Bench Pretty When Pinched Cheek & Lip Tint Review

Aloha pretties!


I've been neglecting my blog for more than a month now and I've got a pile of stuff that I wanna make a review about! :<

Anyway, I was at Bench yesterday to add some more bra in my closet. While I was paying for my purchase at the counter, I finally saw their cosmetic products there at the cashier table! I've heard about Bench lip and cheek tints for years but I never saw them until now. IDK if I'm just blind or what. @_@

So, I convinced myself that I need a new lip tint, I really need one or else my lips will fall off, and (impulsively) bought myself some much needed Lip and Cheek tint! Tadaaa:

I know right, it looks like black ink in a cute bottle but the color is actually a very dark red when you look at the bottle, almost like violet. The SA said there are two shades, Red and Pink. I got the Pink shade because when I swatched the red one, it looked like violet on my skin! >.<

 What I hate about this is the applicator:

The applicator is the same as the brush in nail polishes! :( I find this really hard to be applied evenly especially because it has a watery consistency. I'm not so sure if I should dot or swipe the tint, sometimes I end up with too much liquid on my lips. lol

For Paraben-haters out there, take a look at the ingredients to check if this is for you:

This baby is packaged in a ziploc which I think is too big considering the size of the bottle.

Here are my final thoughts:

PROS:

• Pigmentation is quite good, 3 dots of tint is enough to make your lips look naturally flushed 
• Affordable! This is only P180.00
• The packaging feels sturdy
• You get a good amount of product that'll last for about 3 months

NEUTRAL:

• It has watery consistency. I'm not really particular about the consistency of the products that I use, but I prefer something that wont slide off the minute I apply it.

CONS:

• The smell! It smells like chemical, plastic and cough syrup. It's bearable but it would've been a hell of a lot better if it doesn't smell like that.
• The applicator. I'm more used to doe-foot lip tint applicators because it helps me apply the tint precisely. Whenever I use this tint I always imagine that I'm applying nail polish on my lips. Mehehe~
• Not long-lasting. I have a habit of biting my lips and this lasted for about 30 mins on me, but hey, that's my fault right? I literally ate my lip tint.
• It's a bit drying, like every other lip tints I've ever tried.

Time for the photos! I am warning you, my lips are gross especially when it's alone in a picture (alone as in without it's buddies, the nose, eyes, ears, meh :\ you get what I mean?)

Ok, so here are the swatch on my hand:

  

The right swatch is one swipe of unblended tint, you can see it's reddish pink and again I put on too much liquid. Once you blend it however, it turns into a light pink color (left swatch).

Here's the product on my lips. BTW, I initially didn't want to do this but I thought it best for you to see it's performance on real lips because the back of the hand is not really the same as our lips right? hoho :$

Here is the BEFORE photo:

what are those white stuff O_O

 I know, the facial hair and all those eeky stuff is gross. If I didn't know this was my lips, I'd think this was a man's! HAHA

After 1 swipe of the tint:

So... It did color a bit, my lips looks naturally pink here (or not?). I guess too much of the product ended up on my pinkie finger because I spread it using my fingers! Medyo unhygienic hehe

After 2 swipes:

wow. I never thought my lips would look like man-lips in a picture :))

Ok, two swipes and a very pink pinkie finger later, I achieved the pigmentation that I liked. Yey!

So, overall, I think this is an OK product considering the price that you'll pay. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. I rate this 7 over 10! ;) 

Thank for reading!

 

July BDJ Box Unboxing: I was WOWed!

Hello there beautiful! Time flies really fast huh? It's already July. I just turned 20 years old last June 29! Hooray (teen no more awtsssu </3). I have been EXCITED for the month of July because (1) my Boyfie's birthday is July therefore FREE FOOD! Yey~ and (2) I am subscribed to the July BDJ Box and it is my first one everrrrr! ommogosh!

mehehe!

Yesterday, July 20, was an awesome day. It was my BF's 21st birthday so we watched Pacific Rim at IMAX theater in SM North. It was his treat, and daaaaaang I really enjoyed it because it was my first time watching a movie in 3D.

BUT I'm sorry if I'm babbling again, so while we were inside the cinema, my aunt texted me that a "box" was delivered at their house and it was for me and that it has a set of Dove products in it! I knew it was my BDJ Box, I didn't expect it to arrive so soon, I thought it would be delivered at the last week of July so imagine my excitement upon reading that text! If I could've flown from SM North to Bulacan, I would gladly spread my wings and fly on full speed just to get my hands on it as soon as possible.

Moving on...

(2 Hours of travel time later)

Tadaa:

TWO BOXES! I was AMAZED! When my aunt said that it has a set of Dove Products, I imagined that the BDJ Box itself is full of Dove products, I never expected it would be two separate boxes. I was jumping up and down, srsly.

This is exactly how I looked like. ♥

 So, lets get to that unboxing part!

Here is the content of the Dove Box:

So much win!!! ~(O_O)~

Amazing right? I immediately thought "dito palang bawing bawi na binayad  ko"

What are the contents?

• Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Shampoo, 180mL Php 106.00 (x2)
• Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Shampoo, 180mL Php 108.00 (x2)
• Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Treatment, 200mL Php 235.00
• Dove White Beauty Bar Moisturizing Milk Soap, 135g Php 52.50
• Dove Whitening Original Anti-Perspirant Deo Roll-on, 40mL Php 83.50
• Dove Whitening Original Anti-Perspirant Deo Spray, 169mL Php 170.00

       TOTAL:   PHP 969.00 !!!

I love the fact that all these Dove products are for damage repair and whitening. I'm not going to lie, I have discolored underarms because of plucking and my hair is not in a perfect state right now so these will really help me, assuming they work (I hope they do!)

Moving on to the cute BDJ Box!

"What matters most is how you see yourself."

Who wouldn't agree that this month's BDJ box is one of the best BDJ Boxes ever, right??? Look at all those stuff!

What's inside that amazing box of happiness?

• Beach Hut Sunblock  Php 399.00
• Too Cool for School BB Cream (sample) Php 219.00
• Enchanted Eyeshadow, Pixie Dust Nude Eyes Php 179.00    
• Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter Php 525.00     
• Foot Appeal Mask Php 279.00
• Sure Slim Voucher Php 1,500.00                         

TOTAL:    PHP 3101.00

Overall, the July BDJ Box amounts to Php 4070.00! And even if you don't count the P1,500 voucher for Sure Slim, all of these still costs Php 2570.00. That's almost 5 times what I payed for. Wow! I am really, undeniably surprised! Mehehe~

This month's theme is Top to Toe Pampering and Redefining Beauty, and obviously the BDJ Team amazed girls all over the country again, this time including me! Yaay :")

Time for a group picture:

Ohhhlala~

I can't wait to road test all these goodies! The best thing about this is that I got everything on my wishlist! I've always wanted to buy a Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter because of the great reviews about it so I can't wait to use this one. I hope the shade will show on my already violet-pigmented lips. (yes i have brownish violet lips and I don't even smoke! Yuck right?) I wish I knew how to put on eyeshadow or else I'd have to give away that Pixie Dust Eyeshadow from Enchanted. And! the beach hut sunblock expires on 2016 so I'd just save that one up for next summer's swimming outings. Hohoho

Fortunately, I didn't go grocery shopping that day because I'm running low on shampoo and deo, now I have those yeeeey! That hair repair treatment has been bugging me for months, I knew I needed to have those for my damaged hair and now here it is and it's Dove! Omygosh >___<

I SUPER LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW BDJ!

I'll post review here soon if I ever find the time. Thanks for reading!

XOXO,