Handbag Essentials:Benefit Posie Tint

When I’m at work I’d rather not have a bag full of different products, so rather than carry a blusher and lip product with me I like to take Benefit’s Posie Tint with me.
A cool toned pink perfect for a pop of colour for the cheek or lips, it takes my complexion from dull to fresh and awake (which when you start work at 6.45 like I do comes in very useful)

By lunchtime I find that whatever lip product I put on at about 5am has worn off, and I’m starting to look a little tired, I don’t want to spend ages redoing my make-up, and frankly I don’t have the time. So I simply pop some Posie Tint onto the apples of my cheeks and my lips and I feel I look more refreshed and awake.
The texture, is gel like (as opposed to the liquid texture of Benetint) and is very easy to blend with fingers, no brushes required!

You can buy Posietint from Benefit for £24.50.

Products I Wish I Had Never Bought: MaxFactor Lipfinity Lasting Lip Tint

This product really doesn’t live up to any of it’s claims. I love the colour but since I bought it last winter I have used it once, and never again!
It comes in a felt pen type packaging with a thick stiff nib, something that makes it nearly impossible to get an even coverage with. Approximately 10 minutes after putting it on it had began to bleed all around my lip line and preceded to stain my foundation with red; not a good look. So any claims of it being long-lasting and surviving eating and drink (something I dared not attempt wearing this) are a steaming pile of crap!
It also dried out my lips to the point they became tight and sore, whilst the colour settled into the dry areas making it look a lot worse.

I thought I could maybe make some use out of it, by using it as a cheek stain, not so. It’s completely unblendable, so just leaves you with faint stripes.
This is definitely the worst lip product I have ever bought, and has put me of the lip marker all together.