Face It Collagen EX Two Way Cake Review

This was my first Korean compact powder that I bought! After sticking to drugstore products throughout my highschool and early college years, I decided to venture out to try Korean brands and for me, The Face Shop has been my go-to Korean brand since it's so easy to find here in Jakarta.

So back to the powder, it's basically a compact powder that has anti-aging properties as it contains gold and collagen that will cover your fine lines, wrinkles and pores. It's designed to suit all skin types, so for an oily-combination girl like me that's good news! I bought the shade NB21 and NB25 (I'll tell you later why I ended up buying two shades lol).

Aaaasss you can see, I've hit the pan :'D Don't mind the battered case please ahahaha..

It comes with a sponge and it has a separate compartment for it. Basically your state-of-the-art Korean compact design.

It states on their website:

***Luxurious anti-aging ingredient (gold & collagen)A combination of luxurious anti-aging ingredient gold and collagen that gives skin resilience delivers concentrated nutrition creating firmness from within the skin 

***Creates 3 stage 3D volume with moisturizing/resilience/anti-aging ingredients Moisture: Hyaluronic acid 

***Resilience: Swallow nest extract, gold silkworm extractAnti-aging: Caviar extract, pomegranate extract

****Volume fit powder creates youthful skin!Uses 3D contour powder that delivers smooth application and excellent adherence and radiance. Ultra fine cushion powder evenly spreads on the skin bumps covering fine lines and pores completing silky smooth skin 

***High adherence giving long lasting radiance 

***Like covered in a veil it covers fine lines creating smooth, youthful skin 

***Color control powder: Flaky powder with excellent radiance evening scatters and diffuses the light, emphasizing radiance and giving a natural healthy skin tone
*UV Protection (SPF30, PA+++)

So does it live up to its claims? Read ahead to find out about what I think about this product!

Texture

It's sooooo smoooooth and finely milled! It's way smoother than my Maybelline compact powder!

Shade and Swatches

So initially I bought the shade NB25 because it's a closer match to my skin tone. Throughout the day, I noticed the powder oxidized and made my face darker than my hand! I went back to the store to get a lighter shade but they were out of stock :( I turned to my trusty Korean cosmetics online seller, Chrystelle Belle, and she had NB21 in stock! I was shocked because she was selling it waaaaay cheaper than the stores in Indonesia! That's the thing with Korean brands here, the stores sell it twice the price of what you could get online!

NB 21 is much lighter but it doesn't give off that ghostly white mask look, but instead, it brightens up your face and makes it look more radiant! It doesn't oxidize on my face for some reason.

Finish

I'd say matte but it won't dry out your skin because it gives a moisturizing effect. After a few hours, it will give off a dewy look. Not a good thing for me since it just makes my face look oily.

Coverage

It will cover minor redness, pores, fine lines and wrinkles but don't expect it to cover your blemishes or hyperpigmentations! It will hide absolutely none of them!

Oil Control

I usually use this to set my bb cream, so oil control is pretty decent. On my oily-combination skin, I blot after 4 hours of using this powder. On its own, oil control is teeerrrible, I have to blot after an hour! I'm not sure if it's supposed to do that since it's supposed to give off a radiant and dewy look.

Staying Power

As I said, I usually use this to set my BB cream, but when sweat and oil surfaces, I have to re-apply this powder. I'd say you have to touch up at least once throughout the day. On it's own....... it totally won't stay on your face, it will fade after 2 hours. The good side is that it doesn't settle into your fine lines or wrinkles and won't cake up. I'd recommend this powder for normal to dry skin types since it doesn't stay very well on my oily-combination skin.

Price

It contains 8g of product and this powder lasts for a very long time if you only use it as a setting powder. I hit the pan at about a year so I'd say it's worth the price.

Claims

- anti-aging properties: I don't have wrinkles yet so I can't really say anything about this. I gave the NB25 to my mom and she says that her face didn't really change after using the powder and didn't really give her the anti-aging benefits.

-Creates 3 stage 3D volume with moisturizing/resilience/anti-aging ingredients: when I use this to set my bb cream, it doesn't feel completely matte, so yes it's moisturizing on the skin. I'm not sure about the 3D effect because it makes my face look flat.

- Ultra fine cushion powder evenly spreads on the skin bumps covering fine lines and pores completing silky smooth skin: yes, yes and yes. My face feels soooo smooth after I put this on!

- High adherence giving long lasting radiance: if it's talking about the dewy effect then yes it does give a radiant glow to your skin.

- scatters and diffuses the light, emphasizing radiance and giving a natural healthy skin tone: yup, it makes my skin look healthy and not pale!

- UV Protection (SPF30, PA+++): beware of flash photography, this powder will make your face white as a ghost!

To sum it up, I'd say this powder is decent, it does the job but won't cover your hyperpigmentations. It's great for a setting powder, but on it's own it didn't stay well on my oily-combination skin. This is a great powder for those wanting a dewy effect!