Maqpro – Fard creme

9 Reviews

1. 

   jubilantQuiche5

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   I got the A1 oe based on Olivia from maquillageobscura’s review. She is sensational.
   It is a perfect item. They have at least one other (I believe two other actually) versions of this for deeper skin tones including black who often are ignored by companies.

   I imagine the range is suited to anyone who is not sensitive to beeswax. That beeswax is what makes it long lasting.

   I use it daily. I love everything about it. When I use it I always get told I look well-rested, beautiful, ‘angelic’ type compliments
   Lasts
   Must be washed off properly or causes breakouts on me (pimple with white dot type)
   I use it no matter what
   Blush eyeshadow primer corrector lip stain etc
   Can be used fr contour etc
   Very perfect item

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   innocentPaella1

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   This is a wonderful makeup unlike any other, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It sits on the skin like a dream, offering the most astonishing skin-like finish, and comes in an amazing array of 250(!) colors. Professionals and consumers alike adore it.

   What makes it so special? It’s a hand-made, artisan line blended in Beziers, France. The company is family-owned, run by 2 brothers and their mom. They employ about 30 people at their little factory. All ingredients are certified by the French government to be completely of French origin. As a result, it completely meets the EU rules for purity, ingredient quality, clean manufacture, safety, allergy, worker standards, and no animal testing.

   The makeup is not vegan, as it uses beeswax and some colors contain carmine. The fard creme is fragrance-, wheat-, paraben- and almost silicone-free, altho’ the accompanying mixing medium does contain some slight fragrance and a small amount of cosmetic-grade mineral oil.

   Unlike most contemporary cosmetics, which often contain 5 or 6 different kinds of silicone, the fard creme contains only a tiny amount of 1 kind of silicone, which is the 9th ingredient listed of the product’s 12. Basically the product is beeswax, palm wax, some ingredients to help keep it from melting too easily, glycerin, pigment, and a touch of silicone to help it glide over the skin. No SPF.

   The advantages of the beeswax base are that it is non-irritating, offers a skin-like translucence, and is also highly water-resistant.

   I own 3 palettes: the E7, or “Caucasian” foundation palette; the PP01, or “petite” fair palette with correctors and light foundation colors; and the PP18, or “lip and cheek” palette. I also own a large bottle of the mixing medium, which is really valuable for blending the makeup & getting the best performance. My basic foundation color is 170, a very pale olive.

   As with any professional makeup, the idea is to blend colors together to correct, conceal and perfectly match the complexion on any given day or any season. You don’t need to have 2 or 3 bottles of foundation to match your complexion as it changes with the season any more!

   The 6 color foundation palettes arranged in core shades for different skin tones or ethnicities are ideal for this. I recommend everyone start with one of these. I love the E7 palette, which is no larger than my iphone 6s. This makes it great for travel.

   The makeup works best if you put down a thin layer of the mixing medium over your moisturizer/SPF to act as a primer. You can do this with a sponge, a flat top brush or your fingers.

   Then with a little mixing medium still left on your brush or sponge, mix your colors. It’s easier to do this if you pop a bit of color on the back of your hand. The makeup will blend together easily with the medium and become very soft, creamy, and spreadable. The more medium you use to mix, the more sheer the makeup will be. Then just gently apply as usual.

   By carefully mixing almost all the colors in the E7, it’s easy to do soft, gentle, realistic contouring that creates believable dimension on the face. Due to my very pale nature, I have to use a color from the PP01 correcting palette, the ivory white 52, to highlight. If you are lighter than I – snow white or super light pink – you may want to try the Asian 1 palette, which includes the 52 color as well.

   For my under eyes, I use the light salmon from the PP01 palette as well. I don’t need a concealer, because I can mix the pink or yellow brightener from the PP01 palette into a bit of my 170 base with just a touch of mixing medium and voila! I have the perfect concealer in the amount of coverage I need that day.

   This is how to best use the fard creme – mixing and blending in a series of light layers.

   Use a setting spray to fix the foundation for a dewy look; a powder with silica for a satin, poreless look; and a powder with talc for a matte look. Once set with powder, the makeup becomes water resistant and will stay for between 12-14 hours even in humid summer weather. It also never oxidizes.

   No matter how you set it, there’s always a sense of skin, and when you touch your face, it feels – how to explain – like it’s just been newly patted dry, but not ever “dry” and certainly never sticky.

   Cream and powder products apply smoothly over the foundation and blend nicely. Despite its long-lasting nature, the foundation cleanses easily with any good remover – I like the Josie Maran cleansing oil, personally. Then I wipe with Bioderma Sensibio and I’m done.

   Once you try this foundation, you’ll be converted like everyone else! 😀

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   sadCordial0

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   I bought the MAQpro Corrector/Lip/Cheek Petite Palette AI1, in full size (30ml).

   This compact (tiny!) palette leaves an extremely natural finish on the skin.

   For reference, I am Chinese with fair skin with yellow undertones. I use Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum in #51 and Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in 10 Beige.

   The correcting colours are 15 (salmon), CR (green), and 14 (lavender).

   No 15 (salmon) is excellent. I tap it under my eyes with the pad of my ring finger. It corrects and brightens enough by itself that I don’t need foundation or concealor under eye. It leaves a skin-like finish on my thin, slightly dry under-eye area.

   CR (green) tones down the redness on and around my nose. It’s enough if I wanted a bare faced look, but I like go over with a thin layer of foundation to fully cover the redness since I like red lips.

   No. 9 (brown) is a brilliant, brilliant contour colour. I draw thin lines down the sides of my nose and curved under the head of my brows with a fine brush, and blend it with the pad of my finger. The heat from my finger melts it into the skin. This is the first time I’ve ever contoured. I found the product fool-proof & unnoticeable under bright natural light, artificial light, or shade.

   No 152 (scarlet red) is wonderful as a blush. Very lightly dab the pad of your finger on the pigment, then pat pat pat it onto your cheeks. It melts into the skin beautifully. As long as you use a light hand, you will look like you’re in the first flush of love.

   It can also be mixed with No 19 (coral) to use over grey bleed. For example, to cover up a tattoo, you can go over it in 3 layers. First layer would be salmon to counteract the blue-purple. Then an orange pigment, to counteract the probable grey bleed-through. Finally, a skin-coloured concealer.

   No 157 (pink) and No 19 (coral) have the same creamy texture. I’d still advise using a light hand and building the colour up. I personally prefer No 152 on my cheeks.

   (A tip from the very lovely Lisa Eldridge is to blend with your foundation brush with a tiny bit of residue foundation, if you’ve put too much cream blush on.)

   No 151 (burgundy) can also be used as a blusher. You can mix it with No 152 (red) to create a lighter/brighter lip colour, or use it by itself for a noir look. By itself on the lips, it gives off a 20s vibe.

   The shimmer shades No 2216 (shimmer pink) and No 117 (shimmer gold) are sheer. I haven’t used them, but I think they would be good as highlighter on the inner eye corner and the cupid’s bow. I wouldn’t use them as face highlighter because they’re too obvious; I prefer a more subtle dewy-finish highlighter. I wouldn’t count on them as eyeshadows by themselves either because of their sheerness, maybe overlaying another cream eyeshadow? I think the shimmer gold would look divine over a black eyeshadow.

   In terms of smell, there is none. The consistency is like cold butter taken straight from the fridge: it melts when you press your finger on it and how hard & how long you press will determine the amount of product you get. You could also use a small brush to pick up product.

   Remember to powder, or they’ll disappear / become oily.

   Lastly, use and play with these pigments however you want. They’re colour in an extraordinarily blendable medium that melts into a skin-like finish.

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   goofyWidgeon1

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   I am writing a review for two MaqPro palettes the petite PP.01 and a large one from preciousaboutmakeup.com, the Morag Ross one.

   I will start with the PP.01: Starting with the top row on the left, the shades are: 41-which is essentially white,52- is an alabaster white, 111- a very fair pinky light flesh, TL2- which is a lovely light beige that is about two shades lighter than my med-light ivory skin, 170-which is a little lighter 2nd row left: 124-again a very pretty neutral light beige, 131-a very pretty pale but true pink, 91- a light rose-ish beige, C-1 which almost a Touche Eclat-type highlighting/brightening color and last 101 which is the loveliest coolest pale icy blue.

   The second palette which I purchased from the above-named website, was designed by the makeup artist Morag Ross, the colors are as follows also from the top left: 117- the ultimate contour color used by commercial make up artists, C.1which I mentioned above,14- a gorgeous lively light pink which can be used to brighten and wake up any highlighter and complexion, lower left, 124- a true beige, TL.3- a warm bronzy beige and last and what I feel really sells this palette is C.R a green that will cancel out any redness is a florid complexion.

   I am sorry that I cannot upload photos, but I hope this helps when you go to various websites and try to decipher the colors. As far as application I am aggressive when I use these on myself I simply hold my finger on the shade it warms slightly and then I apply with my fingers, blend it out with a Sigma F80 kabuki brush, my skin is always well moisturized with the MaqPro lotion, I also set the face by rubbing my hands together so the friction warms my hands and I then just post my palms on my face. I always set this make up with a VERY light dusting of powder (applied with a velour puff) and I like the T. Leclerc powders as well as Chanel loose powder.

   I hope this helps.

   P.S. I wanted to give an update as to one way I have mixed three of the colors in this palette, the CR which is green and used for cancelling out red, works beautifully to knock out some of the peachy tones in 124 (which is referred to as a ‘warm’ ivory) and then I add C.1 (the lightest shade) and I have a perfect foundation color for my true medium/light ivory skin, meaning I have a LOT of yellow in my skin, if I need to deepen the color I could use a teeny tiny amount of 117 (which is considered by the top BBC makeup artists) to be the best contour in the business. Although I prefer the contour color S-5 in the RCMA highlight/contour palette. I will be reviewing that palette as well.

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   grumpyDinosaur5

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   I am not a makeup artist, just an enthusiast who paints her own face only. I own four MaqPro palettes: three small ones and one foundation palette by Morag Ross, bought from PAM in the UK. I got the Morag Ross palette because it has a big green slab and I need to mix green into most of my foundations. It also has a giant contour/bronzer slab and a good light yellow-based foundation shade.

   PAM has a very versatile concealer, lip and cheek petite palette that I love. A MUA would probably be more likely to buy the giant kits but those are a bit useless to me. It even has a sparkly gold which is amazing to mix with the reds for blush or lips, or light shade(s) to use as a highligher or even make a sparkly bronzer. I think this is the most versatile off-the-shelf MacPro petite palette. The bad news is that it is specific to one retailer.

   I use the Fard Cremes as foundation (mixed from several shades), concealer, bronzer, blush and a bit on the lips. Because it’s all the same formula, the shades work together amazingly. Bronzer and blush can look absolutely natural, depending on the shades you pick or mix.

   I use them all without mixing with moisturiser. I have oily skin so I feel I don’t need anything underneath aside from SPF. The only trick is to take little amounts with some implement that is not your finger or a brush, put them on the back of your hand and work the product with a fingertip until it is soft and creamy. That’s it. Then I apply with fingers and do final blending and working into the skin with a brush. You can’t use a damp BeautyBlender-type sponge to apply neat, I find, because the wax does not like to stick to a watery sponge. You have to mix with moisturiser to apply that way.

   As foundation, it looks beautiful when my skin is in good order. When I’ve managed to turn my face into a dehydrated, flaky mess with acne products, this foundation, like all others, looks like crap, clinging to dry flakes and being overall impossible. It has not broken me out.

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   exactingRhino6

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   The pro full-coverage makeup line that gives me the best skin finish, blendability and color choice.

   I’ve been using the original Fard Creme from MAQpro (Le Maquillage Professionnel) for about six months now. Though I’m not a professional makeup artist, I have used pro foundations from Graftobian, Cinema Secrets, RCMA and Joe Blasco. I’ve also used Kevyn Aucoin’s Sensual Skin Enhancer and Hakansson Skin’s cream foundations and correctors. Oh, and full-coverage stick and cream foundations from department-store lines.

   Of ALL of these, MAQpro reflects light the most like bare skin. (Second-best would be RCMA, which is similar in feel — and for that matter, ingredients.) I don’t know whether it’s the waxes in the formula or the pigments or the cosmic interplay between the waxes and the pigments. But I do know that this has none of the chalkiness that some full-coverage foundations can have on my dry skin. That’s my main reason for choosing it — the finish is closest to skin.

   The foundation looks like it would be hard and unblendable in the pan, but it is quite the opposite. It is easily sheered out and two colors will blend thoroughly. MAQPro sells a makeup mixer that I very much like, so I haven’t experimented with blending it with other primers or moisturizers, but I imagine there are many mixers that could work. I have combined colors on a palette or the back of my hand with a bit of the makeup mixer and picked the mixture up with a brush or sponge to apply. I’ve also patted two different colors onto my face and blended with fingers, sponge or a brush right in place. Or, I’ve picked up two colors right on the bristles of my brush. The formula is not fussy in terms of techniques.

   I like to apply the product, usually with a goat-hair brush and sheered with some makeup mixer, and blend with a damp Beauty Blender or a buffing brush. Once I’ve gotten everything in place, I sometimes press the palms of my hands over my face, a section at a time, to further melt the cream into my skin. I powder only my nose — keep in mind that I have dry/very dry skin — and I use far less powder than almost any foundation I’ve used. Certainly I use less powder than with most cream foundations. I get a full day’s wear with minimal fading. The foundation does not pool in pores to make them visible.

   I have used the fard cremes as a full face of makeup: foundation, concealer, contouring, blush, eyeshadow, eyeliner, highlight and lip stain. I add only mascara and gloss (MAQPro makes both mascara and gloss, but I haven’t tried them.) I build the coverage in thin layers where needed. That can take time, so if I’m in a hurry, I will start with a thin layer of Ellis Faas’ Skin Veil (in S101) and then use the MAQPro as a concealer and so on. That goes faster. I have a port-wine birthmark and melasma, so the concealing is significant, but the combo of EF and MAQPro is the most undetectable I’ve tried. I do not try for complete opacity, but even so, I no longer get people asking me if I have a bruise on my cheek where the melasma and the birthmark intersect.

   I own two 10-well palettes of colors, both bought from camerareadycosmetics.com. I am pale (about NC10, Color IQ 3Y01) and neutral-to-warm-toned, and I use PP01 (for “petite palette 01”) for most of my foundation and concealing. My basic skin tone is a combo of 170, a light olive tone, and 52, a very pale true ivory. I vary the proportions of 170 and 52 depending on what part of my face I’m covering. The palette has 8 other colors, including some slightly pinker and darker foundation colors, some peach correctors and an excellent yellow-toned highlighter. Sometimes I find that the 170-52 combo isn’t the right thing, and I do better picking one of the pinker foundations and mixing it with the yellow highlighter. And that’s what I love about the palette: The range of colors gives me the ability to fine-tune my shade on the fly. All of the colors are usable.

   My second palette is AI1, specifically created for color correcting and blush. A dark brown shade, 117, sheers out to be the best contour and crease color I’ve ever tried on my pale skin. Truly magical. There’s an olive-green red neutralizer (CR) that is a lifesaver with my birthmark. And the AI1 palette has a tomato red that looks dark but sheers out to be a very natural blush.

   The 10-well palettes are roughly the size of the palm of my hand or a deck of cards, which might make you think they wouldn’t last long. I’ve had mine six months, as I’ve said, and I’ve only made significant dents in 170 and 52, my daily colors. I suspect I won’t be replacing them for a year.

   MAQPro makes a dizzying array of colors, as well as other formulations of foundation. They’ve recently updated their website, http://www.maqpro.com, and now it’s a useful reference in seeing the range and palettes available. But keep in mind that some of the color dots are off (as always) and their color-numbering system is, to put it kindly, eccentric. Also (as if this weren’t confusing enough), distributors sometimes have exclusive palettes available, which aren’t listed on the MAQPro website.

   This brings me to the biggest challenge if you live in the United States but not in Southern California: You’re going to have to buy the fard cremes on-line. (Or go to Paris to visit MAQPro yourself.) Camera Ready Cosmetics and Nigel Beauty Emporium both carry some of the range.

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   decimalRat6

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   I love the maqpro fard crème.
   First, they have around 100 shades of foundation, half of which are for darker skin tones. I easily found a perfect match for my 2R13 complexion.
   The foundation is high coverage, but you can easily sheer it down and get a very natural effect. I no longer need concealer, I can just use the fard crème as needed, on undereye circles or on blemishes. This foundation really looks like skin. I like to powder after. It lasts all day long.
   Last, this product is quite cheap. 30ml of foundation sell for €15.
   This is by no way an elegant product. The packaging is functional, there is no luxurious smell. It does the job very well though.

   Addendum
   Gattefossé is a highly innovative company focused on naturally derived ingredients.Its products are by no mean cheap or low quality. They’ve actually developed a lot of “active” functional ingredients: emulsifiers with moisturizing activity, waxes with benefit for the skin etc… They have their own brand and also supply higher end companies.
   Having similar ingredients to a lipbalm (not lipstick) doesn’t in any way mean the product won’t be be suitable for the skin. Most salves for the face can be used on lips with no problems.

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   lazyBasmati4

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   MaqPro Fard Creme is literally LIPSTICK, tinted in a variety of colors. Not lip balm. Lipstick.

   If you look at the photos I’ve uploaded, one is the MaqPro ingredients list from one of the palettes, and the other is a screenshot of the website of a French bulk cosmetic ingredient supplier, listing the ingredients of their Lipstick Base. The ingredient lists are identical right up until the pigments at the end of the MaqPro list (because the lipstick base has no added pigment).

   Lipstick is not what I think of when I think of the ideal foundation formula. It’s no wonder people have a hard time warming, applying, and setting this foundation, and it’s no wonder many people find that it breaks down and fades/separates after a few hours on the skin. People talk about this stuff being wax-based like that’s a plus, but really, modern cosmetics technology has come a long way past this.

   That’s not to say this product line doesn’t have its uses. Obviously it’s great for lip palettes, And people often use lipstick as cream blush or color correctors (Petrilude used Morange to counter his beard shadow). And if you want a wax- and oil-based foundation for whatever reason, maybe this will be your jam [like for instance if you’re a stage performer]. I myself wouldn’t put this all over my face as an every day foundation. If it works for you, terrific.

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   solemnVenison1

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   Love!
   Now, being a self proclaimed foundation addict I do not use the word love lightly.

   MaqPro or le maquillage professionnel is a wax based foundation, yes you heard me WAX BASED that gives sheer to full coverage.

   The whole ‘skin colour’ range runs on the pink side, which, I initially thought was going to be a complete nightmare on my olive skin, but it has turned out to be my HG. I’m lucky enough to live fairly close to the PAM pro makeup shop, where I picked this up. It comes in a variety of sizes right down to small, almost sample size pots for under £5. If you can get to the shop the assistants are actual makeup artists and will spend time with you colour matching (added bonus they are extremely patient and friendly). Application; now, there is a knack to getting this right and it is by no means a 2 second job, but my god it gives you a real skin look that is definitely worth the application time.

   As I mentioned before this is a wax and so technically doesn’t set on its own. My application is as follows:
   Apply to a clean primer free skin…. yes primer free. I use a stippling brush (real techniques) over the product then swipe it across my face from the inside out (sort of like war paint) then I give the product a few moments to warm and melt (it doesn’t totally melt just softens). I then buff it into my skin for the coverage I require then give it a few more seconds to settle. I then go in with my fingers and press the foundation into my skin.
   To set, in the beginning I used Makeup forever HD powder, which in my opinion isn’t worth the money. I have since found l’oreal magique nude bb powder which, is everything I had hoped MUFE HD powder would be…. I digress.. anyway, you can use any powder you wish but I’m using the BB powder which I swirl my large soft powder brush into and gently PRESS into the foundation. I have to have a ‘feel’ with my fingers to be sure the powder is on top of the foundation as it really doesn’’t show. I then set with a setting spray but it’s not essential.
   End result… gorgeous flawless ‘real skin’ that lasts and doesn’t break me out. I do have to touch up my oily nose occasionally but the BB powder does this effortlessly and the finish is soooo worth it.