I just saw Benefit's new Cabana Glama palette and I'm in love. It makes me want to take a vacation immediately to some fantastic beach where I can sip cocktails under a huge umbrella wearing 50+ SPF. It's actually a "best of" for their faux tanning products. And for $36.00 you're crazy not to own it. Set contains Some Kind-A Gorgeous in Medium; Hoola; Mini Cheek Brush; Eyeshadow palette in Peach Fizz, Bronze Buzz and Cocoa Pizzazz; and Posietint (poppy-pink tinted lip and cheek stain).
I think my favorite score for Christmas had to be the fantastic Sephora giftcard I received in my stocking (yep, I still get a stocking!) I couldn't waste any time spending the card so I dashed off to Sephora the day after Christmas and was overwhelmed with all the goodness. Like my fellow ProductWhore, I fell in love (almost lust) with Sephora's new Prisma Collection of shadows (and unlike my fellow Whore, I actually bought a few and can attest to their fabulosity). In addition to the shadows, I also picked up the Hello Flawless compact by Benefit which, if you haven't checked out, you definitely need to. This little guy is a powder foundation which acts as a concealer (use the included sponge for heavier coverage) and as a foundation (sheer coverage if you use the included brush). I love the way it feels on my skin (so silky smooth), doesn't cake at all and contains SPF15. Hello Flawless makes my skin look, well, flawless and it's the perfect size compact to carry in your purse. Honestly, no reason to not own this.
Okay guys, act quickly on this one. For today only, Benefit is previewing their newest blush, Hervana, on their website. It's a gorgeous four shades that blend together for an orchid-blossom blush with a soft satin finish. Love this one! If you don't buy it today, it won't be available again until 2012, so if you want to make all your friends jealous when you whip it out, grab it before it's gone. Go now!
Benefit's lip and cheek stains are legendary, so it's always exciting when they launch a new one. Chachatint is the next shade to join their cult line. Available starting in June, it's a mango tint that's a juicy coral shade perfect for summer. (I'm so into the corals right now). I've been trying it out for the past couple days and I'm totally loving it. It stays put on my skin a crazy long time and I'm totally into the mango shade. I know the product isn't available in stores for two months, but those of you who are already fans of Benefit should start the countdown now...
Note: A sample of this product was sent to me by a PR representative working with Benefit
I was just browsing around on Sephora's website (as I do whenever I have a free couple of minutes) and I stumbled upon this adorable little set from Benefit. Feelin' Cheeky! Minis is a travel-size set of three of their best-selling cheek products - Posietint, High Beam, and Benetint. I love (and own!) all of them, but the bottles are definitely a little too big to easily travel with, so this set is totally vacation worthy. You only get .13 of an ounce of product in each bottle, but the set is only $15, so it's totally worth it for the convenience factor alone. (And let's face it, how many of you have used even half of the big bottles you own of these anyway?) This set will be mine this weekend!
Ooh, I so badly want this new set from Benefit. Femme Metale has three of their Cream Eyeshadows in new shades - Platinum (metallic white), Plum-ing for Gold (metallic plum), and Taupe-aztic (metallic golden beige) and also includes three eyeliners in Blinged (silver), Gem-N-Eye (golden olive shimmer) and Steel Her Date (steel blue shimmer). I'm so into metallics now and these shades are gorgeous. I especially love the eyeliners because they're such a departure from Benefit's usual shades. And now pretty would the blue eyeliner look layered under the gold shadow? So pretty! I love that Sephora is doing all of these sets now with different brands because they're such great values. $38 for six different products is amazing, especially when each Cream Eyeshadow is normally $19. Definitely worth another trip to the mall this weekend (it wasn't at my Sephora yet when I stopped by last weekend, which only meant that I was "forced" to buy other products to compensate. God forbid I should leave the mall empty-handed...)
Since I've started working two jobs (I know, I know, start playing the violin) I have been completely and 
utterly sleep deprived. I never realized how important those eight precious hours were to me. I'm not even talking about my lack of concentration or my high addiction to coffee that have resulted from not sleeping, but rather am talking about how horrible the skin under my eyes looks! It's horrifying, truly. Imagine bluish and baggy to the max and you have me. Even my husband, who barely notices if I change my hair color, said to me, "Wow, what happened under your eyes?" Thank you to my sweet husband and his ever-kind words of adoration. Anyway, I decided it was time to try and mask this disgustingness and bought Erase Paste from Benefit to give it a try. For lack of a better word: awesome. This stuff is magnificent. If I wasn't so lazy, I would take before and after pics. This stuff not only covers my icky bags, but also leaves the thin skin under my eyes actually soft and hydrated (very untypical of under eye cream). Erase Paste also has some slight sheen to it to actually brighten the eye area and make me look more awake (Ha! My boss doesn't know I'm sleepy at that morning meeting!) I even use the stuff around the base of my nose, which tends toward red. I can't speak more highly about an under eye concealer. This is the best I've tried and at $26.00, it should be the best you've tried. Now, about this whole "getting more sleep" thing. How does one go about doing that?
Photo courtesy of Benefit
Okay, while I haven't seen these in person, I am so craving the Spring 2008 
Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liners by Benefit. I am in love with Birthday Suit (snicker, snicker) so I can only envision how much I will love the three new shades! All three are gorgeous, wearable pink-ish colors speckled with some gold for drama. The formula (based on my obsession with Birthday Suit) is wonderfully light, glides on effortlessly and really lasts the better part of the day. Minimal creasing makes these shadows a must-have for all beauty junkies. The glass pots are simply adorable and you really don't need much more than a swipe of the shadow (and some mascara) to achieve a perfect, fresh spring look. The three new shades look so delightful, I am thinking a trip to Sephora is in order. Bonus: I actually have something left on a gift card! Woo hoo!
Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liners can be purchased online or in stores for $18.00.
Photo courtesy of Benefit Cosmetics
I am a huge fan of the idea of multi-use products, but generally they all fall flat for me. You know the routine - so-and-so product makes a great cheek color, but they look ridiculous as an eye cream, etc, etc... (I could go on, but I won't). Benefit's Rush Hour, however, is an exception to the rule! This stick is a wonderful cheek and lip color that has become a constant in my bag. The sunberry shade is a beautifully rich rose color that looks fabulous on cheeks (mine are pale and it looks so natural) and lasts almost a full day - I usually touch-up mid afternoon. The formula glides on smoothly and blends in with minimal effort (gotta love that you don't have to tug at your skin to get it to look good). What really surprised me is how wearable Rush Hour is as a lip color. The rose shade looks incredibly natural and is shockingly not drying on the lips! Amazing, amazing stuff. Almost as amazing as "Rush Hour" by Jane Wiedlin, which I officially can't get out of my head now.
Photo courtesy of Benefit
In my never-ending quest to find products that are tiny and easy to travel with, I stumbled upon Benefit's new A Little Bit BADgal Lash Mascara. I already own the full size BADgal mascara, but did I let that stop me from buying the smaller one? I think you know the answer to that. It's a great mascara - the black is really deep and it makes my lashes look amazingly thick. The only thing I don't like about it is that my lashes get really clumpy with it. Enough so that I have to use a separate eyelash comb to make me look less like Tammy Faye Baker, which is a little annoying. Then again, I haven't used too many mascaras that don't clump on my lashes. Does everyone else have this problem? I never really thought about it, but maybe I just have strange eyelashes that are always going to make mascara clump. And by the way, clump is a really weird word. I've written it so many times in this paragraph that it's starting to sound wrong when I say it. Clump, clump, clump. (Hhhm. I'm amusing myself with word games. Clearly I've had too much Tylenol Cold and Flu medicine today. Good thing it's almost bedtime). Plus, at only $9, it's cheap enough that if I accidentally leave it in NJ the next time I'm visiting, I won't have to stomp around my apartment angrily when I get home and realize it's not in my suitcase. (Don't worry, Lemon Sugar perfume. It's almost time for me to fly back for Christmas, so we'll be reunited soon). BADgal doesn't smudge any more than my other mascaras, which is great, but just a warning - it takes a lot of makeup remover to get it off at the end of the night. I'm guessing that's because it's such a deep black color, but I really have no idea if that's true. All I know is, when I wear BADgal, I feel kinda bad ass. And really, how can you put a price on that?
P.S., if Santa is reading this (and why wouldn't he be?), what would also make me feel bad ass is a pair of those awesome new black Manolo Blahnik high heel boots. Unfortunately, I CAN put a price on those and it's several hundred dollars more than I've ever spent on a pair of shoes before. Come on, Santa. Work your magic and put them on sale. Preferably for $100 or less. It would be a Christmas miracle!
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