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Lakme Nine to Five Flawless Cream Compact (Marble) Review
By Prerana Sharma,
God has made me cry finding a perfect foundation! And with this cream compact I had a horrible experience! I was checking out the new look of the season in Lakme’s website where I found models wearing cream compact were looking so fresh, so dewy that I was tempted to buy it. You know in winters, skin become so dry! I felt in love with the dewy makeup of Lakme model Amrit and grabbed this cream compact next day..
Two disasters happened with me. First, I took marble shade thinking this is close to my skin tone but it wasn’t! Second, the name “compact†confused me! The SA fooled me by saying it can be used both as a foundation (when applied with a wet sponge) as well as a compact when applied as a dry one coz this gives cream-to-“powder†finish! It was a new launch at that time and I thought it may be a better version of Radiance “Compact†so I took it but I wasted my money L…
What Lakme nine to five cream compact claims
A crème-to-powder finish formula make-up compact that glides on silky smooth and blends effortlessly for an impeccable finished look that lasts the entire day.
It has 2 separate compartments, for the foundation and lower compartment for sponge
How to apply Lakme nine to five flawless cream compact -
- Pick the product with your fingers, keep applying and blending it.
- Then damp the sponge and move it lightly all over your face just to make foundation layer even.
- In winters, the creamy texture somewhat freezes. For that u will have to blow dry the foundation for a few seconds to melt it lightly. Then wet the sponge and sweep required amount of foundation. Blend the make-up sponge in a downward direction.
Available Shades 4 shades, namely – Pearl, marble, Shell and Coral.
Price - (for 9gms) Rs 375 or 395 something (Not sure coz I bought it almost an year back and I have thrown the outer carton)
My Experience with it
When we bring home something, we are always very excited to use that product as soon as possible! So next weekend when I was going for some shopping I applied this and set it with a loose powder. It was a hot humid weather of Delhi that time, temperature outside was about 42 degrees! So I thought this being waterproof / sweat proof and giving powder finish won’t make me look oily and will stay long (9am to 5pm) as it claims. When I applied it, I felt nice and flawless..The foundation glides on smoothly with the sponge provided.
After I reaches my shopping place, I just went to the washroom to apply a little compact on my oily nose and to my horror I saw, foundation melting and tricking down my cheeks with the oil of my face!! I just wiped it out with tissue and managed the situation with my compact!
What does it means? It doesn’t stay 9to5 as it says! It is not sweet-proof! All in one, it is not a summer product.
Just to show the difference of bare skin and made up skin I have applied it above wrist.
Actually I hate this product but I have to be honest in general and hence write its positive points:
Good things of Lakme nine to five cream compact
- This compact comes with a wonderful sponge which does its job very well.
- Its packaging is very nice, travel friendly and non messy.
- It gives a wonderful matte finish.
- It can cover spots&blemishes if you apply it heavily.
- It is water proof (but not sweet proof, lol..)
Bad Things of it –
- Doesn’t stay for nine to five!
- They says it is cream “compactâ€. No, its just a foundation, not a compact.
- Claims to give powder finish but it has cream texture.
- Choosing of the shade is difficult. I normally use marble in “radiance Compact†which matches my skin color. But this one in marble gave an “one shade lighter†finish to my skin.
Will I repurchase it
No, I have found other foundations of Lakme better than this, like Invisible foundation and Perfect Radiance foundation, so why repurchase it?
You might like reading these also:-
Review -Maybelline compact powder Vs Lakme perfect radiance compact
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Too bad this didn’t work for you. I’d stay away from this!
I love lakme perfect radiance ..that worked for me
which compact u use ?
I use the same one. Had put up the pic in the haul post na. I just love it!
glad u do….it gives a flawless look and slight brightness in the complexion
Yeah I agree
Thanks for the reco 
You know I wasn’t much of a powder person. But now I like it soo much! 
hey Anu, i too brought home lakme ka radiance compact after the maybelline Vs lakme compact ka comparison, it worked for me too
do u mix it with other foundation & then use 
Heading for P.radiance foundation now, hope i get my shade…but i heard its little illuminating
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na na it is not illuminating.it gives a matte finish…heard it from a wrong source i guess.
thought a lot, but really couldn’t recollect from where i read it!! actually i read lota stuffs in net na…..well, thanks for informing that P.radiance is matte….i love matte skin…..(no wonders, oily girls loves to stay matte)
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Thank you Prerana. This was launched a long time back, nor after launching the perfect radiance, but when they first launched their 9to5 range. Actually the compact doesnt mean compact. but the form a com[act form which should be easy to carry around. Too bad it didn’t live upto its claim.
@ Both Prerana and Anamika: How is the Perfect Radiance working in summer?
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Mine is almost complete but i recently used the left over in Andaman and it was going well
u know Nivedita u can write thesis on products too
u r so detailed
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sound rude,
i didn’t find the rudeness 
well, anamika just wanted to say u wrore such facts abt this com..act which was known to only few girls here i thing…thats it sweety
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thanks Prerana..I try and am glad people appreciate it
Even I am using Lakme perfect radiance and have no complaints..
ohh gosh Nivedita..!!! Not at all..
i loved the way how u go in the minute details
Thank you. ( a big one)
Nivedita..i love to c makeup passion and people
hahahaha. Same here. I actually try to keep a track of the products I buy and since Lakme has been my brand since I was a kid, its a different kind of sentiment.
a love-hate relation
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i know..but they r getting better day by day .
even i too grew up seeing my mom using Lakme…i think Lakme is used by most of the Indian public..
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I agree with the review ..infact I had done the same review …about to send to A ..
…gr8 review …Though I have re-purchased this one few times but now am getting bored of it..never tried the radiant …should try now 
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yup u must priti..take it as my consideration and if it doesnt suit u then send it to me ..i will buy it
what u purchased this cream compact for 2nd time too!!
Aaaa…would u like to buy my cream compact as well 
I really don’t wana use it
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Prerana, I had this & the SA told me this works as a foundation & compact but she didn’t say I had to use wet sponge. But at that time I loved it bcoz the photos used to come out very pretty when I used it, I mean it hides blemishes & spots. But I didn’t know about blow drying it in winters
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Can you believe I threw it away coz I thought it got hard & ruined & will not be usable.
I completely agree with you about this compact
err now I realised after reading Nivedita’s comment what it meant “COMPACT”
hh gosh u threw it..kaam wali ko de dete
Thank you Adivaah. You threw it away!!!! Could’ve at least let it sit in a corner and die (expire). !!!
hey Anu, do u do that
mai bhi…my last give away to my kaam vali was a lakme enrich lipstick which i was bored to use anymore 
but don’t look at me like this, only 1cm lipstick was remaining inside it!!
1st i thought she wont use it coz lipsticks are “skin touched items” which girls hesitate to share bt my kaam vali wore it everyday at work and felt as if she has become “heroin”
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haahhaha…i know they don mind if u give them yur lipsticks..there was my friend kaam wali he stole even her innerwears and wore them to work every day
no wonders…it happens with lots of ladies…kaam wali bai steals lingeries to feels sexy…
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really..i didnt believe that when my friend told me
ya…they are also ladies na,and like every other lady, they too wana seduce their husbands but since can’t afford lovable and triumph, sometimes picks up their malkin’s sexy ones…
well not all, but few kaam wali bai’s really steals these items
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even the SA didn’t told me too, that i have to wet the sponge!!
that i came to know after experimenting and experimenting!!
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hmmm
LOL Kaam wali ko de sakti thi lekin darrgayi ke agar usko kuch reaction ya allergy hogayi toh kaam par aana bandh kardegi aur dosri ko doondhna mushkil hojayega
ohh seriously..my kaam wali keep asking me ..didi what is this and what is that..can i take this can i take that.. i will give the same thing to her..reaction ho jayega .thanks for a gr8 tip
No just kidding
, my kaamwali is least bother about all these things, all she wants to do just gosipping, talks about other people she works for, she talks so much, will not even let me watch TV, she keep talking even when I’m seriously watching tv 
you have a nice entertaining kaam wali bai…
seriously i agree
I tried this 3 years ago I think … gave me a horrible experience that it took two more years for me to think of buying any other ‘cosmetics’ after that.
ohh gosh…sounds terrible
I think this is similar to Colorbar’s Triple Core compact nai?? i am using that..thought i will try this next…mm…may be i will..i dont sweat so might give it a shot…thanks for warning us on the shade…
looks very very similar..it is even similar to faces new compact.
thank you sooo much for all those lovely comments ladies…now is there any one willing to purchase this cream compact from me
Oh this is not good? i have heard many good things about this thing before
you are the first person saying negative abt it prerana… but i better stay away from it than taking risk with my money
Meenu there r too many who said bad things about it now
hehe.. yeah! so i would saty away from it rather than saying good or bad abt it ….
this is similar to colorbar ka triple compact, it worked for me during winters, though i dint love it, but nor did i hate it….but it made skin oily
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i am going to stay away from it
I LIKE THIS.
I purchased it at the time of my wedding, 2yrs bck. The product disappointd me compltly!
I still have it, twice used..and It will be preserved as a mistake of tearing my money into pieces. Huh. 