Review: The Benefit Boi-ing Concealer
Price: USD 20.00 on Sephora.com
The Benefit Boi-ing concealer is an "industrial strength concealer".
It's said to camouflage dark circles, shadows, and discoloration without creasing or fading. An added bonus? This formula is now available in a full range of shades from light to deep so gals of all skintones can be imperfection-free. (from Sephora.com)
I purchased mine quite a while back, and I was shade 02-medium. Based on the sephora website, they've come up with in-between shades, which is perfect because I always believe that a concealer should be as close to your skin tone as possible, even if you are going to wear foundation over it. What I look for in a concealer is its staying power and ease of application, because it's no point really, having a perfect formula and lousy packaging/difficult application of the concealer.
PROS
-Good formula->it has pretty amazing staying power, but there is a catch. I've realised that layering it on BB cream is not very effective as the concealer tends to rub off after a while--maybe something to do with its oil based formula? What I do is to wear BB cream first and then powder before putting on the concealer so it sticks better. Besides, the concealer has a matte finish so it doesn't draw extra attention to that hateful blemish of yours.
-Colour->I find that the colour 02 matches my NW22 (MAC foundation colour) skin almost perfectly when blended in. It doesn't leave my skin looking grey (as some other stick concealers have done).
CONS
-Drying and cakey-> This is after all, a heavier consistency as compared to a liquid concealer, and for some this can be rather drying for the skin. For those with oilier skin (like myself), I find that this concealer tends to cake up on the area after some time-- if it hasn't rubbed away, causing skin to look blotchy and even worse than before.
-Unhygenic-> This comes in a pan rather much like eyeshadow and for concealer, I'm not sure this is the most hygenic way it can be packed. The best application tool when using the Benefit Boi-ing, I've discovered, is your God given fingers. You can rub your fingers on the palette and tap gently on the blemish to fade it away... That being said, this would contaminate the pan and is not ideal. I prefer to use my fingers to apply my concealer (after washing them, of course), and I'm not sure why, but over some time, my pan of concealer had a greyish look on the top like it got contaminated. I'm very sure it's not mould, but still this grey patch is quite troubling.
-Difficult to apply-> Other than using one's fingers, you would need a small concealer brush. Your fingers are able to cover up bulging pimples, but as for more severe acne scars on dents in the skin, your finger isn't going to be able to reach into the tiny cracks and fill them up with concealer. The second best option would be to use a concealer brush, which would cause the area of skin to be cakey. Blend it out patiently to achieve a more even skin tone.
-Packaging-> I'm not sure I love the packaging... It could have been better if it were in a lipstick tube, or at least a case that flipped open rather than a screw lid. For the record, screw lids could potentially go missing and leave you with a lid-less pan of concealer. Bacteria heaven.
In general, I quite like the benefit concealer, because I don't have many more deep acne scars, basically some discolouration of the skin and the occasional zit or two. It does an okay job for what it;s suppposed to do, especially the fact that it isn't too grey(:
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Would I repurchase? Maybe not. I say maybe, because the colour does match me quite well and it isn't too grey(one of my pet peeves wrt concealer!)
Price: USD 20.00 on Sephora.com
The Benefit Boi-ing concealer is an "industrial strength concealer".
It's said to camouflage dark circles, shadows, and discoloration without creasing or fading. An added bonus? This formula is now available in a full range of shades from light to deep so gals of all skintones can be imperfection-free. (from Sephora.com)
I purchased mine quite a while back, and I was shade 02-medium. Based on the sephora website, they've come up with in-between shades, which is perfect because I always believe that a concealer should be as close to your skin tone as possible, even if you are going to wear foundation over it. What I look for in a concealer is its staying power and ease of application, because it's no point really, having a perfect formula and lousy packaging/difficult application of the concealer.
PROS
-Good formula->it has pretty amazing staying power, but there is a catch. I've realised that layering it on BB cream is not very effective as the concealer tends to rub off after a while--maybe something to do with its oil based formula? What I do is to wear BB cream first and then powder before putting on the concealer so it sticks better. Besides, the concealer has a matte finish so it doesn't draw extra attention to that hateful blemish of yours.
-Colour->I find that the colour 02 matches my NW22 (MAC foundation colour) skin almost perfectly when blended in. It doesn't leave my skin looking grey (as some other stick concealers have done).
CONS
-Drying and cakey-> This is after all, a heavier consistency as compared to a liquid concealer, and for some this can be rather drying for the skin. For those with oilier skin (like myself), I find that this concealer tends to cake up on the area after some time-- if it hasn't rubbed away, causing skin to look blotchy and even worse than before.
-Unhygenic-> This comes in a pan rather much like eyeshadow and for concealer, I'm not sure this is the most hygenic way it can be packed. The best application tool when using the Benefit Boi-ing, I've discovered, is your God given fingers. You can rub your fingers on the palette and tap gently on the blemish to fade it away... That being said, this would contaminate the pan and is not ideal. I prefer to use my fingers to apply my concealer (after washing them, of course), and I'm not sure why, but over some time, my pan of concealer had a greyish look on the top like it got contaminated. I'm very sure it's not mould, but still this grey patch is quite troubling.
-Difficult to apply-> Other than using one's fingers, you would need a small concealer brush. Your fingers are able to cover up bulging pimples, but as for more severe acne scars on dents in the skin, your finger isn't going to be able to reach into the tiny cracks and fill them up with concealer. The second best option would be to use a concealer brush, which would cause the area of skin to be cakey. Blend it out patiently to achieve a more even skin tone.
-Packaging-> I'm not sure I love the packaging... It could have been better if it were in a lipstick tube, or at least a case that flipped open rather than a screw lid. For the record, screw lids could potentially go missing and leave you with a lid-less pan of concealer. Bacteria heaven.
In general, I quite like the benefit concealer, because I don't have many more deep acne scars, basically some discolouration of the skin and the occasional zit or two. It does an okay job for what it;s suppposed to do, especially the fact that it isn't too grey(:
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Would I repurchase? Maybe not. I say maybe, because the colour does match me quite well and it isn't too grey(one of my pet peeves wrt concealer!)
