Haul/Review | Benefit - How to Look the Best at Everything & Anastasia Illumin8 with Youthful Synergy Complex Eyeshadow Palette

Recently, I've been buying makeup again (as usual) and it's been really bad. It's all on impulse...

At Sephora, I bought the How to Look the Best at Everything set by Benefit in Medium.

Below are photos of the actual set, swatches, and my face as I apply each product. (:

(Click on each photo for a HD preview)

This is what the outside looks like, when you open it, all the sample size products are lined up inside. You can remove the casing of the products to use this as a safekeeping box!

Here are the swatches:

(From left to right) Hello Flawless Foundation, Boi-ing Concealer, Hello Flawless Powder

I don't know if you can tell but the Boi-ing concealer in 02 has a more pinky undertone compared to 03. Not quite sure why, but I used the salmon/pinky one under my eyes to cancel out my purple undereye circles and the 03 on everything else.

My bare face:

Primer + Foundation:

Primer+Foundation+Concealer:

Everything + Powder:

After I did all that, I just decided to finish off the rest of my makeup (:

What I'm wearing: 

Eyes: Revlon - Illuminance Creme Shadow in 710 Not Just Nudes Quad

Contour and Blush: MAC - Hibiscus Kiss (RiRi Loves MAC Summer Collection)

Falsies: Katy Perry - OH, Honey!

Lipstick: MAC - RiRi Boy

(I did my hair and came back and decided to take a stupid pic...that's why my hair looks different haha)

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I liked the products that  came in the Benefit set (at first) but it didn't last very long before I got super oily and shiny. I did use moisturizer before applying my Porefessional and I still got super duper oily. I'll give this set a few more tries but for now, I'm not sure if I'm a big fan :/ 

At this moment, I'd give this purchase

♡♡

2/5 Luvs :(

 Next up is my purchase from Nordstrom Rack! I got this baby for $13 (original retail price: $30)!

It's the Anastasia Illumin8 with Youthful Synergy Complex Eyeshadow Palette in #1 Cavalli. 

The eyeshadows are super pigmented (I swear eyeshadow 1 is there, my lighting just wasn't the best and I'm pretty tan so that might not help much haha) and very easy to blend. I'm glad I got this, and I may make another trip to Nordstrom Rack to get another one of these palettes (: Even with two, it's still not the price of one!

I've done a couple of looks with these colors but since I didn't use these eyeshadows on their own yet, I can't post any pics, sorry! I'll update with an eyeshadow look that used only these eyeshadows!

I'd give this palette

♡♡♡♡♡

5/5 Luvs!

Angel x