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By Zara, Benefit Powder Blush - Benefit Powder Pop! Blush
Hi All,
Today I will be reviewing the Benefit Powder Pop Blush which was the first ever thing I bought from Benefit. I had read innumerable reviews on Benefit blushes but because of the high price of these blushes, I was a bit scared to give it try. I honestly didn’t think it would be worth it. So when I came across this trio which contained 3 of Benefit’s most loved blushes, I jumped at the opportunity to try it out. And ga’s, trust me, this is one purchase I can never regret.
Product Description:Powder Pop! by Benefit is a box filled with 5g each of three of its most popular face powders – Hoola, Dallas and Dandelion. For those that can’t make up their mind which one to try, this is the perfect solution.
Benefit Powder pop 3-in-1 Face Powder Kit Includes:
· 5gms Dandelion powder – this beautiful coral-pink cheek powder is the tropical blush for a coral flush.
· 5gms Hoola powder – bronzer without a trace of orange undertones or shimmer gives your face a very natural-looking bronze.
· 5gms Dallas powder – the “outdoor glow for the indoor gal,” this face powder is a perfect balance of rose blush with a slight hint of bronze.
- · Face brush – with natural, soft bristles, this brush fits into the box and measures approx. 1-1/4″L x 1-1/8″W x 3/8″H.
- Price: $28
Now a small description about each of the shades:
- Dallas: It has a soft and light texture, waterproof essence, fashionable and elegant suitable for different complexions. The powder blusher is a waterproof and sunscreen product, which is full with vitamins and other essences with fragrance but produced without any hazardous substance which could harm your health. This is also the winner of 2008 Brides Magazine Beauty Awards “best bronzer/blush”
Why we love it:
For a natural,fresh glow lightly sweep this dusty sunset plum powder across cheekbones and chin, or anyhwere you want look to linger.
Hoola : A healthy tan without airfare. Bring the warm tan of the islands to your face and spirits with Hoola. The soft bronze powder leaves a healthy tan on even the palest of winter complexions. With a lush, fanciful brush, the sun dust sways across your skin like a warm summer breeze. It’s sun with style that’s completely gorgeous!
Why we love it:
Dust this soft bronze powder over your complexion for a healthy, natural looking “tan” year-round. No tanning bed necessary!
Dandelion: This classic ballerina pink finishing powder takes your complexion from dull to radiant in an instant…a celeb fave! Sweep the brush across the powder a few times, then tap off any excess. Brush lightly on to the apples of your cheeks in an outward motion. For the final touch, lightly brush all over your complexion.
Why we love it:
To perk up throughout the day, dust on cheeks or all over complexion.
My experience with Benefit Pop!Blush
- Packaging: This trio comes in their much loved sturdy, cardboard box packaging. You can see in the pic how its been divided into 4 parts, for each of the 3 powders and 1 for the brush. The brush is not very useful and I find it very harsh. I use my normal blush brushes to apply this. The lid is my only hated-point for this trio since it has to be slid off to use and this can lead to accident and breakage of the blush if one is not careful.
- Texture & Pigmentation: The powders are very soft and easy to use. I just swirl my brush once in the pan and thats enough to be used. Pigmentation is very good and none of the powders come off as chalky or heavy on the face.Infact, the powders are so well pigmented that I hardly need to use too much of this. As you can see from pics, only Hoola has a bit of a dent in it even though I’ve been using this trio on and off for 5months now.
- Staying Power: Dallas and Hoola have a very long staying power of approx. 5-6hrs. However, Dandelion doesn’t seem to stay too long which may be attributed to the fact that its a very light shade to begin with. So even any slight fading seems like its no longer on my cheeks.
How I use Benefit Pop!Blush
- I love Hoola and its been my best-est
bronzer for a while now. I apply Hoola to my cheeks first to emphasize my cheekbones, after which I follow with a dusting of Dandelion. The combination works perfectly to contour and ‘slim’ my face. - Dandelion can also be used as a blush to instantly brighten up your face. I use this alone whenever I feel I look dull.
- I use Dallas as a blush and love the instant glow it gives me. It doesn’t look OTT and can be layered to give you your desired look.
Swatches of Benefit Powder Pop! Blush
What I like about Benefit Pop!Blush
- Good staying power
- Pigmentation is gr8.
- Pocket friendly in the sense that You get 3 shades for the price of 1
- Good for those who want to try out Benefit for the first time and don’t know which powder to pick.
- Texture is light and soft.
- The packaging is very sturdy, sleek and easy to carry around.
- Good staying power. I wore it at 8am and when I came home at 6pm, it was still there (just a bit faded).
- A lot of product for the cost. (8gms)
What I do not like about Benefit Pop!Blush
- Wish it had a mirror
- It would have been nice if the lid was the flip top types. The current packaging can lead to breakage accidents.
- Not available in India
Rating: 4.5/5 ( -.5 for the packaging and lack of a mirror)
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Dallas looks very pretty
seriously this Zara is making me bankrupt..:help::help:
i dint do anything…m innocent…
let me flush yur innocent feeling:flush:
haan, its oki..will keep it mind aagey jaake also
I meant this about the google pic
yup
U making fun of my innocence?? Me? The abla naari of wise she??
zara i am just learning and enjoying the new emoticons ..they r so cute :smoke::smoke:
Hihi..i guessed that
Even i wana use the new ones..If i cud use them, saare naye walon leke baarish hoti Wiseshe par.. 
are these emoticons ban in TVM.Tell me :nono:
Well, i can see the emoticons..but cant use them..
i want to inaugurate them but cant….
Yep Maha..Its soooo pretty..Can be used everyday and great as a simple blush and also for contouring..
Do FOTD na
FOTD???? and ME????? Haha!!
what haha..?Zara…why dont u do FOTD..?
why don u also do :flush::flush:
Exactly MOKP…u also do
Actually m not too confident about how my looks come out…and my pics r usually very rarely having total clarity..to look to waste jayega na?
And A, i think ur obsessed with that emoticon….Ye ho kya raha hai?
And Girls…GUd MOrNINg!!!
Good morning Zara
time to wrap up the conference :jittery:
Wrap up is tmoro evening
but its relatively lighter work tday and tmoro..not as much tension as the previous days, to chalta hai 
Whens Kung fu panda time?
are i think tickets r not available today
uh:
I can do a FOTD for dark circles..u want it Anu..? Please dont scream :help: when I do FOTD
i wont i won !!! these r just excuses
Dark circles ke liye concealor bhi milta hai …
or mele pash to concealer palette bhi hai :clap-n-jump::clap-n-jump:
Haaaannn!! Apni A ke pash to pula ka pula palette haiii!!
i use it as foundation also Zara and its work fine..thanks for the suggestion
Hey thats really nice..works as fd too?? m sure u must b enjoying it babes..fultoo utilization
Zara, you are like the official international brands ambassador
Nice review
hahah Wise She now looks like a phorein blog to me :Clap-n-jump::clap-n-jump:
wot do u mean ‘looks like??’ WiseShe IS international !!
Yeah it is definitely become phorein with Rimmel, Benefit, maxfactor,mufe :clap-n-jump:
Adivaah u too jumping ..enjoying the saturday drink
Me missing my sat drink
Dry days in TVM…and cant even use emoticon 
u talking like a total drunk
Yesss!! ur so right Adivaah…A, See? Even she knows of Wishe’s status…aur tumhe khud nahi pata..
:jittery: lovely shades yaar….like them very much
Haha! how i wish!! Kitna mazza aata phir…i’d dedicate a full room at my home for make up only..
:jittery: :jittery: :jittery: :jittery: :flush:
Makeup room..i want a makeup office which has loads of makeup ..huge almirah filled with makeup and each having one product dedicated to it..like blush almirah, foundation amlirah etc etc :clap-n-jump: :clap-n-jump: :clap-n-jump: :smoke:
Hihi..me too…for now i’d be satisfied with atleast a drawer for each..sigh…wo din kab aayega??
ayega ayega..when god will do barish of cosmetics :clouds::clouds:
i wish wo din jald hi aaye…if it comes when m all wrinly phir kya faida?
Zara i removed the other swatch as cant upload a google pic ..alright
:smoke: :smoke: :smoke:
Chalo Gals..me turning in for the night..Laptop started beeping..Gnite!!!
Good night and good bless
1 blush ke saath do blush muft..I love dallas..
Me luv Dallas too..i alternate my luv between Hoola and Dallas..amazing shades they r…which bronzer is ur fav?
i have few Lakme, MAC to the beach one , Motives, NARS liquid bronzer and i still don have any fav
how is Motives? ive heard alot about it and the high pigmentation it has…..any idea if its availalable in india?
their pigmentation is fine although their eyeshadow is tad bit powdery and worst they r not available in India
..i liked its bronzer because there is no shimmer in it.
Ohh, is it?
i’ve also heard about their bronzer but have never seenthem..have u done a review on it which i can go thru?
haan one sec
here u go .
http://www.wiseshe.com/2011/04/motives-shape-sculpt-duo-review.html
Ah yess!! i remember reading this here only…it was during my Silent reading phase ..heehee…
I love the new emoticons…especially this one…
i know now we have
also so we don’t need to hire guns for r robbery :jittery::jittery:
hehe..yeah..we were not getting any guns before either..remember..
ankhiyon se….
woh and dichak dichak
arey its not dichak…
Its dhichkiyaaon..Where’s Zara..? She will do it better..
Her laptop battery got tipsy on saturday night
uh:
Why dint she plug in the wire..
uh: 
uh: (perfect emoticon)..
she phorgot
UH:
UH: I LIKE IT TOO :JITTERY:
Yeps..i forgot my charger at the trng location only…so cudnt plug in
and I missed MOKP!!! 
Dhichkaauuunnnnn!!!
i also know how to take it out
Dhichkaauuunnnnn!!!
see simple Cut copy paste
Caahe jitna copy paste karlo, original is original…Like sholay and RGV ki Aaaag!!!
it was not that bad …RGV ki Aag to copy bhi theek se nahi hui thi
Ohh..weekends ko its waise bhi very hard to get tickets….so wot alternate plans?
lets see..first let me have my dosa ; ) sluuurrrrp !!!!
True..aur waise bhi u have rights to Dhichkaaaunn….seeing how ur akhiyan is gona b doing all the work…
told u na…my kaani sis
thats lovely trio Zara
… hoola is looking so very awesome 
Thanx Rash! Hoola is my mooooosshhhtt loved bronzer.. it defines my cheeks so well.. and Dallas is to die for!
It’s been so long since I shopped for makeup, & Menghai Dayaan is ensuring that I have to go on another shopping ban
All this talk of benefit powders is not benefiting me at all :nono:
I keep wishing that someone wld gift me a huge makeup hamper.. In fact I was dreaming about that today afternoon itself
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Tanz inclue me in yur list..i feel the same
Hehe…I know exactly how u feel Tanveer…Its the ultimate dream….Even last night b4 falling asleep I was thinking bout blushes, blushes nad more blushes…
i have not gone shopping for any makeup since the past 2 mnths now, plus the little precious makeup I had from MAC & MUFE is lost.. I am getting major withdrawal symptoms now
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Tanz dont say it its MUFE
You will find it soon..
and now sale coming up u can indulge na
Lost Mac n MUFE???? Godd! How did that happen?? I cant imagine losing them..i wud b in a crabby mood all day and then go and buy new stuff asap!! but u waited 2mts?? u have tremendous control Tanveer!
Zara, I was shifting my home. The irony is that I had packed all this separately from my regular makeup as I was planning to carry it myself. But my hubby in his packing frenzy, opened my cabinet & packed this as well into some container. The rest of my makeup went in regular cardboard bags & reached safe & sound. Except for my MAC + MUFE bag… Now I have set about 95% of the stuff & I still cannot find my makeup, My only hope is that this is still lurking somewhr in that last 5% stuff yet to placed.. Though I have a feeling it is not there as I have gone through that once.. I think someone either nicked it or else threw away the bag by mistake… I have been hoping it turns up since then, but today I am in a very
mood… 
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Yes, The bag had all my MAC stuff (2 paint pots, 2 lipsticks, 1 kohl liner & 1 prep + prime lip), MUFE (aqua cream & aqua liner) & my l’oreal palette .. Luckily I had packed Dark Diversion separately so I have that
Which sale are you talking about? mufe is having a sale?
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Sheessshh!! Thats horrible..u must have bin sooo upset ya..Its like a huge, major loss..I hope whoever took it never has the fortune of using it properly and looks like a hag in it!!!
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Heehee…Well they deserve it! And SMILE babes!! think of them looking like aweful crap! Asinine idiots!!
Zara, can u scoop out dallas and gift to me..?? ok..don’t get angry…
i was kidding…
scoop put dollars from where ??
Heehee…Phorst we have t do robbery at A’s place…once I have found a MAC which luks like this and steal it, i’ll giv u Dallas
:nono::nono: let me flush out the feeling :flush:
That plan will never b flushed out..its a logn thought out plan..not even ur Dhichkaaauunnn can discourage us..
u 2 sleep tight and dream about Mr Right
But MOKP had already found Mr.Right…i mean, Mr. 6pack!
oh yes!!! i forgot
How cud u 4gt Me. 6pack A??? wohi to main hai!
6 packs to apna dream reh gaya na Zara
Well, abhi bhi ho sakta hai agar hubbies ko thoda puppy looks and all diya kaye, but i feel like main kis mu se bolu? i myself have single pack…usko kaise bol sakti hu? then he’ll luk hotter than me! and THAT is not allowed!!
single pack
my husband is a tilli pack..he is under weight 
such opposites 
hehe…tilli pack! nice term..
I was thinking the same thing 15-20mins back and was gona ask u wot happened to her..usually abhi tak to aa jati hai..
A great review anamika. Thank you for sharing.
Britta
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Zara, I liked Dallas and Hoola…Dandelion looks chalky na?
Zara, I liked Dallas and Hoola…Dandelion looks chalky na?
Hi Mitra! Happy sunday!!
No, Dandelion isn’t chalky at all, its just the rilliant flash of my cam working in mysterious ways as usul..heehee..its a very light shade..u also have the 10-blush palette na? u know the lightest baby pink in that?? Dandelion is bang on the same shade..
Was just thinking of the same shade ..hehe..
Happy Sunday Morning… :clap-n-jump: :clap-n-jump:
:clap-n-jump: :flush: :wallbash:
haha…love these emoticons..
:jittery::jittery:
Good morning Mitra whats plan today
Good Morning Anu….
For you :flush:
Plan to make stir fried veg-fried rice..
wow !!! i am goign to have dosa .
i am a half south Indian now 
Me too! I especially luv the forhead smacking one
cant wait t use all once m back home 
Anu likes the loo wala the most i can see…
yes i like the fresh clean feeling right in the morning..dont u
Yes, she does have a certain fascination for this particular emoticon..
thats good we got 3 blushes in a single packet
Yeps..it was my first Benefit buy and so was very unsure of whether it wud be gud or not..
m glad i got this..
i know the way u have kept it it looks like its yur priced poseession
Heehee..presentation thoda accha banane ka try kar rahi thi..Me no have potpourri bowls as background u see
hahah ohh i c…i have few more i will flaunt them soon :jitters::jitters:
khee khee…me want potpourri… put that also in blog sale
nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!! i love them
i want the same shades in eyeshadow any suggestion ?
in eyeshadows…i have seen these kinds in L’oreal eye shadows i believe
loreal counter not here
…….. would look out for loreal i believe :help:
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hehe D
zara….u have an extra line in ur middle finger…….have u noticed that…..
btw nice benefit deal that u clinched…… :clap-n-jump:
extra line? kaunsa?? u notice so much yaar…btw kahan thi aaj pura din?? A and i were waiting and waiting and waiting…
arey aj sunday hai so enjoying my time wid family……
arey there is extra line in ur moiddle finger……normally 3 lines hoti hai u have four…..and its lucky….
meko bhi dkehni hai ..Zara show show
middle finger me hai na…see see?? me lucky
it is?? yeyyyy!!! M lucky!! Thank u for giving me nice news on Sunday
Ohhh..Aaj Family day haiii…no wonder…
fab purchase zara
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Thanx Bhumika..Which bronzer is ur fav?