Beauty Product Reviews

Meh

I love Benefit but this was not my favorite product. This is not a matte-finish liner so if you're like me, don't even bother. Also, I bought this to make winged eyeliner a bit easier and (my eyes water just a little bit on the outer corners) I didn't find it stayed on very well with my eyes.

Love it!

I use this as my nightly face cream and I love it. It smells so relaxing, it feels great and it leaves my skin moisturized and oil-free in the morning (after I wash my face of course). It balances most of the oil that my face secretes and leaves my skin feeling silky smooth. It's a very thick cream so don't get freaked out with that. I use enough so that I've got a nice shiny layer on my face when I've worked in all that I can (after using my pore minimizing treatment which tends to leave me a little dried out) and then I go to bed. If one were to use it as a morning lotion, only a little is needed because of how thick it is. Regardless, I love this product, it lasts a long time, and when I run out of it in, like, 2018, I will definitely repurchase haha

Really good Primer

Better than any enlarged pore masking primer there is. Liquid-cream and very bendable. Doesn't remove the enlarged pores completely (of course, this isn't magic... Or a $60 toner) but it is better than most who do the same job.

Holy Grail Bronzer

My absolute favorite Benefit product of all time. Never patchy, drying or chalky. Beautiful color for light to medium skin tones. Lasts a long time and I use it almost every day as either a bronzer or a transition shade. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!

Decent for Theatre but Terrible for Daily Use

this concealer is relatively successful at covering up blemishes or discoloration in the sense that it covers up most of the color but I can't seem to make it look "natural". It looks pretty good from far away but unless you're okay with looking like cake-face, I'd avoid talking to anyone face-to-face. This concealer needs to be on moisturized (but not too oily) skin and if applied on any dry areas, it patches like crazy. Also, if you use too much or not enough, regardless of setting it, I find it to crease on my under eye fine lines when concealing my dark circles and it actually accentuates the area. It works really well as an eyeshadow primer because it makes the lid area a uniform color before layering on color. However, I'd prefer to use maybe Urban Decay Eden Primer potion because it has the same coverage and you don't need to powder to prevent creasing. I do know of a few friends who are very successful in their use of MAC Pro Longer Concealer (on some of them it looks natural), but I do have to warn people that MAC is a Theater/Stage Makeup brand. This means that the things that they put in their face makeup is not to be used for daily wear because it is too thick and heavy to allow pores to breathe as much as they need to. Overall, since I am happy with the effect it has on concealing from a distance, I will use this during my theatre performances and when I have a zit that is too high maintenance for a regular, healthy concealer, I cannot recommend to anyone who prefers to keep happy, young pores and a natural-looking face.