Hello Gorgeous,
Today I would be reviewing Lakme Absolute White Intense Wet and Dry Compact. Move on to read more about this compact..
Product Claims:
Look naturally fair and flawless for up to 16 hours with this dual long wear compact with soft focus effect. Its unique formula contains:
- Hyaluronic Acid that deeply hydrates your skin restoring its natural youth and glow.
- Vitamin B3 that makes you look visibly fairer.
- SPF 17
Use it dry as a compact and wet as a foundation
Price: 650 INR for 9 gm
Shades Available:
- Ivory Fair (for fair skin tones)
- Golden Medium (for fair to medium skin tone)
- Honey Beige (for medium to dusky skin tone)
My Take on Lakme Absolute White Intense Wet and Dry Compact:
Before moving on to say how is this product and what has been my experience with it, I want to say one thing and that is this compact fell off the stairs from my hands and broke into pieces :cry: yeah it broke into pieces before I could even review it. Don’t know why I don’t have the habit of taking pics of a product when it’s new so that it looks fresh and new, I always end up taking pics when I’m fully ready to review the product after using it for a while, maybe that’s why my products looks old and not newly bought and moreover I can’t review a product in just 4-5 days, like I bought it 2 days ago and I’m ready to review it now, no I’m not like this. I need full one to two weeks to test a product be it a lipstick, blush, compact, eye shadow, etc. coz I want to give every detail of the product and experience everything about it in different situation.
Now coming back to this compact, it comes in a shiny black colored pan with an inbuilt mirror and a sponge applicator. It has two separate compartments, one for the powder and the bottom one for storing the sponge applicator. The sponge is quite useful in my opinion and gives even coverage, I mostly use this compact with the sponge as I think it gives the coverage and finish I need though you have to be careful to use it with very light hand or it may end up making the finish of this compact cakey and patchy.
The concept of Lakme Absolute White Intense Wet and Dry Compact is that it can be used as a foundation when wet and as a compact when dry which is what it comes in (dry form). If you want to use it as a foundation, you can slightly wet the sponge and pat it on the compact and then apply it with light hand or you can use a damp beauty blender or even a damp stippling brush. I think the sponge gives a pretty much good finish when used wet as well as dry. When used wet, the compact gives a pearly finish with somewhat sheer to medium coverage and my dry skin kind of looks good when I use this compact as wet but I still have to make sure that my face is nicely moisturized or it can look patchy and cakey. It has very soft texture which feels like silk if you touch it with your hands.
Said the fact that it can be used in two ways as a foundation and as a compact, I mostly use it as a compact for a last step to set my base makeup and sometimes to touch up if I’m going out on a long event. The compact is sturdy and doesn’t reserve much space so it easily fits in my bag and I like to carry this compact with me when I’m going on a long event where I will need one or two touch ups coz I love the way it instantly brightens and makes my face glow with just one single light swipe.
It gives good coverage, so if your base is of medium coverage it will complement it by making it more than medium and if your base is of sheer coverage, it will make it to medium. This compact instantly brightens my face and so the (look naturally fair) claim is not false and it also contains SPF 17 which is good for protection against sun though I don’t skip my sunscreen if I’m wearing this in morning and it has also got hyaluronic acid which is a great plumping and hydrating agent as I explained in yesterday’s post which you can check Here.
After saying all good things about it, here comes the bad part of this compact, it can make you look patchy and cakey if used with heavy hand like you go on blending it hard with a sponge or a brush, that means you have to use it with very light hand like slightly swiping it over your face with very light strokes. This compact is no way for aging skin or skin that has fine lines, wrinkles, visible pores and acne as it can set in fine lines and make acne more visible by clumping on them and set in pores making them more visible. So your skin has to be flawless, without any problem to use this compact and it looks good only on non problematic skin.
It looks good in photographs but if applied heavily and overly it gives a ghostly look in photographs when using flash so make sure you don’t use it when you’ll be photographed in flash. But in natural photography, it kind of looks good if applied smartly so I don’t mind topping my base with it when I’m photographing in a normal daylight.
I took it once with me while travelling to my maternal grandparent’s place and I usually don’t carry bag with me and walk very casually so I kept it in my coat’s pocket where it easily fitted and I touched up at the last moment before we could reach there and when I reached home, after a few hours my sis was like- what have you used, you are literally glowing, light is reflecting off your face, you are looking so fresh and fair and I was like nothing, it’s my BB cream which I applied before coming here ;) who wants to tell the secret of your glow. With this mini experience I want to say it makes me look that good and fresh. One or two light touch ups with it would be great for the whole day but at the same time, it can also look patchy, cakey and set in fine lines if used heavily and excessively. Pheww!! too much of blabbering. But I love writing full detailed reviews so that it makes you a wise buyer and leave the decision on you to decide upon a product by mentioning all its good and bad parts. That’s why I love to use a product for a good amount of time so that I can explain it elaborately and my experience with it in detail!
After blending with the sponge applicator.
Pros of Lakme Absolute White Intense Wet and Dry Compact:
- Sleek and attractive packaging.
- Comes with an inbuilt mirror and a sponge applicator which is great for touch ups.
- Sponge applicator is quite useful and I mostly do touch ups with it.
- Has a good wear time, it keeps skin looking fresh for up to 5 hours and with touch ups the wear time extends even more.
- Soft smooth texture.
- Can be used in two ways- as a foundation and as a compact as I explained above.
- Contains SPF 17, hyaluronic acid which is a great plumping and hydrating agent and vitamin B3 known for lightening the skin tone.
- Has pretty good coverage, somewhat medium and as I said if you use it to top your medium coverage base, it will then give full coverage and if you use it to top your sheer coverage base, it will give medium coverage.
- Makes my face instantly brighter and fair.
- Looks good in natural photography.
- Does not break out.
- Evens out the skin tone.
- Would be good for oily skin.
Cons of Lakme Absolute White Intense Wet and Dry Compact:
- Pricey!
- Can give white ghostly caste in flash photography so not a good option to be used when you are going to be photographed in flash.
- Can enhance pores by setting into them, sets into fine lines and gets clumped on acne.
- Can look cakey and patchy if over applied or applied heavily, it has to be used smartly with very light hand to get good results, it’s kind of like a high maintenance compact!
- Not a product for problematic skin as rather covering them, it can enhance them even more.
- Limited shade selection.
- 16 hour claim is not true.
BML Rating: 4/5
Despite of all the cons I love, no actually loved :cry: this compact as it now broke into pieces. I’d be rather using the pan for some DIY and the leftover powder for one very interesting diy which I’m sure you all will go gaga on (the DIY coming soon ;) ). I love how it instantly brightens my face and make it appear flawless though a wrong application can make it look patchy and cakey so I apply it very smartly. I loved how my sister complimented me on light reflecting from my face when I was wearing this compact. I loved it and I’m gonna miss it :( You will love it if you have oily skin though I don’t know for how long it can control oil but I’m sure you’ll love the finish it gives and if you have dry skin like me you may want to use it with very light hand to get flawless finish and make sure your base is well moisturized, it won’t get patchy and cakey that way!
I luv this range♥♥ they r too gud..
Ya it’s quite good :-)
I have acne & acne scars so I think it will end up looking patchy on me.
I like the way you write detailed reviews Arzoo :)
Sorry about the compact though :(
Haha better skip it then, thanks for the compliment Preeti :))
It looks really good and I liked how it brightened the area. Nice review darlin! :) I still remember I had used some compact and in flash photography it gave a white cast, I guess its due to titanium oxide in most of them. Happy Women’s day !! :)
Same to you dear, yeah it many be bcoz of titanium dioxide :)
Such a detailed review….. great!! :-))
Thanks :)
loved reading your review sweetie!! I know how horrible it feels when you break your compact.. it happened with me twice :( awesome detailed review and I agree , even I tend to use and experiment the product before reviewing it as it gives a better idea of how it works in different situations … :)
High 5 sweety for using the product for long and when the compact broke I was like in a trauma, you know how sad it is for a beauty blogger to lose her makeup which she loved using the most :(
Great review sweets!might turn into patchy on me! :-)’
Then skip it dear :)
Wow it blends really well
Ya it does!!
Aww sweety so sad that the compact broke… I can sooo relate to you – I never take pictures when the product is new. btw your reviewed it brilliantly !
Ya I’m so lazy to take pics when the product is new :/ thanks dear :D
This sounds very interesting. I don’t use powders that often but this looks nice.
Beautetude
Ya this is quite nice, I too don’t use powders much as I have dry skin but sometimes I like to splurge in them.
Sounds great! Loved your detailed review :)
Thanks Laks :)
Your reviews are so good Arzoo! Very well covered and very honest! Lovely post! I miss Lakme products so much! :D They are doing such a good job!
Thanks so much Som, you should try some :)
I got this as a gift, haven’t used it yet. Having 2nd thoughts if I should use it after reading your post
Do use it as I mentioned above then it will not turn patchy or cakey, the trick is to use it with very light hands dabbing it lightly :)
Very detailed and nice review :)
Thanks Raji :)
I think my combi skin will love this especially in summer. Nicely reviewed and waiting for the DIY :)
Thanks babes, do give it a try, the diy will take some time :D
Diy is great idea! Liked ur detailed review babes! :)
Thanks Shivi, will soon come up with the diy :)
Sounds so cool! Dry as compact and wet as foundation! :D Loved the review and pics Arzoo :D
Thanks a ton Arpita :)
Not a product for me :( Nice and detailed review dear :)
Thanks Radha :D
Ahh.. thast sad that it broke.. but u should fix it by Rubbing alcohol.. i did fixed my eye shadows and they are perfect now..!!
Nicely reviewed dear.. :)
Ya I know but it’s only less than half left so no use of fixing it :( thanks dear :)
Very detailed and lovely review dear… :-)) :yes: I also think it looks cakey if applied too much.. :-?
Thanks Arshita, ya it does look cakey if over applied :/
I agree with the review dear :) …. I felt the same…. my cousin has this………:) eagerly waiting for the DIY..
Thanks Tanmayee, the diy will take some time I’m working on collecting the things, will do it as soon as I can :yes:
Nice review :) Oooo! I am intrigued about the DIY!
Thanks Naomi, :P :P the diy will take some time!!
My sis is using it , she just loves the product. Nice review arzoo :)
Thanks Bharati :)
Absolutely loved your detailed review…I think my oily skin might love it…would try it once m over with my current compact :) <3
Thanks Saniya, do give it a try if you have oily skin :D
Who said u cant photographs well. Superb pics dear <3 I ll skip this as i really hate the patchy looks! Lovely n detailed review dear!
You really liked the pics, I thought they didn’t turn out good today, was a little worried!! Thanks for the compliment sweets :-D
hey very nice review! also its good that u review things after u r sure of your thoughts..its true that one cant get to know a product just after 2 or 3 uses…
Yup that’s why I use it for atleast a week or two :yes:
I love reading your blog because u explain nicely. It is easy to understand..
hey can u suggest me a good moisturizer n foundation for my acne prone skin.. :-)
Thanks, you should try Neutrogena oil free moisturizer, for foundation I can not say as I have dry skin.
I prefer minimal make up.. this is nt fr me… good review arzoo
Thanks Natasha :)
Mine also broke into pieces today :cry: :cry: me horrified….i loved it so much…how am i supposed to use it now :cry: :cry:
Aww u can probably crush it all, mix some highlighter (powder) and use as a loose powder :)
This looks quite impressive….but its bad that it broke into pieces….cheer up dear bade bade desho me aisi choti choti baatein to hoti rehti hai…. ;-) ….again a very honest and detailed review honey…:-)
Haha so true bade bade desh me aisi choti choti baate hote rehti hai, this really cheered me up ;) thanks dear.
Loved your detailed review, I have tried the compact from 9 to 5 range …will check it out!! :-)
Thanks Esha :)