Review | Benefit - Feeling Dandy Lip & Cheek Set!

Recently I decided to purchase a benefit set, after looking through the website for a while I finally decided on the 'Feeling Dandy' set. The set consists of:

4ml luxury sample size of High Beam
4ml luxury sample size of Posie Tint
3 grams worth of dandelion blush
A Small brush to apply it with
6.5ml of Dandelion lipgloss

The packaging is really pretty and it is all contained in a very sturdy box, if you were worrying about this being too big to carry around with you then you needn't worry! The box is very small but somehow manages to pack a lot inside! 

 When you open the box this is what you'll find! I personally love the way it is all laid out everything is really easy to get out but yet it doesnt all fall out everywhere when you close it.

Now the first product you get is Posietint, this is a lip and cheek stain and it works amazingly as both. I have previously tried a sample size of Benetint and it just didnt work on my cheeks, it would stain before I got a chance to rub it in, so as you can imagine I was a bit dubious about trying this one. I must say I was pleasently surprised, it didnt stain straight away and I could rub it in very easily, it looks lovely under the dandelion blush! 

Next is High Beam, now I dont quite feel the same about this product, I find that when I apply it over my foundation it makes it look quite cakey. I'm guessing that it would look a lot better without foundation but at the moment I cant seem to work with it, although I will keep having a go with it and see if I can make it look better!

 Next you get the dandelion blusher and a little brush to go with it, personally I think the blush is lovely! I was really looking for a soft/lighter pink blusher that didn't look too 'barbie-ish' and this one is perfect! It applies exactly how you want it too, if you swirl your brush in the blush and apply it straight away then it will come out as a more intense colour where as if you tap it off before hand then it will apply a lot lighter, giving you the option to build up the colour.

 Next to the blush you will find the Dandelion lip gloss, I could honestly sit here and talk about it all night! I adore it, hands down the best lip gloss I have ever tried. Now the colour is a light almost translucent peachy pink, you can use it on its own or apply it over the top of Posietint to bring the colour out even more! This is definitely the smoothest, non stickiest most moisturizing lip glosses I have ever tried and I will definitely be purchasing more!

The set also comes with a bunch of 'Tips & Tricks' which show you how to apply each product and I know you're probably thinking 'well isn't it self explanatory' and yes it is but they are a fun little read and they may give you some tips you didn't know about! Underneath the tips and tricks there is also a mirror, it also allows you to cut the tips and tricks out just in case you want easier access to the mirror.

The above photos show the swatches of most of the products and the picture on the left shows what the dandelion blusher looks like on the cheeks! Overall I really love most of the products that are in this set, I will continue to mess about with High Beam to see if I can get it to work for me! I would most definitely recommend this set and I will definitely be purchasing more from Benefit, I am already eyeing up the 'How to look the best at everything' complexion set. Gosh I just realised how long this post is, if you managed to get through it then well done to you!


What are your favourite Benefit products?

Update/ChitChat

Hi everyone! So I am currently sat in neros and I am particularly bored so I thought, why don't you do a blog post! Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I've not been myself over the past couple of months. I am starting to feel happier now though and I'm going to try and get back into blogging and YouTube more! I am also writing this on my iphone so i dont know how its going to turn out but i hope it doesnt look too awful! First off I thought I would tell you what just happened in neros! So I ordered a regular caramel latte but the guy didnt have any regular cups left so he gave me a large with no extra charge and he also gave me three stamps on my '9th drink free' card! I thought this was so thoughtful and sweet! People like this really do make my day, you're probably think well what a crap life you must have! I'm the type of person who is easily pleased and a little really does go a long way and I find it nice to see that there are still genuinely kind people left in the world! Oh crap i just realised I didn't put a tip in their tip cup, now I feel guilty! I'll pop some in on the way out!

Right so moving on to other business! :P
First of all this may not be relevant to some of the people who just read my posts and don't watch my videos but..I have ordered a new camera and I am vey excited for it to come! I can no longer stand the quality of my iPhone so I thought I should make the effort to buy a new camera! It was fairly cheapish (£100) so nothing ridicous, in a ideal and kinder world I would've loved a canon SLR but they are a tad bit expensive! One day maybe! But for the the camera I ordered it seems pretty good quality, I got the Canon PowerShot SX15, it's a bit of an ugly little thing but the quality looks lovely! So I will give it a test and see how it goes.
I am also going to try to make my YouTube look somewhat more professional, nothing major! I've just made a little intro for each video and I've added my 'watermark' picture in the corner of each video! I don't know why, I just think it makes everything look nicer! Urgh side note, I'm looking around and everyone has their iPads out! Wish I had brought mine! Anywho, I am going to try and keep up with this and just try and make my YouTube a more of a 'professional' looking channel.
Seens as I'll be getting a new camera...you know what that means...more blog posts with better pictures! Yay. Now I know I barely keep up with my promises to post regularly but I am going to try, I was really enjoying posting before I stopped but that wasn't out of laziness I was just upset a lot. So now im feeling somewhat better I am going to try and keep them up for you!
As for college I'm not really enjoying it and if you follow me on twitter you can probably see that! I'm finding it really boring and very pointless. It's £5000 a year an we only have a few hours of lessons each day and we only do two days a week. I'm not really going in a lot I know I'm sort of contradicting myself moaning that we don't have enough days or lessons but if we had more fun and more help then I would be inclined to go in more but at the moment i don't see the point, I get the work done and that's all that really matters. Funnily enough I'm actually meant to be in college now! I feel guilty and foolish for not going but college last year really sent me spiralling downwards and I've learnt that if something makes you miserable then don't force yourself to do it, even if you feel like your letting people down. I am continuing with the course and I do go in most of the time and I do get the work in, so I'm getting my education but I'm trying to keep myself happy at the same time.
I am loving spending time with my family lately, as you may or may not know my sister had a baby called jack and he is just beautiful! I've been seeing him and looking after him quite a bit which I actually enjoy...a lot! I can't wait to have kids one day!
Some people also noticed in my last video that I had some new tattoos and yes I do! People have been asking for a video but I don't think I can justify it, I will most definitely do one when I get another one because I feel like it will be a bit more justified. So I figured that if I'm not going to do a video then I may as well just write about it on here! So the main one I got was on my side and it was a quote from one of my favourite songs, the quote is 'So I cross my heart and hope to fly'. Now the main bit of the song that I love is this section but the quote carries on and it has a swear word in it. It goes 'So I cross my heart and hope to fly and fuck right off into the middle of the sky, where no one can find me and no one can see, that would be my ecstasy' I absolutely love this section of the song it just takes me away from everything and makes me feel happy. Now I obviously couldn't get the whole thing tattooed because its a tad inappropriate but as long as I know what it means then that's all that matters! The other one were only tiny, I got two crosses each side of my wrist, now there were two reasons I decided to get these and this may be a controversial subject but I will only touch upon it.
1st reason - I like the look of crosses
2nd reason - My mother had always taught me and my sisters to believe in god but we have never been devout Christians or gone to church or even been christened. But over the past couple of months as I have said I haven't been myself, I'd basically hit self district in myself and i hated everything, and I was looking to god, I would just beg to feel better again, and I started to feel better it might have been just things that happened that made me better but I would like to think that there was someone looking out for me. I am also thinking about going to church; I'm not sure how people would take it though. So I have the crosses and I love them :) I'll pop some photos in at the end.

Right, so I think that's it! This was probably quite rambly and unorganised but it's so hard to do this on a phone! So in going to go now, there will be some pictures after this! BYEEE :)