One of the best perks about having a Sephora card is being able to collect a birthday gift from them. The gifts are usually a sample size of some brand's product. My birthday is in October and I had been anxious to get my hands on the birthday gift for 2013 which is the Benefit sample size of the They're Real mascara and the Watts Up highlighter.
I tested each product out for about a 1 1/2 weeks and I put them to the test.
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They're Real! Mascara
Full Size - $23.00
First up is the They're Real mascara. Overall I wasn't too impressed with the mascara. I have pretty long, but stick straight lashes and I love using a drier mascara (which is usually a waterproof formula) because it helps to hold the curl throughout the day. I noticed with the They're Real mascara it did a great job at lengthening my lashes, but I didn't notice and added volume and I noticed that I immediately lost the curl to my lashes.
The formula itself is a wetter formula than I'm used to. The pigmentation is great and I didn't notice any fragrance to the product.
The actual wear time is decent, but I did notice a little bit of smudging towards the end of the day.
If your lashes are great at holding a curl, and you're looking for something to add length, but not so much of volume, then I think you'd definitely want to check out this mascara. As for me, I'll stick to my HG Maybelline Falsies Flared - WP mascara.
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Watts Up! Highlighter
Full Size- $30.00
I was extremely excited to try out this product because I love highlighters. I love the way they can add that extra glow to the face that makes you seem awake and almost heavenly like.
The Watts Up! highlighter is a golden stick highlighter with very fine shimmers added in. When I first applied it, I was worried that it might break because it felt extremely dry (it could be due to the fact that it's such a small product with a lot of room in the packaging), but once it warmed up it glided onto my skin well. I didn't feel any tugging and I didn't noticed any streakiness; it blended in well too, I just used the warmth from my fingers to blend it in. It added just a very natural healthy glow/shimmer and since I lean more towards a warmer undertone I feel like it really enhanced my foundation and added more dimension.
Throughout the day, as I got oilier, it actually ended up making me look a lot greasier especially in pictures, but once I blotted my face I feel like it faded away.
Overall I feel like this is an okay highlighter, but at the same time I think that it's either too much added shimmer or not enough. It tended to fade away once I blotted my face, but if I were to leave it it made me look a lot oilier than I actually was.
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At the end of the day, I wouldn't personally invest in the full size of either product. They're okay for me, but there's nothing spectacular about them.
Each picture is linked to the Sephora website, so if you're interested in purchasing either product you can simply click the picture and it should take you to the website.
If there are any products that you think I should try let me know by leaving a comment and I'll definitely go and check them out :]
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