Faces Eye Pencil: Swatches, Photos, Review and Comparison with Other Blue Pencils

This was really the kind of blue that I had been looking for a long long time - The Navy Blue! This is the first time I am using a FACES product, thanks to the blog world! These pencils have a wide range of colors. I am planning to make a 12 color set of Faces pencils :)

Here's my review.

Product Details

• Price: Rs 250 for 1.15 gm
• Shade: Navy Blue
• Range: Faces Long Wear Eye Pencil (Wide range of colors available)

What I like about Faces Navy Blue

• The Color and Pigmentation: It lives up to its name and is a true dark Navy Blue pencil, with a good pigmentation, 2 strokes and you're done.
• The Texture and Finish: Its soft to apply and has non-shimmery finish. I already had a shimmery blue and so this was perfect.
• Long Stay and Smudge-proof: Well it stays on till you clean it off! Also I wear it for 8 hours and it does not smudge unless you rub it real hard.
• The Price: While all these sound similar to Chambor Eye Tattoo or Colorbar I Glide, here's what is different - the price! It costs 250 for 1.15 as against 325 for 1.1 for Colorbar, without too much difference in the overall performance!

I wish Faces Navy Blue was Better in These..

• Availability: Although these pencils have been around for a while, they were not easily available. It's still not available in the retail houses like shoppers stop, lifestyle etc. They are available in some drug stores. 

Availability in Delhi: I saw a counter in DLF Place Mall, Saket. I don't know of any other place. 

If you know where else to find them please leave a comment.

• Ease of Removal: While I wouldn't exactly call this a serious issue like that with Lakme I Glide, but my experience is that it does not completely go off with a face-wash. You have to use a make-up remover (Which ideally we always should, but I am generally lazy), and then it goes off quickly.

Overall Rating: 4/5 (Price gets some extra weight)

Will I Buy it Again? Of course, I have to complete the 12 color set :)

Offers from Faces

• The DLF Place counter I visited had the following offer of 'Spend Rs 400, Get a Kajal worth Rs 99 free'.
• Recently, there was also an offer of 'Get 2 Pencils worth 500 for Rs 300' on Fashion and You. I missed it, but waiting for the next one! So keep your eyes and ears open!

Comparison of Blue Eye Pencil Swatches

Color

• 1. Lakme I Glide Eye Color
• 2. Navy Blue from Faces Long Wear Eye Pencil
• 3. Astral Blue from Lakme Shadow Artist

1 has a violet tinge with shimmer

2 is the perfect blue

3 is slightly towards turquoise

Smudge Quotient

One stroke and this is what happens.

1 and 2 stay fine but 3 gets smudged very easily.