[ MAKEUP REVIEW ] BENEFIT HOW TO LOOK THE BEST AT EVERYTHING FLAWLESS COMPLEXION MAKEUP KIT #LIGHT

Annyeong Chingudeul!

I’m back to review another makeup product again. Today’s for an American famous brand, Benefit. And the product’s called How To Look The Best At Everything Flawless Complexion Makeup Kit, such a long name, huh?

There are two variant for this product, cmiiw. The white-peach box is for Light shade and the greeny one is for Medium shade. Mine is the light one.

Well, actually when people asking me to choose among Local, Korean, Japan or USA makeup brands, I will definitely point toward the Korean and Japan brands. It’s because I have no other choice since most of Korean and Japan brand are so friendly to my skin, besides loving their cute packaging lah. But, it doesn’t mean I don’t love Indonesian local products. I still love it for sure. Unfortunately, I have some...errr I think nearly always getting trouble when using local makeup products. Pfff...

Idk why, but almost all of my experience using local makeup has so damn bad ending with breakouts, comedos, itchy or reddish skin even using the products for sensitive skin! #cryinginthecorner. I was so frustrated and never buy local product anymore because of those tragedies, except I REALLY want the product!

Like the local products, I got the same damn bad experience using the USA brands. I’ve been using Maybeline BB Cream and foundie from Revlon then found out that my face was full of blemishes everywhere. Damn it!

Then I reached that time, about some months ago when I was browsing on instagram, I found this Benefit Makeup Kit and told to myself that I really want it like crazy. I was doubt at first because Benefit is Maybeline’s and Revlon’s friend, also the price is kinda expensive for me, it was around IDR 500k. But I thought the result may be different because it’s not a drugstore product, right? So yeah, I made a deal wif myself and bought it.

Read the review below but be aware, it’s gonna be lotta pictures here!!!

PACKAGING

I was yelling like silly kid when first time receiving this product. It’s so cute with its peachy color box. Look what products you will get on the back of the outer box. And read the descriptions and ingredients of each products on the sides box.

The inner box is exactly same with the outer, but different in the back. The box is designed like a cute diary with hard cover. Even my Mom thought I’ve just bought a book, LOL. Don’t worry the cover or the cap won’t open easily because it’s tightly magnetised.

Once you open the box, you will see four products which are ready to help you to get your flawless skin. And yeay, there’s Tips and Tricks to Instant Beauty by Benefit too on the back of its cover. Another surprise thing is when I found a mirror hiding behind the Tips and Tricks paper. I took pictures of each Tips and Tricks, you can read it by clicking those pictures below.

Well, I think it’s a perfect makeup kit package. I love with the diary concept and also fall in love with the peach colored box. That’s all so eye-catching!

CONTENT

As you can see on the pictures above, I got four products in the box. They are all in the travel size, I think they’re so cute though. The content consists of primer, liquid foundation, concealer, and powder. Lemme talk about it one by one.

 

1.      The Porefessional (7.5 ml)

The packaging is extremely cute, isn’t it? It came in a mini tube with blue-green colored. No wonder because the weight is just 7.5 ml.

This primer is brownish in color and so easily to blend with translucent finish. This face primer consists of cyclohexasiloxane (silicon). It makes your skin feel smooth and silky instantly once you applied it on your face. Of course, it will help foundie getting easier to be applied. Also this makeup base is claimed to minimize the appearance of pores and I read many good reviews about that. On my face, I still can see some BIG pores *blame it on my skin!* but it works well for smaller pores. However, I still like the blur effect of it.

Other things I like from The Porefessional is because this product is oil free and has a good staying power. Besides that I don’t smell any annoying fragrance from it, just a floral scent but not too strong. In conclusion, I like this face primer.

2.      Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW SPF 25 PA+++ - “Cheers To Me” Champagne (7.0 ml)

I have to admit that one of my reasons why I wanted this makeup kit crazily is because of the foundation. I’m not talking about its formula or how many good reviews I read, I just felt in love with the packaging, indeed! LOL.

I’m not wrong for the packaging lah. It’s BIG YES so cute and the travel friendly size makes it so perfect to go into my makeup pouch. Seems like I wanna bring it everywhere I go ahahaa... Well, it came in a transparent plastic bottle with pump. Btw, the travel size packaging is actually same as the full sized product. I personally like pump bottle because it will be more hygienic when we want to take out the foundation itself.

Now move to the content. Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW is a liquid type foundation. It has watery-creamy texture and lightweight. I like it because I don’t need so much effort to blend it on my face. You can apply it with brush, sponge or even your fingers easily. It’s easy like easssyyy...

The shade is Champagne. I don’t know why Benefit pick this shade for their “Light” makeup kit because this shade is actually on the third number of Hello Flawless foundie. And yes as I mentioned, I was a bit surprised with how yellowish the undertoned it is! But free of worry, awhile after blended into my skin it turns lighter *thank God* but I still got the yellowish undertone. Not a big problem lah. It has satin finish, neither matte nor dewy. This is a good combination since the Porefessional is matte.

This foundation has sheer to medium coverage. You can apply two layer without feeling heavy since the texture is light. If you sheer apply it, you’ll get the natural look like your second skin. However, I wish getting lighter shade than this. Or at least the pink undertoned one.

3.      BOI-ING 01 & 02 (2 x 1.5 g)

Boing boing! Yes, Benefit included two shades of concealer in this kit. Here’s I got no. 01 which is light and 02 for light-medium. It comes in a thin plastic jar and each shade is 1.5 gram. It’s an enough amount for the kit lah since we don’t use concealer to our whole face, do we?

The form of this Boi-ing concealer is compact but creamy-powdery in texture. You can check out the swatches of both shades on the picture below. See? The light shade is coming in bright and pale ivory meanwhile the second shade is almost light beige. These colors are perfect for my skin, now thank to Benefit ^u^

I use the first shade to cover up my under eye area and the second one for covering blemishes. I often mix both colors to conceal any imperfections, and that works well. If you’re wondering about how great this cutie pie’s power, please look at the pictures below.

As you can see, I have a little black dot on my back hand (that’s my mole, LOL), exactly in the red circle area. I mix both shades to conceal the mole and you can see the result in the red heart area. This product is great, imo. It covers up well and blend naturally too.

On the other hand, I have to say that it’s kinda tricky to get the best result using this concealer. You have to know the right way how to apply it. First time, I used brush to apply it and that was so terrible choice. I got the cakey-ness and the result was bitchy! It also dried up around blemishes and created ugly dots, like I’m having fungus on my skin, LOL.

So I changed my technique by using my fingertip. This way works more more better. I warm up the concealer between my tumbs and fingertip and just apply lightly to get the natural finish by gently patting my fingertip instead of rubbing it over area I want to conceal. Before that, make sure that your skin is moistened well to avoid dryness. Once you knew the right way to apply it, you will take it as your holy grail!

4.      Hello Flawless Powder - “Me, Vain?” Champagne (4.0 g)

The fourth product in this makeup kit is the Hello Flawless Powder which is the last step in order to get flawless skin with Benefit. Ah, it also comes with the mini brush. So let’s talk about it first.

The brush is in black color which is looking elegant and not cheapy, moreover there’s a carving(?) of word “benefit” there. The brush itself is smooth and doesn’t fall off easily. Nevertheless, I never use this brush to apply the powder because the handle is too short. I like to use my regular round brush because the rounded shape brush is more comfortable to spread powder. For this benefit’s brush, I still use it to make highlight on my nose bridge :D

Moving on... This Hello Flawless Powder is a compact powder with smooth texture. Honestly, the beads feels so soft over my skin and not clumpy. Unlike the liquid foundation which is sooo yellowish undertoned, the powder has friendly shade for my skin. I got the shade in Champagne, same like the foundie, but this is light beige with no yellowish tone. And the coverage is sheer with matte finish.

Unfortunately, like no other products in this makeup kit that come into travel size, I can’t bring this powder without taking the diary box too. Because the powder itself is adhered on the box.

This makeup kit really helps everyone who wants to get a flawless skin. The combination of each product is awesome. The Porefessional works well as a face primer viz minimize pores, good enough oil control and giving your skin extra smooth texture. The liquid foundation gives you a satin finish without feeling heavy, though it’s too yellow for my skin. You are closer to your flawless skin by using the Boi-ing concealer that has good coverage but still lightweight. It can hide your imperfections like blemishes, panda’s eyes or redness on your skin. Then complete the steps by sweeping the powder to seal your makeup and make it long last. And you’re there, the flawless skin!

In fact, I thought this Benefit makeup kit is my dream comes true to get my flawless skin. For about 5 or 6 days using it daily, yes it was! But the next day, I started getting blemishes and some pimples on my cheeks and forehead. I didn’t feel either itchy or reddish on my face. So I thought it was normal during my PMS. I was so stupid because then I realised that I’ve just got my period that month. Ha!

At that time, I already got some blemishes and count it. One, two, three.... Aaarrgghhh!!! DAMN IT!

It must be my own fault *please forgive me, my skin!* So I started reading the ingredients again. I notice that benefit gives a caution on the kit box for Hello Flawless products, both the foundie and the powder. “Discontinue use if signs of irritation or rash appear” Besides, I found that one of the active ingredient of those product is Octinoxate. Some of sensitive skin, including mine is not friendly with this content although in a small percentage. OMG, I WAS BLIND WHY I DIDN’T READ THAT CLEARLY??!

Well, I’m not sure whether Octinoxate or others that caused breakout on my face, but then I stop using the foundie and powder. After that, the blemishes and pimples stop appearing too. I dared myself to continue using The Porefessional and Boi-ing concealer. Lucky, those don’t cause any trouble on my face until now.

I am a crying baby looking at the Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW foundation of mine in my makeup box and can’t use it anymore. What a pity me since the foundie is the cutest product of those four. And I so so soo much love the packaging, bzzz... 

Anyway, I regret why I didn’t take selfie while using this makeup kit on my face because if anyone ask me to use all the four products again, I will say, “Hell...No!” Hehehee... Forgive me, I really don’t want to take the risk by using it anymore.

In the end, Idk how much stars I should give to this Benefit makeup kit... I’m damn disappointed with 2 of those 4 products and there’s none who able to be blamed since, in fact, my skin is so sensitive. As personal, I give it 2.5 stars of 5 because of the breakouts. But I will recommend this makeup kit to everyone with normal or friendly skin who wants to get a makeup kit for flawless skin. Yeah, you should try this one!

What do you think guys? Have you ever tried any Benefit product too? Please share with me...

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[ BEAUTY TIPS ] HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MAKEUP TIPS

Hai Pretty Readers!

Ceritanya lagi ingin membahas tips makeup buat yang masih High School nih. Yah, biarpun ke sekolah tujuan utamanya adalah belajar dan cari ilmu, tapi tampil cantik dan rapi tetap harus dong! Hihihii...

Back when I was a high school student... aku enggak pernah pakai makeup sama sekali pas ke sekolah! Hahahaa. Jangankan BB cream, pakai bedak aja hampir selalu lupa, duh (jangankan pakai bedak, PR aja sering lupa ngerjain, mbleehh!) Akhir-akhir ini aja baru mulai addicted sama makeup. Nah, biar ke-cupu-an ku enggak menular pada generasi penerus bangsa ini, mari kita mulai saja tips-nya...

1.     Keep Natural
 

Ingat ya, kalian mau ke sekolah bukan mau ikut kontes jadi harus say no to dandanan menor. Jangan pakai warna gonjreng! Kan enggak lucu kalau anak High School penampilannya kayak tante-tante mau kondangan.

Keep it natural, girls! Menurutku justru pesona anak High School itu ada pada penampilan mereka yang natural dan masih alami. Kesannya polos dan lugu tanpa dibuat-buat. Ingat, cantik itu bukan cuma karena makeup yang heboh saja tapi juga tergantung pada inner beauty (tau kan, brain-beauty-behavior) termasuk bagaimana kita mencintai diri sendiri apa adanya.

Kalian enggak perlu mengeksploitasi muka dengan pakai dempul tebal. Itu namanya penyiksaan karena bikin kulit sulit bernapas. Nggak perlu nyolok-nyolok mata sedemikian rupa buat pakai eyeliner yang tebelnya saingan kayak mata panda. No no no. Pakailah makeup seperlunya agar kesan fresh dan natural tetap ada. Caranya gimana? Lanjut ke tips nomor dua deh...

2.     Pilih Produk Kosmetik yang Tepat
 

Kalau lagi browsing di internet atau instagram, pasti mupeng deh ngeliatin makeup USA, Korea atau Jepang yang berhamburan. Tapi harganya kebanyakan nggak bersahabat sama kantong anak High School yang bisanya ngandelin duit jajan buat belanja. Tenang, someday kalau kalian sudah kerja pasti kebeli juga kok. Trus sekarang gimana?

Jawabannya adalah pilih kosmetik yang sesuai budget ya. Tapi juga harus yang aman dan bersahabat sama kulit kalian. Aku merekomendasikan beberapa produk yang mungkin bisa jadi referensi kalian. Kali ini produknya dipilih yang produk lokal semua (untuk produk luar negeri akan saya buat di post yang lain). Selain harganya cukup murah, ngedapetinnya juga gampang karena enggak harus PO. Bisa tuh dibeli di banyak toko ataupun mall.

FACE

Pilih BB cream jangan foundation karena formula BB cream lebih ringan dan ada kandungan skin care-nya. Dan pilihlah yang shade-nya sesuai dengan warna kulit ya. Pemakaiannya jangan tebal-tebal. No no no. Cukup ambil secukupnya di ujung jari kemudian oleskan ke seluruh wajah membentuk dot-dot kecil dan baurkan sampai rata. Cara lain adalah dengan menaruh BB cream secukupnya di telapak tangan, warming up (gosok-gosok kedua telapak) lalu tinggal diaplikasikan merata ke wajah dengan ditepuk-tepuk, pluk pluk pluk. Cara pemakaian BB cream dengan tangan lebih cepat daripada pakai kuas atau spons. So, pastikan tangan kalian dalam keadaan bersih.

Beberapa BB cream (baik lokal maupun luar negeri) punya shade yang agak putih sih, jadi buat yang kulitnya agak gelap jangan lupa pakai juga untuk daerah leher agar enggak belang.

Rekomendasi Produk:

Skin Aqua BB Cream

Ini salah satu produknya Rohto Indonesia. Ada dua varian BB Cream masing-masing untuk yang kulitnya oily (Perfect Matte) dan untuk kulit cenderung kering (Perfect Moisture). Kedua produk ini memiliki hasil akhir matte, bedanya kalau yang Perfect Matte oil control-nya lebih bagus. Besides, BB cream ini bisa nge-blend secara natural di kulit jadi tidak ada kesan heavy makeup.

Selain Skin Aqua BB Cream, kalian bisa mencoba produk Bright Fix BB Cream dari Pixy. Teksturnya creamy dengan hasil akhir matte. Oil control-nya cukup oke dan yang penting harganya bersahabat. Cocok lah buat High School girls. Pakainya tipis-tipis aja karena kalau dipakai terlalu tebal, malah jadi cakey.

PS. Kalau dari pengalamanku, Pixy BB cream membuat wajahku jadi komedo-an dan beberapa jerawat juga muncul (enggak parah banget sih, yah satu dua lah yang nongol) karena memang mukaku sangat sensitif (baca : songong). Di sisi lain, aku membaca banyak review positif tentang produk ini (memang kualitasnya oke kok kalau saja enggak bikin trouble di mukaku). Jadi aku hanya merekomendasikan produk ini untuk kalian yang kulitnya normal dan friendly. Tapi tetap saja, ketika mencoba produk baru ada baiknya lakukan SKIN TEST lebih dulu dan segera HENTIKAN pemakaian jika terjadi iritasi atau breakout.

Sebenarnya ada produk lain yaitu Moko Moko BB Cream (facial foamnya pernah kureview di sini). Berhubung aku belum nyobain produknya, jadi aku belum tau produk ini worth to try apa enggak.

POWDER

Bagi yang kulitnya kering, boleh skip yang satu ini. Sebenarnya alasan kenapa pilih BB cream dengan hasil yang matte adalah agar enggak perlu pakai bedak lagi, biar makeup juga tidak tambah berat. Tapi untuk yang mukanya super oily, bedak adalah teman sehidup semati, lebay deh =.=

Pakailah loose powder yang formulanya lebih ringan daripada compact powder atau bedak padat. Cara pakainya adalah ditepuk-tepuk dengan spons di seluruh wajah atau cukup di area T saja. Jangan diseret-seret (?) biar enggak merusak dan clumpy dengan BB cream. Lebih baik lagi kalau pakai powder brush, bisa lebih natural hasilnya. Tapi pakai spons bedak pun tetap oke kok.

Rekomendasi Produk:

Marcks’ Loose Powder

Ini bedak dari jaman nenek moyang tapi tetap eksis sampai sekarang. Kualitasnya jangan diragukan, girls. Dia bersahabat banget sama kulit, bahkan yang sensitif sekalipun. Oil controlnya oke punya. Harganya murah banget dan isinya banyak! Kurang apa coba?

Powder lain yang aku rekomendasikan yaitu Pigeon dan Silky Girl Shine Free Loose Powder. Produk Pigeon memang diformulasikan buat remaja, so pasti aman dan nggak berat. Kalau Silky Girl punya oil control yang bagus hanya saja teksturnya agak kasar, imo.

EYESHADOW

Poinnya adalah memakai eyeshadow yang teksturnya matte dengan warna natural. Ehem, jangan pakai yang warna-warna terang dan ber-shimmer, apalagi glitter! No no no.

Warna yang aman dipakai seperti warna coklat muda dan krem. Bisa juga sih pakai warna soft pink atau peach, asal diusap tipis saja.

Rekomendasi Produk:

Rannee Eyeshadow #14

Teksturnya matte, no shimmer, no glitter. Yang nomor 14 ini semua warnanya natural kecoklatan, cakep buat dipakai daily. Kadang sedikit smudge sih kalau udah mulai berkeringat dan oily, tapi nggak terlalu masalah kok asal matanya enggak pakai dikucek-kucek aja, LOL.

Sebenarnya eyeshadow merek lokal lain yang cukup bagus dan banyak warnanya adalah Just Miss, namun karena Just Miss kebanyakan teksturnya ber-shimmer, makanya enggak aku rekomin buat anak sekolahan.

EYELINER

Yang ini buat yang matanya kecil atau yang monolid saja. Kalau yang matanya udah belo, tukeran sama mata gue mau enggak?#loh?

Oke, oke. Buat yang matanya sudah besar sebaiknya tidak perlu pakai eyeliner. Eyeshadow saja sudah cukup. Karena eyeliner disini cuma bertujuan biar garis mata tampak lebih panjang saja.

Puppy eyes style menurutku cocok dipakai untuk daily student makeup. Dengan membuat garis mata memanjang ke bawah tanpa winged akan memberikan kesan innocent dan cute. Tidak perlu menggores eyeliner sepanjang garis kelopak mata, cukup panjangkan garis mata kalian dengan menggambar garis lurus hanya pada mata bagian pojok luar. Untuk lebih jelasnya, silahkan lihat gambar.

Rekomendasi Produk:

Pixy Eyeliner Pencil

Untuk hasil yang smooth dan natural, aku rekomendasikan eyeliner pencil. Pemakaiannya juga lebih gampang buat pemula. Pensil eyeliner dari Pixy bisa jadi pilihan yang oke karena teksturnya lembut, cukup tahan lama dan harganya murah.

Kalau kalian sudah jago pakai eyeliner, boleh juga pakai yang tipe gel. Sayangnya untuk produk lokal aku tidak tahu merek apa yang bagus. Dulu pernah nyoba Gel liner-nya Pixy, tapi gampang banget kering dan kuasnya juga disappointing.

MASCARA

Agar mata kelihatan lebih ‘pop out’, pakailah maskara. Teknik pemakaiannya adalah dengan diaplikasikan secara ‘ZigZag’ agar maskara enggak ada yang menggumpal dan enggak bikin helaian bulu mata menyatu.

Rekomendasi Produk :

Pixy Volumizing Waterproff Mascara

Dengan harga yang cukup murah, kualitas maskara dari Pixy ini lumayan oke. Produknya enggak gampang menggumpal dan smudge. Waterproof pula.  Atau kalian bisa cobain maskara dari produk Moko Moko. Walaupun aku belum mencoba, tapi beberapa temanku mengatakan kalau maskara dari Moko Moko ini oke juga kualitasnya.

LIPS

Lipstick bloody red dengan tekstur matte memang seksi dan lagi ‘in’. Tapi tempatnya bukan untuk dipakai di sekolah. Aku sarankan buat pakai produk lippies berwarna natural yang sekalian mengandung pelembap, jadi cantiknya dapet sehatnya juga dapet.

Kalau lipstick yang kamu punya warnanya agak bold, bisa diakali dengan teknik gradation lips. Jadi pakainya cukup ditengah bibir lalu baurkan. Simsalabim, bibir kamu akan kelihatan lebih dolly dan cute!

Rekomendasi Produk:

Nivea Fruity Shine Strawberry atau Lip Ice Sheer Color

Dua-duanya punya aroma strawberry yang lembut, selembut tekstur produknya. Karena warnanya sheer, bisa diaplikasikan ke seluruh permukaan bibir. Dan sudah mengandung pelembab, so bibir enggak akan mudah kering. And again, harganya murmer!

Bagi penggemar gradation lips, boleh dicoba produknya Moko Moko. Ada Sugar Lips Lipstick dan Lip HoneyTint Marker.

3.     Jangan Lupa Cleansing
 

Konsekuensi kalau kalian memakai makeup adalah HARUS RAJIN MEMBERSIHKAN WAJAH!

Makeup yang kalian pakai, walaupun tipis dan komposisinya aman tetap harus rajin dibersihkan agar tidak menyumbat pori-pori dan bikin jerawatan. Enggak mau kan gara-gara mau tampil cantik tapi malah jadi berjerawat?

Lima sampai lima belas menit sepulang sekolah, segera bersihkan makeup dengan cleanser atau makeup remover. Kenapa harus nunggu dulu? Tujuannya adalah agar suhu kulit kalian menyatu dan beradaptasi dengan suhu ruangan. Karena biasanya kalau habis beraktivitas dari luar pasti kena terik matahari dan wajah jadi panas (apalagi kalau harus kejar-kejaran #alaindia dengan angkot atau bus kota).

Jangan pernah tidur siang dengan makeup masih nempel di wajah. No no no!

Setelah membersihkan semua sisa makeup dengan seksama, cuci muka pakai facial foam favorit kalian. Kalau muka bersih dan terawat, pasti komedo dan jerawat enggak bakal ada yang mampir.

Nah, itu tadi sedikit contekan Student Makeup Tips dariku. Kalian bisa improve sekreatif mungkin yang intinya tetap menonjolkan natural beauty dengan makeup minimalis. Yang terpenting adalah percaya diri dan mencintai diri kalian apa adanya. Manfaatkanlah waktu sebaik mungkin karena masa-masa High School nggak akan terulang lagi (kecuali kalau kalian bersedia enggak naik kelas^w^). Apakah moment High School menjadi saat-saat paling indah, membanggakan, menyedihkan atau penuh penyesalan, tergantung bagamaimana kalian menjalaninya. Bersenang-senang itu harus tapi imbangi juga dengan prestasi positif, at least nilai rapor bisa bikin orang tua bangga.

How’s about your High School Makeup stories, guys? Share with me...


*all the pictures credit to Google, edited by me*

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