Pocket Full of Posie (Tint)

I am SO smitten kitten with Benefit's new twist on their cult-fave BeneTint, Posie Tint. I've mentioned Benetint approximately 29367 times on this blog because I absolutely adore it to the point where it has established permanent residency in my makeup bag and I've repurchased it no less than 4 times despite its tendency to stain everything I own including my passport. But can't we agree that sometimes Benetint is a lot of color?

I had the opportunity to try out Posie Tint and I can officially declare it the Benetint for the recessive-gened set. It's an opaque, gorgeous petal pink that swipes on and leaves you with a coy flush on cheeks and imparts a lit-from-within glow on lips. It's a very Mercedes-of-License-to-Drive-fame pink.

Just one word of advice: when you apply your three cheek dots make sure to blend IMMED or you'll be left with the dots ALL day and will look like some kind of rash victim. Just saying.

Originally slated to debut in June, it's now available for $28 on benefitcosmetics.com. So you can be all, "Posie Tint, get out of my dreams and into my CAR."

Lush Flush Lifestyle.

I LURVE a stain. Sometimes a product comes along that I enjoy so much, I instantly run out and buy THREE for fear it will be discontinued or that I may need extras in the event of some kind of beauty famine. Sephora's Lush Flush is one such item. I'd give it a 10 on the TotalBeauty scale. That rating is reserved for VERY special products. This one makes the cut. The packaging is phenom and innovative. It looks like a squeeze tube, but in fact turns out to be a sponge wand! This amuses me to no end. I like to open it in front of fellow beauty junkies just to see their reaction. It's such a packaging fake-out. Also? This stain is the only one I've found that looks just as good on cheeks as it does on lips. I'm usually resigned to use one only on one or the other. And the wand/gel situation makes it SO MUCH easier to store and deal with. I never have to worry about opening it upside down. My entire makeup bag is stained due to the many tints its housed throughout its time. Even my passport is bright pink because I used to keep it in a drawer where I stored my Benetint. Lush Flush, I adore you. At $10, I have no problem purchasing you in multiples! Speaking of blushing, how about Client 9 Eliot Spitzer? How do these disgraced wives stomach standing by their scumbag husbands at press conferences? Someone explain THAT to me.

P.S. I met up with Daneen, who was in town on biz last night for a glass of wine and checked out a stain she recommends, Stila Cherry Crush. I didn't give it a full test-drive, but I smelled it and the scent. is. divine. I'm def going to have to make a purchase.

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