Fara Homidi’s face pencil had every cool girl on my feed looking like she just woke up flawless. I bought in before I even swatched it.
But here’s the thing — celebrity makeup artists don’t always make products that work on real faces. Their job is to make *models* look good. Mine is to make my 6 AM face look like I slept.
It’s a chubby, twist-up pencil that claims to do concealer, contour, and color corrector in one. $38. The claim that got me: “one step, no brush.”
The Tip Shape
It’s angled like a tiny spatula — precise enough for my nose, wide enough for under-eyes
The Coverage Level
Medium but buildable. Not full-coverage. If you want to hide a crater, this isn’t it.
The Finish
Satin. Not matte, not dewy. The kind of skin that looks like you just used a really nice moisturizer.
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No fragrance, no nonsense. The formula is surprisingly creamy — like a lip balm for your face. The ingredients list is short enough to read without coffee.
- Squalane: melts in, doesn’t sit on top of dry patches
- Vitamin E: keeps it from oxidizing into orange
- Beeswax: gives it that smooth, no-tug glide
- Silica: blurs pores without looking powdery
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First swipe — I gasped. It glided on like butter that forgot to melt. No tugging, no skipping. I dabbed with my ring finger and it disappeared into skin in 4 seconds flat.
Week 3: It creased under my eyes by hour 5. Not terrible, but if you’re a lines-and-wrinkles girl, set it with powder. Unexpected win: it works *better* as a spot concealer than undereye coverage.
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My dark circles looked 60% better. My redness? Gone. But my hormonal chin pimple? Still visible. This is a *real skin* pencil, not a photoshop stick.
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It’s a beautiful pencil for lazy days when you want to look like a better version of yourself — not a different person. But it won’t replace your concealer drawer.