Benefit Balms and Tints || First Impressions

 

Aloha - I hope your New Year has got off to a great start!

 

I have been absolutely OBSESSING over Benefit products lately, since I had the calendar all through advent and got some goodies in my stocking from Santa (if you want to see what else I got, click right here.) The balms and tints are the products from Benefit that I've been wanting to try for yonks, and luckily between my parents and the boxing day sales I got Benetint, Posietint, Benebalm and Posiebalm. This post is a first impression of sorts, since I haven't used them enough to write a full review!

 

I'm literally so excited that I finally have these products that I'm struggling to type. Asdfghjkl. Basically the tints work as stains, which you can use on your cheeks or lips, either on their own or to layer up with the tinted lip balms - I personally found that I like to use Benebalm and Benetint on their own, but the Posiebalm and tint work better together (obviously, don't put the lipbalms on your cheeks!)

 

Benetint is described as a rose coloured tint (a deep red), whereas Posietint is defined as a poppy colour, a cute girly pink. When I saw how pigmented the red stain was, I was a bit terrified as to how bright it was going to be when I put it on my lips, but actually its a toned down red when applied, and looks beautiful! I wore it on NYE, and it went down a treat. 

 

 

It's super difficult to describe the formula of these products - its safe to say the balms just have a moisturising, glossy texture, but the tints are a bit different. The only way I can think to describe the lip and cheek stains is that it feels like you're painting your lips with water colours, and then as it dries you don't even notice you have a different texture on your lips (but the colour stays on for hours, its a dream.) The brush is high quality and easy to use, and you only need a tiny amount, so the product will last for ages I imagine - and mines only the small size. 

 

 

Other colours in the collection are ChaChatint, a mango shade, or Lollitint, a 'candy orchid' colour. I actually received a sample version of Lollitint in my Benefit Advent Calendar, and I've fallen in love with the colour! It's a purple/pink lip stain, which sounds pretty bold, but accentuates the naturally lip colour really well and just brings out the colour in your lips. You can shop the collection over at Benefitcosmetics.co.uk, or at feelunique.com, which is where I got my set on Boxing Day.

 

Have you ever tried this collection?

Stay beautiful!

 

Em xo