Famaco Sky Blue Leather Beauty Cream 352 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Jar

Description

Famaco Sky Blue Leather Beauty Cream 352 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Jar – the pale blue nobody else stocks

Pale blue leather is lovely for exactly two summers. Then the pigment thins out across the toe and the flex line, the shoe reads slightly grey rather than blue, and you discover that no high street shop carries a cream in anything close to the right shade. So the shoes go to the back of the wardrobe over a colour problem that takes ten minutes to fix.

Famaco 352 is a sky blue leather beauty cream, a soft pigmented cream from the Creme de Beaute range that feeds the hide and puts light blue pigment back at the same time. It is the shade you cannot find anywhere else. It is a small jar of a colour that solves a problem most people have simply given up on, and it costs less than a coffee and a sandwich.

Famaco make this line in well over a hundred colours, which is why a pale blue like this exists at all.

Why choose this sky blue leather beauty cream?

• A genuine pale blue, not a navy that has been watered down. Sky blue 352 is mixed as a light shade in its own right, so it matches summer courts, pale blue loafers and pastel trainers instead of dulling them down. Getting this wrong ruins a pale shoe permanently. It is the single hardest colour to buy in a hurry.
• It nourishes as well as colours. The base is a soft nourishing cream rather than a hard wax, so the leather takes it in and stays supple. Pale summer leather is usually thin and lightly finished, and that is exactly the kind that dries and creases.
• Scuffed toes stop shouting. Pale colours show every knock because the scuff exposes a darker under-layer. A thin pass of matching cream fills that contrast in and the mark blends back into the panel around it. You get an even shoe rather than a repaired one.
• It shines up softly rather than glossily. A pastel shoe with a mirror shine looks wrong, and this cream buffs to a gentle satin instead. That is the finish a pale summer shoe is supposed to have.
• A 50ml jar lasts several seasons. You use very little at a time and pale shoes rarely get daily wear, so one jar will see you through years of summers. Keep the lid on tightly and it will not skin over. I have never sold anybody a second jar in the same year.
• Smooth leather is where it belongs. This is a pigmented wax-based cream, so it is for smooth, closed leather and coated finishes. Keep it away from suede and nubuck, where the wax mats the nap flat for good.

How to use the Famaco Sky Blue Leather Beauty Cream 352 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Jar

Pale leather punishes heavy handling, so work in thin coats, keep the cloth clean, and give the cream time to settle before you buff it. Rushing any one of those three steps is what leaves a pale shoe looking blotchy.

1. Brush the shoes down and wipe them with a barely damp cloth, then let them dry fully.
2. Take the laces out so nothing drags a dirty line across the vamp while you work.
3. Pick up a small amount of cream on a clean soft cloth or an applicator brush.
4. Work it into the leather in small circles, covering the whole panel rather than only the scuff.
5. Leave it to soak in for around fifteen minutes at room temperature.
6. Buff with a clean brush or a soft cloth until an even soft sheen comes up.

My tip as a shoe specialist

Use a separate cloth for pale colours and keep it in a bag with the jar. The commonest way people ruin a pale blue shoe is with the same cloth they last used on a brown brogue, and the traces of dark pigment on it turn sky blue into something muddy in one pass. It costs nothing to keep a light cloth and a dark cloth apart, and it saves the shoe. The same goes for brushes, which hold far more old pigment than you would expect.

Specifications

Specification summary

• Contents: 50ml screw-top jar
• Colour: Sky Blue 352
• Also listed as: Air Blue 352
• Range: Famaco Creme de Beaute
• Formula: Nourishing pigmented cream, wax based
• Suitable for: Smooth and coated leather
• Keep away from: Suede and nubuck
• Origin: Famaco, France
• Price: £6.49

Frequently asked questions

Will it be an exact match for my shoes?

Rarely exact, and it does not need to be. A cream this close blends into the surrounding leather once it is buffed, because you are refreshing the shade rather than repainting it. Test on the inside of the heel counter first if you want to be sure. Pale shades are far more forgiving than people expect once they are buffed out properly.

Can I lighten a darker blue shoe with it?

No. A nourishing cream adds a thin veil of pigment, so it will refresh a pale blue but it cannot cover a navy. For that you need an opaque leather dye, which is a much stronger product.

Does it work on pale blue trainers?

On smooth leather trainers, yes, and it is very good on scuffed toe caps. On canvas or knitted uppers it will not work, and on suede it should never be used at all.

Where can I buy the Famaco Sky Blue Leather Beauty Cream 352 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Jar in the UK?

You can order the Famaco Sky Blue Leather Beauty Cream 352 – 50ml Creme de Beaute Jar 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.