Benefit Erase Paste & Watts Up Review

Hello Everyone,

So shortly after Christmas I found myself venturing into Debenhams when I had a bit of time to spare and I ended up having a splurge at the Benefit counter with some of my Christmas money. I would say that (amongst the few that I've tried) Benefit is my favourite higher end make-up brand. I love everything about benefit from the quality of the products to the colours and designs of the packaging! The few products I decided to try this time were the concealer 'Erase Paste' (which I have heard LOADS about) and the highlighter 'Watts up' which I had heard less about but which caught my eye straight away. 

I'm not usually one to go for highlighting and contouring, one because I'm lazy and two because I don't fully understand the ins and outs of it. Like a lot of people, the idea of contouring and highlighting scares the hell out of me and even though I've had a few successful attempts I still tend to steer clear of it most of the time. However, Highlighting now definitely scares me a whole lot less since I got shown this little baby! I knew straight away that I would find this product easier to use than others I had tried before as it is applied straight onto the face rather than applied with a brush! Well that's how I apply it anyway. I got advised not to use the sponge on the end but to blend it in with my fingers or a brush and I have found that doing this has works brilliantly. I love the packaging too and love that its nice and compact!


As you can see in this picture and in the swatch below, the colour of this product is also incredibly beautiful. The woman on the counter showed me a few different highlighters they have to offer but the gold tones of this one won me over! My skin tone, although not incredibly tanned, is olive toned (because of my Italian roots) so the gold really does compliment it well! Oh and not to forget its long lasting too! If I come home and it is still on my face after a night out then it definitely scores 10/10 for that.

Overall I would recommend this product 100 times over. It is very easy to apply and makes highlighting incredibly easy, its consistency is beautiful and easy to blend and the colour of it is really stunning with just enough shimmer! Definitely worth the money :)

The other product I brought was the concealer 'Erase Paste'. Due to my Olive skin, I do have quite bad dark circles under my eyes. I was after something quite heavy duty to hide these and needless to say Benefit didn't disappoint.

First off, I know packaging is not the be all and end all but I really do appreciate a product more if its packaged well. I have never owned a concealer that is in a pot rather than in a tube and I like it because you can easily see how much product you have left.

The colour that I got matched to was no.2 medium. I am really loving the tone and find it just blends in so easily with the tone of my foundation. Usually I am an avid user of the Collection 'Lasting Perfection' concealer and although I will always love that little baby I feel that the Erase Paste is the longest wearing concealer I have ever tried. Lets just say that, when I have only done one side, the difference between my two eyes is so clear that even my boyfriend (who has no idea about make-up) could spot it!

I hope you all enjoyed my first review post. I am all new to this and would love some constructive criticism if you have any :) Thanks for reading

Much love,

Tanya
xxx