Benefit's Flawless Oxygen WOW Foundation Review

Hello my lovelies,

Today i thought i would do a little review post on the Flawless Oxygen WOW Foundation that i was kindly given in my goody bag at last weeks Benefit event. I wrote a post about the event here. I thoroughly enjoyed the event and was super excited to try the goodies. I thought i would do separate posts on them, and i thought i would first off start with the foundation.

I was super anxious to try this foundation as I've heard a lot of good things about it. I've tried this foundation with the Stay Flawless Primer and without. Today I'm speaking about the foundation on its own, without the primer.

The first thing i noticed was the foundation was really runny, and very orange based when it went on to my hand, but after i blended it into my skin the orange seemed to disappear and it was the correct shade for me. However, with my skin being oily, almost all the time, this foundation did not agree with me. It blends in really nicely, and after 10 minutes or so of having it on my face i loved the result, i gave it another 20 minutes and the result was not so great. You could practically see the make up smudging off my face, whenever i put my fingers to my face for an itch or to move some hair from my eyes, i would rub off a part of the foundation, which in turn, left a very visible smudge mark for all to see.

If like me, you have oily skin, or you touch your face every so often, this foundation is not the best for you. I also work in a school with little people, so hugs and cuddles become a part of my every day life. Imagine my surprise, when a little boy from year 1 came over to me and gave me a great big hug and as he pulled away, i could see that his head had lots of cream like texture on it, when i asked him what was on his head, he had no idea.. so i started rubbing it off, and then imagine my surprise even more as it started to blend into his head. Worse still, was when i took a trip to the toilet and checked the mirror, my left cheek had a BIG patch of foundation missing. It's like this foundation just literally falls off your face by the touch. It passes from the face to anything it comes into contact with.

I like my foundations to have good coverage all over, except maybe in the summer time when i will opt for a BB cream with less coverage, (as i like that its lighter), this foundation had little coverage and didn't last for long periods of the day as it just rubbed off on to anyone and anything it touched. I was really surprised as a lot of bloggers had got on so well with this product and as i had read some great reviews based on it. However, at £25.50p i just cant justify the price for what the product does to me and my skin. I felt like i was constantly checking to make sure the foundation was still in place, (this could be because i didn't use a primer.. however i have also tried this foundation with the Stay Flawless Primer, and i shall have a review up on that very soon).

There are some good things about this foundation though, i liked the fact it gave me DEWY looking skin, (if i didn't touch it) it gave me a little glow. This product would be great for the summertime, when you want less coverage, as it doesn't feel caked on (perfect for hot weather). Again though, with hot weather comes SWEAT and something tells me this foundation wont last long with sweat.

Overall, i loved trying out a new foundation, and even though it hasn't worked for me, that still hasn't put me off Benefit products. If you have dry skin, i think this product will be amazing on your skin, if however, you have oily skin..i would avoid it. At £25.50p a bottle, its not exactly cheap and for that price i think i may stick to my Revlon Colour Stay.

Have you used this foundation and do you have oily skin? how did you find it!?
Ana
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Stay Flawless Benefit Event

Lisahh and her cushion..

Kimberley and the huge house.

Me, Ellie, Lisahh, Kimberley, Photo taken by Becky

BeautyBloggers Freezing...

BBBRRRRRRRRR....

Hello my little beauties,

I'm sorry for the super heavy photo post (I'm lying, I'm so not sorry, HA). I thought i would do my little blog post on the Stayflawless event in London hosted by the gorgeous Bene Girls and the whole Benefit team! :)

I attended the event on Monday. I was super excited as it was my first major event (if you don't count meet ups as events). I was of course nervous to enter a room totally alone, so i arranged to meet up with a few girls. I met up with Lisahh and Kimberley and together we decided to try and find where the event was being hosted. This was no easy job, it required me asking for directions in shops and me and Lisahh listening to a man playing guitar for a while. We were looking for The Icebar, in London, which is tucked away in one of the side roads near Oxford Circus. When we finally found it, we were signed in on the guest list and were given a complementary glass of prosecco to quench our thirst. We were also given wristbands to allocate our time slots within the actual IceBar. Ours were black and meant we were the second group going in and some of the other girls had white ones meaning they were first. We were then joined by Ellie and last to join us was Becky.

The Benefit girls who joined in on our night, were all super friendly and they came over to mix and chat with us, it was lovely to meet so many of them and take so many different business cards away. Also joining the Benefit girls was Lisa Potter Dixon who is Head Make up & Trend artist (& Brow Expert) for Benefit cosmetics. It was so lovely to meet Lisa, she is so funny and down to Earth and she shared some great tips with us.

The evening started off with an introduction into the world of Benefit and the cosmetic brand, and then we had a little pop quiz, to see who had been paying attention and listening to all the information. Who ever got the questions right, won little goodie prizes. Then we had a demonstration of the Stayflawless 15 hour primer which was be available to purchase in stores from the 29th of June, and maybe as soon as the 13th of June online, It will retail for £24.50p. Lisa showed us how its all about the circle motion in which you apply the primer and then one of the Benefit girls came round and circled our hands with some of it, for us to get a feel for the primer. Once the demonstration was finished, it was time to mingle.. get to know other bloggers, enjoy the munchies being passed around and also get coloured matched, by one of the Benefit girls. We took this time to chat some more amongst ourselves, drink some more, and reject all bits of nibbley foods that were shown to us. haha. I also ventured off to talk to one blogger i recognised from her blog..Georgina. We waited until the first set of girls with white wristbands had been taken into the IceBar and then we went to get colour matched to the Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW foundation. Lisa colour matched me and said i was "Champagne, Cheers to me" but she also noticed that i had yellow undertones, and she asked if i tan easily, to which i replied i did and she then said "So you don't go red?" and i said nope, i just go brown, so she told me to get the colour "Honey, I'm so money" which would be particularly good on holidays.

When the first set of girls came out of the IceBar it was our turn to go in. A giant massive cloak type thing was chucked on us and we were given a free cocktail slip. We then entered through the doors and were instantly amazed by how cool the whole bar was. Everything was so pretty and made of ice, and yes it was absolutely freezing. We went up to the bar and ordered our cocktails, i had an Apollo and it was served in a square cup made of, yep you guessed it.. ICE! :) We then took photos together, looked around and generally froze to death. The cloak had some huge gloves attached if they were needed, which indeed they were. We were in there for a total of 15 minutes, and then we came out and all gathered together for another little pop quiz and for the Benefit girls to say their thanks and their goodbyes. We then had to go up and collect our lovely goody bags which included the Stay Flawless Primer, The Flawless Oxygen Foundation, a foundation brush and some cute magnets.

When going up to collect our goody bags we just had to state which shade we were matched with and they could give us the correct bag, i asked for the shade "Honey, I'm so money" but was told they didn't have it with them at present so i opted instead for the "Champagne, cheers to me" which is my natural shade anyhow. I can not wait to test the products out and do some reviews on them for you!

I just want to say a HUGE Thank You to the Benefit girls and team, for being brilliant hosts, and a big Thank You to Benefit for sending me out my first event invitation. I had a brilliant time, met some lovely girls and LOVED the experience of the IceBar.

Have you ever gone to a Benefit event?
Were you at this one and i missed you?!

Ana
xx