Benefit - the Porefessional

This was a sample from a Bellabox and I was so excited to get it. A darling of beauty bloggers, it is well known and well loved.

It came in (what it thinks is, but really isn't) cute packaging, featuring a light blue Carmen Sandiego sans pants.

And Carmen Sandiego is cooler.

It was quite a moderate beige (really hope they have other shades), smells soapy, and also feels kind of soapy as well.

As far as coverage, it is surprisingly sheer, so don't bother to use this as a concealer.
As a pore filler (yeah, if you don't like your pores, just put stuff in them to create a new flat surface. Nothing will shrink your pores so don't bother buying products claiming they can.) it would need a foundation on top of it, because it is really obvious!

And I'm not about that foundation wearing life.

It is not lightweight, it will not last all day, you will not get velvety soft skin. It cannot stop my oil production (nothing can, so I am the true test of that claim).
I don't see how this is any better than any other primer and don't think it is worth the money.

Price: 0/5 (AUD$53.00 for 22mL on the Benefit website)
Scent: 2/5
Effectiveness: 1/5

Benefit - They're Real Mascara

This mascara is a favourite among beauty bloggers and I REALLY wanted to love this.... but WTF!!??!

Welcome to Clumpsville! Population: Rapidly approaching unity!

This mess of a 'formula' is so damn STICKY! It just stuck all my lashes together and then wouldn't let me comb them apart! 

(If the brush did anything, those tiny bristles only served to slather a layer of disappointment on my eyes)

I literally had to wash my left eye on the train this morning to re-do my spider eye! And as I washed it, I created THE UNILASH! 

No one should ever have a unilash from a mascara!

This goopy formula goes on way too thick and the minute you blink? Bam! You're a panda!

I will say it can look okay if you work at it and treat it really carefully, but I shouldn't have to work so hard for something to just be 'okay'.... this formula is just too unreliable!

This made me look younger, like a teenager... as in I didn't know how to put on mascara without ending up with just 6 big lashes on each eye!

This may be workable if you have very short lashes, but anyone else, save your money!

Also, it STANK and made my eyes sting... seriously?

Benefit, I am disappoint! Throwing this right in the trash.

The solution:

No one needs clumpy lashes...

Price: 4/5 (rrp $24.00)

Scent: 0/5 (chemical plant)

Effectiveness: 0/5