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...
THANK YOU FOR READING AND SEE YOU ON NEXT POST!
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
