Benefit mini makeover

I got accosted by a Benefit lady today while I was hunting for the Urban Decay counter. She offered to try some products on me and since I've heard pretty good things about Benefit, I agreed and sat down. Considering I'd put in minimal effort and was just wearing eyeliner and mascara and a bit of tinted moisturiser, I probably looked like a prime candidate for a makeover.

She started with that gal, a primer that can also be worn on its own, then put on some kind'a gorgeous which is apparently a foundation that works for every skin tone and adapts itself. It looked a bit cakey, but she put a lot on and I don't usually wear foundation this heavy. It does match my skin tone though which is an achievement in itself; I have very light warm-toned skin which is pretty difficult to match with drugstore brands.

She then put boi-oing concealer under my eyes; I think she used the wrong shade, because it was waaaay too light and looked a bit silly.

The eyeshadows she used were powders called snow bunny (white) and punk royalty (purple). All well and good, except she didn't use any primer on my lids! I have very oily eyelids and if I don't use a primer eyeshadow slides right off. This should have been pretty obvious. She didn't blend the two colours so really I wanted to go home and fiddle with blending, but of course by the time I got back most of it had slid right off. Boooo. :(

Finally (I thought) she put on bad gal mascara in brown. I actually loved this. True to its word it didn't clump at all and my eyelashes look awesome. Definitely something I'm gonna consider buying.

"You have lovely long lashes," she said.
"Owch," I replied, as she'd just poked me in the eye.

She told me what she'd used and I said thanks, she gave me a little catalogue thing and I said I'd probably be back. Then she decided it just wasn't finished without a bit of lipgloss. Now I hate lipgloss - I've never found one that's not sticky and gross feeling. Give me lipstick any day. I was willing to give this one a try though, and sadly it lived up to expectations - ugh. Not only sticky and gross, but lumpy too! I could feel every little bit of glitter. I can still feel it now! Not impressed at all.

Still, overall it's okay. I'd definitely buy the mascara, and probably the foundation and primer too. I've heard awesome things about boi-oing so I was a little disappointed with it - I might go back soon and try a different shade.



Now that's out of the way, I also picked up collection 2000's new poptastic palette, which has nine really cool colours. I might do a review when I've tried them all, but first impressions are that I absolutely love one of the greens, it's beautiful, and I now own not only one but two yellow eyeshadows. Time to have fun experimenting.

Tata.