I don't particularly like wearing lip stick but my lips look so pale and boring without anything on them. Luckily I am a big fan of the old lip glosses and even though I have plenty of them, there is always room for more. I love Benefit and all of their product and so I purchased the Ultra Shine Lip Shine. What does the product do? The product is essentially a lip gloss which promises to give the lips a lovely splash of colour with a beautiful shiny finish. It claims that it doesn't have the stickiness that is often associated with lip glosses and that it is 'loaded with crystal brilliance'. It comes with a silky brush which promises to allow you to ...  Read the complete review

I was recently very lucky to be bridesmaid for my best friend; it was such a lovely day, as was the preparation for it, really girly and we loved every second of the planning. What I liked the most was the makeup, nails, pedicures, I could go on! The reason I say this was that for my friend's big day, me and the other 2 bridesmaids had to secede upon which colour we wanted on our lips. After much testing and pouting we opted for the Benefit Ultra Shine Lip gloss in the Dancing Queen Shade. We had a makeup artist on the day but we knew we would want to top up our lip-gloss and so we chose the Benefit product. Here are my thoughts on it. I have a number of ...  Read the complete review

Let me start by saying while I love Benefit products (I have several products in my collection and love them all - except Dr. Feelgood), I'm not normally a fan of lip glosses. They tend to be really sticky and feel heavy and gunked up on my lips. However Benefit were doing a "get a free lipgloss with you purchase" so I decided to get one, and now I wouldn't be without them in my makeup bag. These are definitely not sticky, and feel great to have on. So far I have "Kiss You" (a clear fuchsia with subtle gold shimmer), "Spiked Punch" (a juicy coral with silver shimmer) and "So Frisk Me" (a gilded berry). They all look ...  Read the complete review