Benefit Complementary Makeup Lesson!

Hey everyone! 

So if you follow me or Laura on Instagram then you would know that on monday we had a free complementary makeup lesson at Benefit. We both purchased 'Porefessional' last wednesday and were told we qualified for this opportunity and jumped at it.

Quick selfie after our makeup lesson! Laura, Priscilla, Me (eyes closed as usual)

 So during our morning uni break on monday we headed into Pitt Street Mall and were welcomed by Priscilla (who you should all go and follow on Instagram!) She then taught us the basics of a perfect complexion and about highlighting and contouring, which I was the WORST at! 

These are all the products that Priscilla used on me during the lesson. I also loved this experience as it gave me the opportunity to try out some products during the whole day to see what best suited me and my skin. 

The first product used was the Triple Performing Facial Emulsion, just a full face moisturiser used as a pre-primer base, and to ensure the makeup didn't dry my skin out. Then for a primer, I was able to try out something other then professional which I loved seeing as I have it at home and I'm able to use it whenever I want, so I tried the Dr Feel Good Primer, which comes in balm form. I found that it worked well and kept my makeup on for the whole day, however I won't be rushing out to buy it as I prefer the tube form! Obviously, for foundation we used Hello Flawless in Champagne, which isn't the right foundation for my skin but I still loved trying it! By the end of the day it had pretty much worn off, even though I didn't look oily, it was more of a tinted moisturiser like coverage for me.  To cover my ridiculous dark circles, Priscilla used Fakeup, in god knows what shade, but I loved this product, moisturing and good coverage! Then obviously to set, a touch of Hello Flawless powder around the t-zone and blended out to the rest of the face! A little tip we were taught was that you can use eye primer even when you aren't wearing eyeshadow just to cover unevenness on the eyelid.. yep, me.. My eyes like brown, all the time :( Now my favourite part of the lesson, how to contour, using Hoola, being able to feel someone contouring your face while watching in a mirror makes it so much easier to contour when you get home! To set it all, Priscilla used Ultra Radiance Facial re-Hydrating Mist, which I honestly think helped to keep my makeup on all day, and it worked. It also make my face feel hydrated all day long.

The whole experience was so worthwhile and amazing and it was really interesting to have someone talk me through as they were doing my makeup. I am also really interested in purchasing some of these products in the future now that I know that they work on me!

Have you tried any of these products or had one of these complementary makeup lessons? 

Thanks for reading