Famaco Purple Eggplant Leather Beauty Cream 514 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Shoe Cream

Description

Famaco Purple Eggplant Leather Beauty Cream 514 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Shoe Cream – the aubergine shade nobody else stocks

Own a pair of aubergine boots and you already know the problem: walk into any high street shop and the polish shelf offers black, brown, neutral and nothing else. A purple eggplant leather beauty cream is the answer to that, and it is the reason Famaco bother to mix shade 514 at all.

This is a 50ml jar of Famaco Creme de Beaute in 514, a deep aubergine that leans more towards the skin of the vegetable than towards violet. It feeds the hide, puts the pigment back where the wear has taken it out, and finishes with a shine you can build up by buffing.

Famaco have been mixing leather care in Paris since 1931 and their chart runs past a hundred and twenty shades. Purples like 514 are exactly what that number is for.

Why choose this purple eggplant leather beauty cream?

• A purple that actually matches. Aubergine is a dark, slightly red-toned purple, and a generic neutral cream will simply leave it looking grey where the wear is. Matched pigment fills the faded patches instead of glazing over them. Hold the open jar against the leather in daylight before the first application.
• Feeds and colours in one pass. The cream carries nourishing oils alongside the pigment, so the leather is conditioned at the same time as the shade comes back. You are not adding a second product to the routine to get both jobs done.
• Built for a shine you can control. Buff it lightly for a soft sheen or work at it with a polishing brush for real depth. Purple takes gloss well and looks far richer with it than without.
• Stops the drying that causes the fading. Leather that is never fed loses its oils, and once it is dry it drinks in rain and picks up marks. Feeding it regularly is what keeps the colour looking deep rather than dusty. A jar like this used a few times a year does more than an annual heavy session.
• Precise enough for a scuffed toe. A dauber and a jar let you place colour exactly where the leather has gone pale, without flooding the whole upper.
• Fifty millilitres goes a very long way. Coloured cream is used sparingly and mostly on the wear points, so one jar will outlive most pairs of boots. Keep the lid screwed down and it stays workable for years.

How to use the Famaco Purple Eggplant Leather Beauty Cream 514 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Shoe Cream

Purple shows dust more than almost any other shade, so a clean, dry surface matters more here than it does on black. Everything you need is a dauber, a cloth and about five minutes of your evening.

1. Brush the boots down, or wipe them over with a barely damp cloth, and let them dry properly.
2. If they have been neglected for a season, run a cleaning lotion across the leather first.
3. Load a dauber brush or a soft cloth with a small amount of cream and work it in using small circles.
4. Give it a few minutes to sink in rather than buffing it straight away.
5. Bring the shine up with a polishing brush, working evenly across the whole upper.
6. Repeat on the pale patches if you want more colour, or all over if you want more gloss.

My tip as a shoe specialist

Purple is the shade where I most often see people give up too early. The first application usually looks a little flat, because you are replacing pigment that has washed out over years rather than painting a fresh coat, and it takes two or three treatments before the depth really returns. Test on the inside of the heel first and judge the result in daylight, since aubergine can read almost black under a kitchen bulb.

Specifications

At a glance

• Volume: 50ml jar
• Colour: Purple Eggplant 514, a deep red-toned aubergine
• Also listed as: Eggplant 514
• Type: Pigmented caring cream with a buildable shine
• Suitable for: Smooth leather boots, shoes, bags and small leather goods
• Not suitable for: Suede, nubuck and patent leather
• Applicator: Dauber brush or cloth, finished with a polishing brush
• Properties: Nourishes, restores colour, long-lasting gloss
• Range: Over 120 shades in the Creme de Beaute line
• Brand: Famaco, Paris, founded 1931
• Article code: fam-beaute-514
• Price: £6.49

Frequently asked questions

Is 514 a blue purple or a red purple?

Red, on the whole. Eggplant carries a warm plum undertone rather than the cold violet you see in a lilac, which is what makes it work on burgundy-adjacent leathers as well.

Can I use it on a lighter purple shoe?

You can, but it will darken it. Coloured cream builds with each coat, so on a lilac or heather shoe I would test underneath the heel first and expect the shade to deepen noticeably.

How often does an aubergine pair need doing?

If you wear them weekly, once every month or two is plenty and a brush between wears handles the rest. The leather tells you when it is ready by looking flat and thirsty rather than deep. Creams work cumulatively, so little and often beats one heavy session. Before they go away for the summer is always a sensible moment.

Where can I buy the Famaco Purple Eggplant Leather Beauty Cream 514 in the UK?

You can order the Famaco Purple Eggplant Leather Beauty Cream 514 directly from Shoespecialist.co.uk. We offer free delivery on orders over £50, same-day dispatch when you order before 5pm, and a 60-day return policy. If 514 turns out to be a shade off, the rest of the Famaco chart is here too.