Wednesday, November 14, 2012

PRODUCT REVIEW: Benefit's Sexy Little Stowaways! Set

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Okay, so I picked this up along with the sample bag from Sephora last week and I really have to say that the products are alot smaller than they look. Don't get me wrong though, I love the products, but for $34, it was waaaay too expensive for a pinky size sample of everything. The Stay Dont Stray! eye primer was literally the size of my pinky. So here's my opinion for each product:

It's Potent! Eye Cream: It doesn't really fade my dark circles like its supposed to unfortunately. Maybe my dark circles are just too extreme, I dont know..

Bad Gal Lash  Mascara: I wasnt too thrilled with the mascara. It didn't do anything for my lashes and wouldnt even hold a curl. I'm really loving the Lancome hypnose star mascara that I got in my sample bag though. It actually lengthened my lashes and because of its pointed wand, I was able to grab my teeny tiny inner lashes as well. LOVE it so far!

Stay Dont Stray eye primer: I honestly prefer Urban Decay's Primer Potion over this one. This primer came out too runny and watery for my liking and my makeup did fade during the day. UD's primer potion works better.

Ohh La Lift eye brightener: I really love this product actually. Even though its the size of my pinky, just a few dabs under my eyes before I applied concealer really brightened up my eyes and really helped fade my under eye circles. This product I would actually consider buying the full product :)

ChaCha Tint: I'm not a huge fan of cheek stains because they don't blend very well and I always end up with a dark spot. This one in particular did not blend well at all and I had to remove it with makeup remover. It's like a mango color, and I'm not a big fan of mango-ish colors because its not flattering on me. I tried it on my lips too and it was horrid. I'll stick to powder blushes, thank you very much!

Sun Beam: I'm not a big fan of liquid bronzers either because they're hard to blend and don't work very well with my oily face. It eventually creeps up all over my face after a while and its just an oily mess after a few hours. Hated it.

The Professional pore minimizer: This product actually works really well if you don't have oily skin. Because I used my regular Olay Moisturizer, then layered on liquid foundation, there was too much product on my skin and it felt very heavy. This would work best for people that don't wear much foundation and stuff on their face.

Hoola Bronzing Powder: I really loved this bronzer because a little does go a long way! I've been using Tarte's Amazonian Clay (which I love!) as bronzer for my skin during the duller cold months and I switched to this Benefit one. I just dabbed my brush once and was able to apply it on my whole face evenly and it blended out smoothly. Love it!

Bella Bamba Blush: It says "3D brightening pink face powder"  as its description on the box, but its juts a blush. I REALLY love the color! It's very similar to NARS Orgasm, but I felt it was alot easier to blend than NARS and it did not come out as dark. It gives me such a nice complexion for the colder winter months and really gives more life to my dull complexion for the colder months. Love it!

That Gal Brightening face primer: I personally LOVE this face primer. Even though I usually use my Olay moisturizer as a primer, this really brightened up my skin tone under my foundation and gave more life to my skin. I would actually buy the full size product, but I don't use primers.

Overall, I would probably return this product because $34 was really not worth the month for tiny little samples that would probably last me like a week.

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