[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve purposely chosen the minis of the new Benefit Blushes to feature today because they’re so highly pigmented that I think it would take almost forever to use up – it’s the more budget friendly option as well because we can all be fickle – today’s favourite blush is tomorrow’s wonder-why-I-bought-it.
I remember seeing Dandelion for the first time and falling absolutely in love with it – I think it was around 2012 when blush just came in shiny black compacts so the packaging was very different for the time. Dandelion has been kept but most, if not all, the other shades have been revamped and I’ve picked out Shellie and Crystah to review.
Shellie is a coral-ish pink – it’s a warm tone with a very slight shimmer to it. It’s good for those who don’t want light-up cheeks because the amount you need to use prevents twinkle overload – you need to do the lightest sweep you can because it’s so much easier to add more rather than take away too much. If you have a very light, fluffy brush, use that. Powder blush can be a bit droppy so the pick-up is important. Crystah has a touch of strawberry, and I think more shimmer than Shellie, but it’s the more extrovert of the two. I can see that when my tone has warmed up a bit it will be a very positive pop of colour but the same go-lightly rule applies. I love that these come in mini sizes and at £15 each I feel that’s very reasonable.
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The bottom swatch is Shellie and the top is Crystah.
This is Shellie (lips are Lanolips pink). I will almost always choose creme blush over powder but these are really so, so light feeling that they feel completely at home on my skin. I think they’ll be great on brighter days just to enliven the face and bring some brightness. You can find them Shellie HERE and Crystah HERE. I’m directing you to Cloud 10 Beauty because they have some good deals on sun products as well.
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How cute are these! I can’t ever get enough of colour coordinated packaging especially when pink, coral and orange are involved.
I would happily buy the whole lot just for the visuals and use them sparingly over the eye area too for a matchy matchy sorry tonal look 🙂 I have discovered over the years that nothing brightens up my eyes more than a hint of soft orange or pink over them.
These also remind me how much Bourjois is missed, Coty are you reading this.. and those adorable little round pots of colour.
Thanks again Jane xxx
You can actually buy a set of all of them!
Oh! Ummm errr thank you Jane. Not sure if knowing this is a good or bad thing 😉 xxx
I know … sorry ;-))))
Pretty! Do they still have the awful brushes in the box?
Tbh I’m a bit iffy about Benefit after the influencer trip to Hawaii to launch these, which seemed tone-deaf in several ways. There are some lovely shades though.
I thought the Alcatraz one was worse – really, really tone deaf. No brush in the mini box samples I received.
Oh wow, I missed that one!