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Benefit Cheek Parade Blush Palette Review


So I'm a complete sucker for Benefit products at the best of times, but there was literally no chance of me letting this absolute beauty sell out before I could get my hands on it. The Benefit Cheek Parade palette contains five full-sized blushes and bronzers - three old favourites and two completely new products! It retails for £49.50 so you're basically getting five for the price of two as they usually sell for around £24.50 each (this is how I'm justifying it to my bank account anyway). In the set you get the best-selling Hoola bronzer, the new Galifornia blush, Rockateur, Hoola Lite and Dandelion blush, as well as a brush to apply the products with. I've found the brush is a great little multi-tasker; the tip is fantastic for getting a sharp, clean line for contouring and the flat edge works really well for putting blush over the cheeks.

The packaging for this product is also so cute and what's even better is the big mirror you get in the box. It also comes with a little booklet with tips and tricks in to explain exactly how to use each product! 

Hoola Bronzer

So this is one of Benefit's best-selling products. I'm always a little bit cautious with bronzers as I find a lot of them have quite orange undertones on me as I'm so pale, but this one is a really nice shade on me. It's got quite a buttery consistency which makes it super-easy to blend. As I said before, the thin tip of the brush that's included in this palette gives a really clean line; I do tend to go in with my Real Techniques angled contour just to blend it out and for everyday I probably blend out more than I would for evening.

Galifornia

This was probably the product I was most excited to try as Benefit have only just released this blush! It's a gorgeous pink blush with gold tones in and slight shimmer, so it's really perfect for when you want an everyday glow but maybe don't want to use a highlighter as the gold catches the light beautifully. It's very similar to the blush you get in the Sleek Face Form Palette but I think it's maybe a little bit more subtle than the Sleek one.

Rockateur

Another oldie but a goodie! It's a really gorgeous rose-gold colour and again has a slight shimmer to it so you can skip the highlighter with this one if you wanted to! I found this one came off with slight red/brown undertones on me so this is maybe one I'd use for an evening look.

Hoola Lite

This is the only product that I haven't really been able to use as much yet. It's a lighter version of Hoola but on me it's too light to be able to use as a contour colour. The booklet recommends using it as an all-over face powder to bronze up your complexion but I think it's a little bit dark for me to use at the moment. I think in the summer when I have a bit more colour on my face it will definitely work better, but for now when I resemble Casper it's just not quite right for me!

Dandelion

So this blush is super cute on and this is definitely the product I will be using everyday! It gives your cheeks a really cute pink flush and it's light enough to use one sweep or build up for a bit more colour!
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