Review: Benefit High Beam

I got this mini bottle of Benefit's 'High Beam' in this month's Glamour Magazine.  I don't ever buy Glamour but I thought it was worth it for Benefit products.

I'd never used High Beam before, but since it's a ~cult Benefit product and I usually like Benefit makeup, I thought I'd give it a whirl.  When I told my mum it was a highlighter, she thought I meant a pen :P

        

Swatch:

I applied this by dotting the highlighter under my eyebrows and blended it in with my finger.  This can also be used to highlight cheekbones and just above the cupid's bow of your top lip. 

I liked this product, it's a bit of fun and it does brighten up your makeup.  I think this would be most noticable/useful for a night-time makeup look as it would show up more.  Also, I think if you're wearing a lot of makeup this helps to make it look a bit more 'natural' by adding a different dimension to your makeup so your face is not completely the same colour.

Review: Benefit Lipsticks

So I have two Benefit lipsticks to review today.  These are two of my favourites: Benefit Full Finish Lipstick in 'La La Land' and Benefit Silky Finish Lipstick in 'Nice Knickers'.

From left: Silky Finish Lipstick in 'Nice Knickers' and Full Finish Lipstick in 'La La Land'.

The Silky Finish lipsticks have good colour and quite sheer coverage.  They don't last very long though, and would be suitable for people who don't usually wear lipstick but want to wear bright colours instead of lipgloss.

The Full Finish lipsticks are much thicker.  The formulation is quite creamy and is really nice to wear.  This lipstick has good pigmentation and lasts ages.  'La La Land' is quite a dark pink/brown colour and I found that, worn with a creamy lip balm, it came out a cute nude pink colour which is nice for daytime.

Swatches:

From left: 'Nice Knickers' and 'La La Land'

Overall I really like these.  I also love the packaging, as usual with Benefit i's really cute and retro.

Benefit Primpcess Travel Set Review

I recently got the Benefit 'Primpcess' travel set. It contains a mini 'Bad Gal Lash' Mascara, three eye shadows in a light matte cream colour, a shimmery light pink and a matte brown colour. It has a 1.2g pan of Boi-ing in 02, and a 1.2g pan of Eye Bright.  There is also a cute mini pot of the Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in 'R.S.V.P'(3.2g) which is a very light shimmery pinky/brown colour.  There are two mini brushes in the set too; a mini concealer brush and a double-sided 'Talent Brush'/'Fluff Shadow' brush.

Benefit Primpcess (colours didn't come out well)

Inside: From Top; Bad Gal Lash Mascara, Eyeshadows, Fluff Shadow/Talent brush, Concealer Brush, Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner, Boi-ing, Eye Bright.

It also comes with a little booklet describing how to do a smokey eye using the Benefit set.

 The Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in R.S.V.P.  The colour didn't come out very well in this picture, it's a bit pinker in real life.  This is a really nice product, can be worn on it's own as a light natural colour, used as a base for another shadow or to highlight just inside the eye.  You can use these as a liner too but I haven't tried it with this colour, I think it might be too light for that.

Overall I reall like this set.  I love the eyeshadow colours, they have good pigmentation, and the darkest eyeshadow works great as a liner.  The mascara is really nice when you put it on first but I found I needed to apply a few coats to make the curl last.  The concealer was a bit dark for me but it has really good cover.  The Talent brush was really good for eyeliner and the concealer brush was quite good, and the Fluff Shadow brush was ok.  I loved the Cream Shadow/Liner and as usual for Benefit, the packaging is really cute and bright, the colours didn't come out great in my pictures though.