Throwback Thursday... BENEFIT COSMETICS

I learned this week that Benefit started in 1976 and that the product Benetint was created for exotic dancers!  I thought I would review some of my favorite Benefit products.

My absolute favorite thing in the Benefit line has to be their Porefessional.  This balm minimizes the appearance of pores and I love how smooth it goes on.  It is $31 a tube so it is a bit pricey - I usually look for it in the $8 and $10 tubes or in a set of Benefit products to save money.

(photo credit: benefitcosmetics.com)

Another Benefit product that I buy all the time is their That Gal face primer.  This primer is fantastic!  It is a face brightening primer and helps take the dullness out of your skin pallor.  Love it!  It retails for $29 a bottle so I get it in sample sizes or in a set.  

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Another product of theirs I adore is High Beam.  It is a luminescent complexion enhancer - a highlighter for under the eyes.  It brightens.  It retails for $26 a bottle and I can usually find it in a kit with my other faves for a reasonable price.  The last kit I got, Beauty Score, was $36 for 10 Benefit products.  

(photo credit: www.hijabbeauty.com )

Of course since I am a lipgloss girl, they also have several lip products that I adore.  Posietint is a lip and cheek stain.  Benetint is there oldy but goody product.  It is a big seller as well.  Both are very nice for lips and cheek color.  They each retail for $30 so it is nice to find them in the sample sizes. 

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Benefit also has a mascara that people rave about:  They're Real.  I am not too picky about my mascara.  There are a few I would never buy again but for the most part, I like whatever I am using at the time.

(photo credit: benefitcosmetics.com)

So that was the reviews on things I have tried, let's talk about the products I want to try:

Benefit just came out with lip tint balms called Hydrating Tinted  Lip Balms based on their tints.   These promise to hydrate the lips as well as tinting them and can be worn alone or over the tints.  They have them in the four tints:  Posie, Bene, Cha Cha and Lolli!  These sell for $18 a piece.

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I am also dying to try their Fine-One-One, which is a cheek and lip stain.  It looks amazing too!  Clever marketing works on me evidently!  It retails for $30.

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Benefit also makes Boing, an industrial strength concealer.   And again, I am a sucker for packaging on this one - super cute!  Boing retails for $20.

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And finally, I would love to try Dr. Feelgood, a velvety complexion balm.  And of course, super cute packaging.  It retails fro $31. 

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Wednesday LOVES...

The things I am loving this Wednesday:

I am loving these Wrist Candy Style Packs by PuraVida Bracelets.  They are very cute and there are tons to choose from in a style that everyone will like.  

Sisters of Los Angeles glasses that were in the Pop Sugar Must Have box! Super cute!  

I really want to build a kit on Benefit Cosmetics website.  It looks so fun and you get a good deal on the products.  

Found on thebeautythesis.com

My faves in this photo are #5 the Dream blush by Maybelline, #7 EOS lip balm, and #9 the Yes to Cucumber towelettes.  I want to try #4 Wet n Wild lip balm and #12 Garnier Moisture Rescue.  

LOVE ULTA CASHBACK...

I could not resist getting this Benefit set when I found out I had $8 in ULTA cash to spend.  It retails for $36 so it was nice to get a discount.  Benefit is one of my favorite makeup brands and I have loved every item of theirs I have tried.  This set included 7 things I have never tried.

BENEFIT BEAUTY SCORE - This set includes Benetint, High Beam, Stay Don't Stray, Ooh La Lift, Pore Professional, That Gal, It's Potent, Hoola, Bella Bamba, and They're Real.  

This coin purse was the free gift with purchase of any $35 Benefit item or items.  I expected the coin purse to be much smaller and was pleasantly surprised by the size of this.  It also has a mirror and a little pocket inside.

Shopping Saturday!

MY DAY OUT!

I had gotten an e-mail yesterday about the giveaway at Sephora so I knew I needed to do a shopping trip! The deal was free Benefit bag with any purchase and they would have the Pore Professional to be used if you had 100 Beauty Insider points.  Thankfully, they had two left because I had been saving my points for awhile to get something I really needed.

For my purchase, I bought the Sun Safety Kit for $27 with 11 products, the Glamglow youth mud exfoliant treatment, Sephora pore cleaner, and the Two Faced Sexy Lips & Lashes.  

This Sun Safety kit is sold out online so I was very pleased to find it in the store.
Here is one side of the Sun Safety Kit with Too Faced Bronzing Powder, Tarte self tanner, Murad Day Moisturizer, Stila bronzing balm, Peter Thomas Roth Defense Lotion.

The other side:  St Tropez Bronzing Mousse, Bare Minerals Mineral Veil, Supergoop sunscreen oil, Algenist moisturizer, Ole Henriksen Sunscreen, and Shiseida sun protection cream. 

I ran over to Target and did some shopping for my Filofax - stickers, markers, Washi Tape and a pen. Infixinity markers were recommended by another Blogger and I cannot wait to use them in my Filofax.  I love Hello Kitty stickers and these owls are the cutest ever.

Bath and Body Works had $3 sale on their Hawaii soaps and these are my favorite for the summer.  Smell so Good!  I got Island White Pineapple, Honolulu Sun and Aloha Orchid.  I also picked up a little gift for my photographer who did our family photos last weekend.  

Ulta always has great bargains and gifts with purchase and I have been eyeing this Benefit mini package for awhile - Only Online Beauty Score -  it includes Pore Professional, That Gal, Hoola, Bella Bomba, It's Potent, They're Real mascara, Ooh La Lift, Stay Don't stray, Benetint, and High Beam  - 10 mini's all for $36.  I have only tried the Pore Professional, That Gal, Benetint, and High Beam; so very excited to try the other 6 products.

 And with any $35 Benefit purchase is this cute Benefit coin purse - which is actually a very nice size - super excited to use this in my purse!

And of course a trip to town would not be complete without a cake pop and a Starbucks Frappachino! 

What I am Loving Wednesdays...

Borrowed from RamblingsofaSuburbanMom, these items are what I am loving this week!

Beauty Smoothie in buttercream delight.... I love this - its a shampoo, shower gel, and bubble bath in one - from ULTA.

The round - about caddy from 31.  Loves this little tote.  Perfect for trips to the pool or as a dorm room shower caddy.

This cute little unicorn corkscrew is so fun!  And opening bottles of wine is fun too!

Aden and Anais blanket - this is my fave blanket of all time - I want it and I want to give it to everyone having a baby girl - see below for the one I would give for baby boys!

The Aden and Anais dream blanket in elephant!  So cute!

And of course, since this is a blog also about my makeup obsession, this is the one I am obsessing about this week.  It is a very good hider of those pores. 

Friday iPhone Dump

Friday iPhone Dump

I have very random photos on my phone - stuff I see that I think someone else would like, photos of makeup, old family photos for #throwbackthursday.  Don't judge.

This is a random photo I took from Pinterest - my sister is frightened of penguins - when all that penguin stuff came out - the documentary and Disney movies and all - she began to think they were going to take over the world - we have teased her about this ever since. 

This is a photo of my purchases at Urban Decay to take advantage of their great sample special;  I know, I need a 12 step program.

 This is my #throwbackthursday photo this week - taken in 2004.  Daddy reading to his little kids.  They were 6 and 3.  

 This is a photo I took of my Benefit makeup to enter a contest.  trying to win some more Benefit makeup - it is fairly expensive and I like to try sample sizes before committing to their full size prices.  I really have not found a product of theirs I do not like:

This is a photo I took of the giant chocolate bunny my son's girlfriend got him for Easter - 2 pounds of solid chocolate: