Benefit cosmetics.

I just saw in People mag this new bronzer that washes off. I forget what its called. Something witty and cute of course. I don't know, I just thought I might mention it.

talk to the tan.

Benefit is having its Buh Bye sale...they're ditching brow zings and the get even powder. I'm so gonna get the BZ...and mum really wanted to try the powder. so that's something for her, too.

Oh man, that's the one! I knew you would know haha.

Im a huge fan.

FUCK YEAH! HELLLLLO BROW ZINGS and
Best of Benefit!

;D

I wish I could order stuff online...mrr. Maybe I should check UD's brow things to see if theirs is actually dark enough...

Yeah, their brow box is really nice too!

Anyone have any tips on applying boi-ing?
I have two problems with it
We don't leave the radiators on all day so when I open my boi-ing it's always really hard. Would take foreeverrr to warm it up with my fingers so I leave it on top of the radiator for like a minute haha.
And the second is it alwaysss highlights dryness and looks dry and a bit cakey under my eyes.

I know this concealer is meant to be really good so I think I'm just applying it wrong.

you need a really good eye cream. if you apply eye cream around and under your eyes, the concealer will go on a lot smoother [and you will use less, which I may have told you when you PMed me a while back].

second, you should take a concealer brush, pick up some concealer, and warm it up on your hand. that means going on top of your hand and moving the brush back and forth to work it up into a warm, smooth paste. this is another trick to make sure that you don't pick up too much concealer on your fingers.

hopefully that should help you some.

Cool, will definitely be getting a concealer brush then. I'll see if my mum has any eye cream so I can see what it's like, if not I'll get some too. Thanks Puff

I really wanted to like boi-ing but i had the exact same problem Soraya..and I used a concealer brush..
had to keep puting it under a hot light before i used it and it looked a bit dry and cakey by the end of the day. I gave up on it =(

PolyphonicThought wrote:

you need a really good eye cream. if you apply eye cream around and under your eyes, the concealer will go on a lot smoother [and you will use less, which I may have told you when you PMed me a while back].

second, you should take a concealer brush, pick up some concealer, and warm it up on your hand. that means going on top of your hand and moving the brush back and forth to work it up into a warm, smooth paste. this is another trick to make sure that you don't pick up too much concealer on your fingers.

hopefully that should help you some.

warming it up on your hand could be unhygenic... i remember posting about some eyeliner on here and saying i warmed it up on my hand and being told it was unsanitary.

I guess just make sure your hands are really spectacularly clean first.

gill wrote:

I really wanted to like boi-ing but i had the exact same problem Soraya..and I used a concealer brush..
had to keep puting it under a hot light before i used it and it looked a bit dry and cakey by the end of the day. I gave up on it =(

That sucks! Grarl, seems impossible for me to find a concealer that works. It's either the wrong texture or has crappy coverage.

I went into House of Frasiers in Glasgow today and this really nice Benefit girl gave me a make over! I generally have pretty dull skin and today it was like super dry and stuff, but this chick worked wonders.

She used:
Dear John moisturiser
Lipscription (comes with a little exfoliator and lip balm was amaaaaaaazing for my chapped lips)
A mixture of "That Gal" and "Erase Paste" to brighten up my skin
"10" the bronzer/ highlighter.
Eyecon and Powderflage to brighten up those peepers!
And a coating of bad gal plum to finish.

I was seriously impressed with everything she put on me. In particular the combo of that gal and erase paste was a miracle worker. My skin felt amazing and it lasted all day! Whats the main draw back. The cost of making me pretty = 160.00+

Ouch! I felt really guilty not buying anything because she was so nice, but my boyfriend was with me so maybe he'll have got the hint for my christmas lol

Just thought I'd mention that a while ago I realised there was just a hard unusable layer at the top of my benefit boi-ing. I scraped that off and now it's fine. I love it! It works really well on me so long as I moisturise.