Bouqet of roses (Or maybe just rose-stained lips)
Monday, June 1, 2009
Note – this review is crazy old, so the photos aren’t of my “current standards” :P Sorry about that!
Product: Benefit’s BeneTint lip stain.
Physical properties: (That’s right. I’m bringing you back… all the way back to when you were ten and sitting in Science class, learning irrelevant facts about rocks and shit.) Great smell – just like roses! However, despite the rose smell, the taste is less than rosy – in fact, this stain tastes terrible if it’s wet, but it’s not like we regularly lick our lips before our stains dry (it was ONE time! One!) And when they said “liquid stain”? They meant it. This is as thin as water!
Colour: Pretty good payoff; see below. It’s pretty, but I’d like more blue in a stain for my cool-toned skin.
Ease of use: Works well on lips (see below, but keep in mind that this was taken is some pretty wacky lighting that makes my skin look very…yellow) but not so well on cheeks. I can’t figure out how to make it stain my cheeks; all I end up with are very red fingertips (bonus points for still being there, though, about four hours after my failed attempt to use as a blush!) It’s not even a blending problem, it’s a “why won’t you go on at all?!” problem. Maybe it blends too well?
The Verdict: Worth (most of) the hype! I really like this stain; however – my search for the perfect stain continues. It is still a little too warm for me, and doesn’t really work well to stain my cheeks. That said, though, I totally understand why this is basically the most popular lip stain ever! I’m very low-maintenance through the day (surprising, I know) so this is great for someone who doesn’t want to touch up every hour :P
5 Responses to “Bouqet of roses (Or maybe just rose-stained lips)”
The only issue I have with using it on cheeks is that sometimes it stains too much. Light fluoro red too much, lol.
But normally it looks good :). Haven't yet tried it on my lips though :-/.
& I agree about owning the mini – the regular-sized one's huge and will only be practical if that’s one’s only blush…Not very likely for a beauty blogger, of course XD.
Cris: Exactly! I adore mini sizes and GWPs, because I literally have never hit pan on anything.
Sad, right? :P
I can't remember whether I have – so I probably haven't :-P.
The blog's been good for that though, I get to use my make-up more 'cause I come up with looks that I wouldn't wear otherwise ;).
On the other hand, I now justify not-strictly-necessary purposes by thinking, "Well…I can review/present/use it on the blog ^_^!" :-P…
Yeah XD.
Cris: lol, yup – you would remember it! I rarely wear more than concealer, liner, contour, and blush, so theNotice is the only reason I ever have to put on a full face! It's great ^^
Oops, I meant purchases above, not purposes >:-).
(I hope I make more sense now – lol.)
And yes, your blog's great ^_^.
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