Makeup Review

Benefit Primping with the Stars

From my besto Mhairi, I got the Primping with the Stars, Benefit box set for my birthday. This set includes 6 of their greatest 'fake its' products to 'primp yourself to star worthy status!'.
In the box, there are 6 minis of Stay Don't Stray concealing eye primer, the POREfessional face primer, Some Kind-a-Gorgeous foundation in medium, Benetint cheek and lip stain, Girl Meets Pearl liquid highlight and the best selling They're Real! mascara.

Stay Don't Stray

I like to use this concealing eye primer just as a primer, taking it across and under my lids. It has a really smooth and soft consistency and is really quick and easy to blend in. I find it holds the eyeshadows in place really nicely, however, when I use it - with my Naked Basics palette that is - I find they begin to crease after about 6-8 hours and start to fade slightly but it's a pretty good primer.

  

The POREfessional

I love this primer! It's meant to minimise the appearance of pores, which I don't really notice because my pores aren't too huge, but I find that it really mattifies my skin and holds my makeup in place a little longer than usual. I like to apply this around my nose area and blend it outwards.

Some Kind-a-Gorgeous 

This is a sort of translucent cream foundation but it's really cool because when you apply it, it sort of turns into a powder! That sounds really stupid but it does, like as you blend it out it just turns powdery which is really good for if you have oily skin as it completely mattifies your face and I find I don't even have to set it with a powder. I really like to put this onto my face with my fingers and then buff it in using the Real Techniques Buffing Brush.

Benetint

This is a liquid tint for cheeks and lips in a rosy-pink colour which is really pretty and has a slight rose scent. I love to use this on both my cheeks or lips, applying straight into my lips, using around 2 coats, or dotting onto my cheeks and using the Real Tecniques Contour Brush to blend it in.

Girl Meets Pearl

I think this is my favourite product from the whole collection! It is a goldy, pearly liquid highlight which I use every day on the tops of my cheekbones. It gives a really pretty, shimmery finish and is very blendable and soft. I put a little dollop on the back of my hand and use my Real Tecniques Contour Brush again to work it over my cheekbones.

They're Real!

I'm assuming that you have probably heard or have used this mascara as I believe it is the UK's no.1 best selling mascara, which I think is fair enough, considering it is very very good. It has a plastic wand and is a pretty liquidy mascara which I quite like, however I found it quite tricky to apply the first couple of times. I really like the result it gives and I find it gives me more length than volume but still, a bit of both.



I really like this little gift set and it has everything you really need to create a basic makeup look. I believe it costs around £29.95, however I could be very wrong. It is definitely worth it though because I love all the products in the box!

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