your cart. For example, say Rs.2000, then you need to stick with Rs.2000 for this month (Or week huh?) whatever happens. This would definitely avoid you from shopping unwanted products just due to your love at first sight with them :D We girls do this a lot with cosmetics but later realize we don't even use these products much.
  Even after choosing the products and adding them to cart, list them out in a paper and just approximately estimate how many times you will use a specific product, how much does it cost, what is is shelf life and how much it is important in your beauty/makeup case. If you find any product not-that-useful, then remove it from your cart. This would help you avoid wasting money on products that you don't need.

• Read: 7 Tips to Save Money While Shopping

4. Read Product Reviews

This is the very important step making your cosmetic purchase online! Remember you are not buying a mobile, a book or a mixer grinder online to just add it to cart and make the payment. You are buying cosmetics where you need to be very careful with the shades, texture and fragrance! Don't you agree?
  Every time we shop cosmetics from the stores and showrooms directly, we do swatch those products, smell and test them before buying but does the same applicable with online shopping? Obviously no! You also cannot just believe with the SHADE chart given on the site as the shade might be different on your skin. So make sure to find and read product reviews of a specific product before shopping it online if you are new to that product. You can also get suggestions from your friends regarding this. More than skincare products, especially while doing purchase on makeup items, you should be very careful with this review reading step or you might just end up in wasting huge money in a wrong shade for your skin type/tone. So make it a habit reading product reviews online before shopping cosmetics online!

5. Subscribe to the Mailing Lists

Last, but not the least step! This will help your pocket a lot. Just choose 5-10 favorite cosmetic shopping sites of yours and subscribe to their mailing list. By this, you will receive updates about regular offers, discounts and coupon codes those would help you a lot in saving huge money while shopping cosmetics online.
   Do NOT forget to check these kinda mails especially during festival days such as New year, Christmas, women's day etc to get amazing discounts! You can prepare and have a ready list of high end makeup products (Most of them are pricey of course!) and use these festival day offers to save huge amount on them.

Hope you find this article useful. Follow the ideas and shop wisely.

Do share your online cosmetics shopping tips, ideas and such below if you have any.

In case of doubts, feel free to drop a comment below as well. Happy shopping!

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