Benefit 'Life of the Party' | Review

I received this Benefit make up set for Christmas and completely forgot I owned it. I've revived it now and am going to do a review of the contents within the set. It's the 'Life of the Party'/'Beauty Blowout' set and it contains Porefessional, Dandelion blush, Rockateur bronzer, eyeshadows in 'Call my bluff', 'Nude Swings' and 'Taupe it Off', They're Real mascara, and Benetint. Although it's called 'Life of the Party' I think it's a more of a neutral faced set.

Dandelion Blush

Dandelion is one of the benefit products I always thought looked super cute and always wanted to try. It's meant to brighten your face as a finishing powder and meant to leave a soft pink glow. I do think the product is a cute coral pink but because it's so light it doesn't really come out on me. It does leave a little glow on my face to make it feel more awake looking but other than that I don't think it does that much to my skin which is disappointing.

Rockateur Bronzer

On Benefits website it's called a blush and bronzer but I'd more likely say it was a bronzer over a blush. It definitely leaves more of a mark and pigment than Dandelion but again I don't think it was pigmented enough and literally didn't come out on my skin. Plus the small one doesn't look as good as the bigger one with packaging. I think it's just the fact they're not full sized which limits their quality, which sucks.

Eye Shadows; 'Call My Bluff', 'Nude Swings' and 'Taupe it Off'

I never see anyone posting about Benefit's eyeshadows so I'm not sure what to make of them. Again like Dandelion and Rockateur they are very opaque and not very visible on at all which is a shame. In the swatches below they actually look darker than they do on my eyelids, they're almost unnoticeable on it. I really do like the colours though if they were more visible. 

(Swatches are left picture; Eyeshadows 'Call My Bluff', 'Nude Swings', and 'Taupe it Off'. Right picture 'Dandelion' and 'Rockateur'.)

They're Real Mascara

This product is the Holy Grail of the set and the reason I like the set. This mascara is a life saver and probably my new top mascara. It made my lashes look super long in one coat and in literally one brush stroke. It leaves them really nicely separated too. I know it's only a mini version but the brush is so long and just fits around my eye perfectly. I really want to buy the full size version now because I don't want it to run out.

Benetint

To be honest I had no idea what to do with this product at the start, It comes with a brush inside almost like a paintbrush and I didn't know how to use it. I applied it on my lips and cheeks to try out as it's a lips and cheek stain and I think I'd rather use it on my cheeks. It really irritated my lips to put on with the brush and also made them really dry. The colour was a nice pale red-pink but it wasn't worth the weird feeling it gave me. I applied it on my cheeks then and it worked much better and nicer. It gave my cheeks a nice subtle glow.

Porefessional

I was so excited to try this product. I've heard so much about it and really wanted to give it a go. At first I was super impressed with it, it minimalised my pores and left my skin smooth and very clear looking. I do think it works really well. After a few uses it seems that the product has separated in the tube and a lot of water comes out instead of the actual product and I can't seem to mix them back together which was really disappointing. I'm not sure if this has happened anyone else? If there's anyway to fix it please let me know. 

Overall, I feel like the products would be much better as full size versions but I did enjoy testing them out and I will use them. I just expected them to be higher quality but it could also just be my set that has a problem since the products are super hyped anyway. I am obsessed with the They're Real mascara though and would definitely recommend it along with Porefessional!

Has anyone else tried these products before?