Benefit Box O' Powder in Dallas

I swap on Makeup Alley and a few months ago, I picked up the Benefit Box O' Powder blush in Dallas.  Benefit describes the color as "an outdoor glow for an indoor gal face powder".  I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but I do think it's a lovely color.

I don't know what's up with the color balance on my camera.  This blush definitely is brownish, but it's not near as brown as it is showing up in these swatches.  It's a dusky pinky brown.  It reminds me a lot of the Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Exposed or the Estee Lauder Pure Color blush in Rebel Rose.

Shades like this I really like for using as a blush/contour.  I just apply it along the back of the cheeks and it gives both definition and color without being over the top blush or contour.

The blush has good color payoff.  There isn't any obvious shimmer, but it has a satin finish.  I found that it blended easily and wore well.  I got a solid 8 hours out of it before there was any noticeable fading.

The biggest downside (as always) with me for this, and all, Benefit blush is the packaging.  At this price point, I don't want cardboard packaging.  And I think this is an older run of the product because the lid isn't attached at all.  Attached or not, I despise the packaging.

Benefit Box O' Powder blush in Dallas contains .28oz of product and retails for $28 wherever Benefit is sold, unless you're like me and you get yours in a makeup swap.

Overall:  7/10

Benefit Box O' Powder in Dandelion

Benefit Box O' Powders are nothing new, and they're blushes, so how exactly I've gone this long without owning one properly, I'm not sure.  I did pick up a mini of Benefit's Bella Bamba as a Sephora 100 point perk, but it's not the same as owning a full size and somehow the mini packaging manages to be even more annoying than the full size packaging.

Benefit's Box O' Powder blush in Dandelion is something that has been on my wishlist forever.  It's a blush.  It's a yellow based pink blush.  I mean, how had I not picked this up?

Well, after finally biting the bullet and picking it up when I had a Sephora discount, I know how I hadn't picked it up.  It's fine.  The blush, itself, is fine.  It's a very subtle (even on my super pale skin) yellow based pink blush.  It's smooth without being powdery.  It blends well and it has decent staying power - I got 6 hours out of it before it faded noticeably.  It has a satin finish.

The packaging is terrible.  The stupid cardboard flip top lid thing is nothing but an irritation.  The brush, surprisingly, wasn't awful, though I wouldn't use it to apply blush.  I think it would be fine for a contour brush.   There's a stupid little plastic insert thing that sits over the powder and if you're not careful (which, of course, I learned the hard way) it's very easy to gouge the product.

This is a product that I wanted to love, but the packaging was sufficiently annoying that I not only don't love it.  I have it sitting in my makeup storage in the other room.  And while I expected the color to be subtle, I don't know that I expected it to be quite this subtle.  MAC's Pink Tea looks similar in the pan, but has way more oomph on the skin.  

Sigh.  At this price point, I should love it and I don't.

Benefit Box O' Powder in Dandelion contains 7 grams of product and retails for $28 wherever Benefit is sold.  I got mine at Sephora.

Overall:  6/10