Showing posts with label benefit primer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label benefit primer. Show all posts

Monday, 1 April 2013

Which Benefit primer is best?

Benefit have a few primers out and they are all fabulous but if you are struggling to choose one, I will try and help.

On the pictures they are from left to right: Porefessional, That Gal and Girl Meets Pearl.

They each do different things:

Porefessional - This is my favourite as the colour is perfect for my skin. It is a light beige and even though it's a primer it works so well for me I don't need to wear foundation. As you have probably guessed from the name it minimises the apprentice of pores. I don't have a clue how it works I know that it just does, and it does it well. A little bit of this goes along way too. It feels very silky smooth and light on the skin. If you feel you need touch ups throughout the day you can pat on over make up for a instant perk me up. You can use this on all of your face concentrating on your t zone as this is usually where the most visible pores are.

That Gal - This stuff smells of strawberrys and it a thicker cream than the Porefessional. It is pink in colour and is used to brighten the face if you are having a dull day. This stuff is really good and is best worn under foundation but can be worn on top of foundation or alone. This can be mixed with Girl Meets Pearls for bright pearly cheeks so there would be no need for blusher.

Girl Meets Pearl - This is a highlighting primer and this is my least favourite of the 3. This is pink out of the tube but has gold highlighting tones. It is very nice but just not for me. It is best mixed with foundation or blusher for a subtle glow on either your whole face or cheeks. As this is mostly a highlighter I don't really use it as I have Watts Up and Highbeam which I prefer. I think this primer is more suited for darker skintones. It is very nice and gives your face a second glow so maybe save it for party's.

So out of the 3 Porefessional is my favourite and more suited to my fair skin. It is my favourite primer for everyday wear. That gal is great for cheating your way to a bright healthy glow if you have had a heavy night the evening before.
I have recently got Dr Feelgood which is also a priming balm so I will review this soon as I haven't tried it out yet.

Let me know what your favourite is?

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Benefit Birthday Haul

So it was my birthday the other day and today I went into town to spend my birthday money. It all went on Benefit off course so off to my local Debenhams counter I went and this is what I got:
*Some Kinda Gorgeous Foundation Faker- Lite
*Bad Gal Primer
*High Brow pencil
*Girl Meets Pearl Primer.

I was reluctant to try the Some Kinda Gorgeous foundation faker as I've read bad reviews on it but I'm going to test it and see what I think. Some reviews reported that it smelled really bad and plasticy but when I tried the tester in didn't find that at all. So maybe these reviewers bought fakes off eBay or something.
Bad Gal primer smells so delicious like strawberry, I have a little mini tester of this and I really liked it so I was keen to get the full size. I love the Porefessional primer best but it good to have a change.
I saw the High Brow pencil on a Benefit brow YouTube tutorial video and in thought it looked amazing and really helped to open up the eye. As you know I go on about how I love my Brow Zings so with this too I should have the perfect brows fingers crossed.
Lastly I got the Girl Meets Pearl primer as to be honest I was enticed by the super shiny pretty packaging and I liked how to tester looks. I can't imagine using this daily like the other primers but I wanted to give it ago. This product might be more for evening makeup looks.
I will let you know which I like best and I hope to post some YouTube reviews and tutorials soon once I've tested out the products.