Glamour Goodies!! Benefit freebie review

Hi Everyone!

So a few days ago i was tweeting and facebooking about my desire to get my hands on July's edition of Glamour magazine. Why? Because for £2 you get a free Benefit gift. There were 3 different gifts (1 per copy): Bad Gal rrp £14, It Stick rrp £17 and Eye Bright rrp £14. So what did I do? I purchased all 3 of course!!!!!!

It is a bargain because for a grand total of £6 I got £45 worth of product!!

At first I made a hasty decision saying that I regretted buying all 3 magazines since i only liked Bad gal but now that I've had a few days using the products I take back what I said; I LOVE ALL 3 PRODUCTS!!! I am even thinking of getting another 3 copies so i can stock up on a bargain. I have a feeling this won't be possible though because the only copies of Glamour left have had the gifts stolen :(

This blog is also exciting for me becasue it's my first 'proper' swatch (not counting the nail polish), and I feel like a bloging pro lol

[L-R Bad gal, It stick and Eye bright]

Above pic is the swatches of all 3 products. I am surprised the colour pay off shows quite well. The only thing I'd say is that eye bright is a tiny bit pinker in real life. I am not doing a full review on Bad Gal because it's just a big fat black eye liner pencil. Nuff Said!! ;)

Above we have It Stick. Biggest apologies goes out to this product because it was the one i was having the biggest hissy fit about. For some reason this product is not featured on the benefit website, but you can purchase it for full rrp (£17) at Debenhams.

The thing that I didn't like about it was the colour. As you can see from the photo it doesn't really quite match my skin tone does it?! The packaging describes it as a "conceal it all stick" and when i first put it on I looked like I had left my sunglasses on whilst going in a tanning bed. Not a good look. But then i tried it properly when i was doing my make up the next morning and what i did was draw under my eye (not where i'd put my eyeliner but wear you'd put your normal eye concealer - where your eyebags are if you have any!!!) and then i drew another line (big and thick) on my eyelid, again, not quite where you'd put your eyeliner but just above) and then i blended both lines (gently) using my middle finger and my foundation brush.

(N.B. The reason why i use my middle finger and not my ring finger is because you apply less pressure with your middle finger and that is important when touching your delicate eye skin area - no wrinkles please!).

And then ta-da, i went on with the rest of my face as usual. In terms of when you use this product it's up to you. i assume most people would use this prior to applying eye make up but becasue i am a messy tart I apply my eyeliner and mascara first, then clean up the mess with cotton buds, vaseline, baby wipes and more vaseline, I apply the It stick after the clean up and then apply a tiny bit more foundation on top (and that way i also get away from the too light colour problem).

Love this product!!!



Lastly we have Eye bright. This is another product that I use in a different way to the way that is suggested. The instructions (i love make up that comes with instructions!) says you can wear this on your waterline and in the outer corners of your eyes to brighten up your eyes and make them bigger but when i do this it makes me look like a) i've been crying b) I have pink eye/conjunctivitus aka not good!

So what do i use it for? I use it as a highlighter!! After I've done my face i draw a line under each eyebrow/on my brow bone and then blend with my middle fingers. I then draw basically a window down my face!! A swipe across my forehead, a line down my nose right down to my chin and including my lips! and a thick line across each 'cheekbone' (i don't think i have cheekbones but i draw the line where i imagine them to be haha) and then again blend blend blend using my middle finger.

I actually think this is my favourite product because i am a fan of highlighter. Colour wise it's similiar to high beam (another benefit product) but obviously with a lot less 'beam' since it's on;y a fat pencil.

So overall, I love these freebies!!!!!! I really do hope I can get my hand on another 3 magazines lol

Did you manage to get your greedy little mitts on anything? Were you greedy enough to get 3 copies? What did you get? What do you think?

Comment below x