After two and a half years, I finally ran out of my beloved YSL Touche Eclat. (Don’t worry — I managed to restock today.)

However, in the two weeks that I was without, I rediscovered Benefit Boi-ing. I’d purchased this product last year after reading some great reviews, but it got lost in my collection of makeup because I found the texture really dry and cakey, and was having a hard time working with it.

Having had a chance to play around with it some more this week, though, I’ll have to say that I’ve warmed up to it. The trick with Boi-ing is to apply it with a light hand. I do that only in the dark areas of my face — under the eyes, around the nose and around the mouth. It really helps brighten up my face.

The second trick — and probably the most important one — is to make sure your skin is well hydrated. The product goes on much more smoothly and naturally this way. This rule applies to all makeup products, but especially this one because it is so dry itself. If it goes onto parched skin, it will just cake up and look terrible.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 7:00 am and is filed under Makeup, Face. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

After two and a half years, I finally ran out of my beloved YSL Touche Eclat. (Don’t worry — I managed to restock today.)

However, in the two weeks that I was without, I rediscovered Benefit Boi-ing. I’d purchased this product last year after reading some great reviews, but it got lost in my collection of makeup because I found the texture really dry and cakey, and was having a hard time working with it.

Having had a chance to play around with it some more this week, though, I’ll have to say that I’ve warmed up to it. The trick with Boi-ing is to apply it with a light hand. I do that only in the dark areas of my face — under the eyes, around the nose and around the mouth. It really helps brighten up my face.

The second trick — and probably the most important one — is to make sure your skin is well hydrated. The product goes on much more smoothly and naturally this way. This rule applies to all makeup products, but especially this one because it is so dry itself. If it goes onto parched skin, it will just cake up and look terrible.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 7:00 am and is filed under Makeup, Face. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.