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Beauty Blender with Benefit Kit *Review*

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Hello Peeps!

I have returned with another review. I was at Sephora on Sunday and I saw that they released quite a few new fun products and I was tempted to buy one of them. Well, this is not a new product per se, but it was something I wanted to try and it came in a kit along with other products so I had to get it since it was such a great price!

I present to you (drum roll)…

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Ta dah! The beautyblender + benefit kit 🙂

This kit comes with:

2 beauty blenders (white and pink)

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And a mini size of the Porefessional and Benetint

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So kawaii :3

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I’ve always heard everyone talking about the beautyblender. I bought a sponge that is similar to a beauty blender from Sephora a while ago and I have to say that it works well, but it never impressed me. When I saw this kit at Sephora I thought it was a great idea to get it. Not only do I get 2 beauty blenders, but I also go 2 minis of products I have also been wanting to have.

Now… How does a beautyblender works? Basically you take the sponge and you soak it in water. You will see the sponge expand. You have to make sure you squeeze the water out of the sponge, you can use a towel as well if you have one available.

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On this picture you can see that the white one is bigger than the pink one after is wet.

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Both wet!

Now let’s try them!

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Now.. Here is me with all my makeup-less face! xD

I have to tell you something about me.

When it comes to my under eyes, I need to cover everything! I have really bad hyper pigmentation happening in one eye, and that bad boy needs to go. First I wanted to try how well it blended my concealer. I put some concealer on my face with a brush (I used Tarte under eye CC concealer) and put it directly under my eye area. At first I started to pat the product and I saw that it looked to sheer, so after that I tried rolling the beautyblender with product and I have to say that it gave me better results. I could tell that it left me with more coverage.

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Its pointy top is great to get the product all the way under your bottom eyelashes 🙂

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When it comes to foundation, I don’t like full coverage. I have come to terms with my face and it is clear enough that I don’t care if some of my imperfections show. I tend not to use a lot of foundation and I always use foundation with a sheer finish. With this beauty blender when I was trying to pat the product all over my face, I noticed that the sponged absorbed a bunch of the product which led me to use more foundation.

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I have heard lots of people complain about this. After I patted the foundation all over my face I squeezed the beautyblender and as you can see in this picture some of the foundation was absorbed. But to be honest I really like the sheer coverage that this beautyblender gives me, and it also leaves my face with a beautiful glow.

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But since summer is here, my face gets oily as hell (and I can no longer leave the dewy finish on my face and also no longer can look like a kpop star T.T the world is cruel) so I have to use translucent powder afterwards 😦 I also used the beautyblender for this step.

The box tells you to use the white beautyblender with the Porefessional and the pink one with the Benetint. I personally prefer to put on the Porefessional with my hand.

I did decided to blend the Benetint with the beauty blender and I have to say that I am obsessed with the finish!

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I put 3 dabs of the Benetint on my cheeks and then blended it with the beautyblender. I am obsessed for life. I like the fact that it doesn’t look too pink, it just give me natural and beautiful flushed cheeks :3 I LOVE IT!

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The beautyblender also has a great 3rd usage. You can put it on your nose and look like a clown. I am thinking of going to the streets and juggle oranges as a part-time job xD JK!

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Now, how do we clean this stuff?

Well, the beautyblender brand makes two types of options to clean your sponge.

Number 1

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A solid soap bar (I actually own this one)

Number 2

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Liquid cleanser.

I would say that it really doesn’t matter which one you use. It all comes to your preference and what type of cleaner you want to use.

CONCLUSION

  • I really believe that this a great kit. You get great quality products for a great price. The kit costs $38 dollars at Sephora. You can get 1 beauty blender for $19.95, which means that you would save $1 dollar buying two and you also get 2 mini sizes of awesome products!
  • One bad side of buying this kit is that you won’t get the plastic container in which the individual beautyblender comes in. This makes it difficult to carry and also to dry your beautyblender after you wash it. You are supposed to put your beautyblender on top of the container to dry, so once it shrinks it will fall inside the container and you will know it’s dry.

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  • For those that like heavy foundation, I would say that you will have to use quite more product because unfortunately the beautyblender will absorb some of the foundation and it won’t deliver it onto your face 😦
  • I give this product a 4.5/5. I don’t like the fact that you loose quite some of the product while you are blending, but the finish it gives it’s beautiful 🙂

NOW YOU GUYS LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE USED THE BEAUTYBLENDER. LET ME KNOW HOW YOU LIKE IT!

ADIOS, BYE, CIAO, 再见, 안녕

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Lioele Pop Cherry Tint *Review* Plus incognito appearance by Benetint xD

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Lioele Lip Tint

So I am back with another product review. This time I am going to review Lioele’s ‘Pop Cherry Tint’

First of all, the packaging is very similar to Benefit’s  ‘Benetint’

 Here is Benetint by Benefit benefit-benetint-profile

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I was feeling creative when I took this shot puahahaha

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Swatch!

I purchased mine through Memebox.com and I got it for about 7 bucks with a discount they were having a few days ago. Benetint retails for about $30 juicy bucks!

Both packaging are extremely adorable and convenient to carry as well. Both of them have brush applicators.

As for application, I would have to say that I know not a huge fan of the brush applicator in the Lioele Tint. I am not sure what it is, but I feel like all of the product just goes straight into my mouth and I end up drinking most of it (but I do have to say that it does taste pretty good. I am going to intoxicate myself ahhh) Anyways… besides from drinking half of the product when I am going to apply I feel like the product itself just stays in my inner lip area.

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In this pic you can tell that most of the product just stayed in my inner lip (and my mouth T.T)

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This is after I applied another few times… But another reason why I believe you can’t really see the product all over my lip is because my lips are already pigmented and I see why it would hard to see it (but still T.T)

So the product itself has a very interesting smell... It doesn’t smell bad but it doesn’t smell good (but it does taste good :p Please don’t consume it!) So I got over the fact that most of the product went into my inner lip and I focused on the longevity of the product.

So the product doesn’t last as long as I hoped. It did stain my lips and I have to say that it made them feel super dry… Aishhh I hate that feeling! So I had to bring Mr. Lip balm into the equation! (Thank goodness for lip balm) So after I applied the lip balm I decided to eat something and see how it did. I have to say that I was rather disappointed. The product came off after I ate and all it left was a Sahara dessert on my lips (double T.T  T.T) But for some reason my lips didn’t crack or anything or started to peel, they just felt dry as hell! (Is hell dry? Idk… I’ll go ask Dante, be right back) 

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Here is another shot of my lips (after I applied it 20 billion times, okay more like 5 but whateverrrr)

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FINAL THOUGHTS: 

  • The packaging is kawaii as hell
  • I was very sad that the tint didn’t last as long as I thought it was going to last.
  • If you have ginormous lips like mine, it will require you various coats in order to cover yo lips!
  • It you don’t like that drying feeling that it leaves after you apply it, then you should consider putting lip balm on it (or  a ring… woh oh oh woh oh oh oh oh woh uh oh woh oh oh)
  • AS A FINAL VERDICT I AM GIVING THIS PRODUCT A 2/5! Okay, it did stain my lips, but I had to suffer so much in order for that to happen and it didn’t last as long either T.T
  • And will I repurchase? Unless they change the applicator then NO.

BUT IS NOT OVER YET!!!

As a makeup enthusiast (whose job is right next to a Sephora… I know right. I have been condemned to the eternal “I’m broke as hell” already.) I decided to go the extra mile and try on “Benetint” by Benefit.

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Lips with Benetint (I also had to apply lip balm for this one. I used the Benebalm on top because it gave me that drying sensation as well…)

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But compared to Lioelle’s tint, this one actually lasted a very long time. I was actually very impressed with that. After the lip balm faded away from my lips the tint was still doing it’s job

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I was pretty happy with the Benetint stain (I’m just not sure I want to commit to it because it is quite pricey)

SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!! IF YOU OWN A TINT OR ANY OF THE TINT I MENTIONED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WORKS FOR YOU 🙂

ADIOS, BYE, CIAO, 再见,  안녕