Forest Essential - Facial Indulgence Kit : Review

Today’s review is a about a sample Kit from my favourite brand: Forrest essentials. This was the first thing I had used from this brand; in general I love the brand that come up with sample kit so that the consumer can try out few products before actually buying the full size products.

Initially this kit was called Ladies essential travel kit but company has renamed it as Facial Indulgence Kit. They have lot of sample boxes like this all which are available in their stores or online.

I ordered this kit from Amazon; you can get it directly from their site or buy from Jabong or Amazon or Nykaa

Forest Essential Facial Indulgence Kit in general contains:

Facial Cleanser
Facial Toner
Sunscreen Lotion
Facial Nourishing Cream
Facial Scrub Almond
Lip Balm 

Price: INR 1875

Packaging: 

All the products come in cute yellow coloured box which is secured with blue ribbon just for the flare. Box contains individual cut outs for the products which keeps the products in its place. The lid goes on quite tightly. Over all this box is perfect for gifting purposes.

All the products come in the standard forest essential packaging in transparent body and golden cap/lid.

Needless to mention, that all the products smell absolutely divine.

Ingredients: 

Products I received.

Sandalwood facial Cream: 15 g

The facial cream comes in white in colour, lightweight texture with pleasant smell. It gets absorbed easily in the skin within seconds of application. It is quite effective moisturiser and it doesn’t make my face oily even in Mumbai heat and humidity. I have already finished it up. It lasted for good 15 days.

Definitely purchasing this in full size

Sugared rose petal lip balm: 5 g

I love lip balms. This sweet thing comes in pretty pink color and smells of actual roses not some artificial sweet smell. It’s quite light lip balm and perfect for summers. It works quite well and provides slight tint to the lips.

Walnut gel facial scrub: 15 g

It smells absolutely amazing. I have never smelled any scrub better than this. It has very soothing and relaxing smell and does the job quite well. The granules are of perfect size and not too harsh or mild on skin. This jar is sufficient for around 5-10 uses.

Delicate Facial Cleanser Mashobra Honey Lemon & Rosewater: 50 Ml

It comes in light golden brown colour and has runny consistency. It lathers quite well and cleanses face without drying out the skin or making it feel scratchy. I love this product and it will last quite long as you require just a tiny amount for entire face.

Facial Toner Mist Pure Rosewater: 50 Ml

As the name suggests it pure rose water that one can use in numerous ways. I have used it as toner and as normal rose water in face packs. I love to use rose water on my skin and it is perfect for daily use. This 50 ml bottle lasted quite well of around 25 -30 uses.

Sunscreen Lotion Aloe Vera & Sandalwood: 50 Ml

This lotion comes in milky white colour and get absorbed in skin very quickly. It doesn’t make my skin greasy or feel heavy on skin. It has all natural ingredients to protect skin from harmful UV rays. Only down side is SPF is not mentioned.

Overall :

I’m  extremely happy with all the products in this kit and feel like it is a good option when one wants to try few products without having to spend a bomb on various products. It also makes a really good gifting option for special ladies in your life.

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Benefit Go TropiCORAL Kit: Review

So recently I broke my Sephora virginity by visiting the newly open Sephora in High street phoenix mall. I’m so happy that at last Sephora has opened in Mumbai. I know its old news but as you guys know by now I’m lazy so sue me…It was still exciting for me to go there. Coming back to point, I picked few products from the most Coveted brand Benefit

If you want to try couple of products from benefit but do not want to spend a bomb on them or if you are not sure if it will suits you then Benefit has come up with awesome solution to it. It’s Kit. So basically a kit consists of various deluxe samples of their popular products. I got their kit in Benefit Go TropiCORAL.

It contains below products:

So this is what the Kit looks like.

It also has a small look book inside.

Price: 1800 INR (I think, not sure)                                              

Qty: 4 ml of cha cha tint & high beam, 3 gms of Coralista Blush & 6.5 ml of Ultra Plush Coralista lip gloss

Packing: 

I love its packing. It’s somehow beautiful blend of being really cute and exceptionally sturdy, which makes it extremely travel friendly. The tint & High beam is housed in small sturdy plastic bottles with good applicators.  Coralista Blush is embedded in the kit itself but can be easily deported if need be. Applicator is of good quality but a bit scratchy. Ultra Plush Coralista Lipgloss comes in plastic tube that has nozzle which helps it to apply the product easily.

My Experience: (With each product individually)

Benefit Chacha tint:

It was probably the first tint I ever knew about. Benefit describes it as mango tinted lip and cheek tint but in reality it’s a nice orangey - peachy shade which looks quite lovely on the skin. I have fair to medium skin tone and it gives appearance of a nice radiant looking skin. It makes my skin look naturally flushed like after a good workout. As it is a tint it works in very subtle way, but color is definitely buildable. .

It dries very quickly so need to blend it fast else it will give patchy finish. It has very impressive stay time; it lasted for 5 hrs in such humid climatic condition of Mumbai. As the name suggest it’s made for lips as well, but I prefer to wear it on cheeks as it dries my lips and then look extremely patchy and gross.

All in all I really like it for days when I’m too lazy and want to look natural but put together.

Benefit High Beam

As per the description provided by Benefit, it’s described as luminescent skin enhancer which is lot of fancy words for a highlighter. It is a very nice satiny pink color highlighter which works well for people with pink undertones. My skin has yellow undertones hence it looks bit off on my skin, which is a shame as I had lot of expectation from it. It blends beautifully and gives very subtle glow and makes you look radiant and glowing without making you look like disco ball.

It comes with applicator wand which is of good quality and does a good job. I was bit disappointed with it but will definitely find a way around the pink undertones.

Benefit Coralista Blush

One of benefits bestseller, Benefit Box O' Powder CORALista blush described as a warm, coral- pink cheek powder (Blush). It has gold micro shimmer which again gives very nice glow to the skin. I like to use it as blush and highlighter all in one package. My inner lazy is always happy with such product.  It would suit most of skin tones, but darker skin beauties might have trouble with it showing up as the color is very neutral and only gives naturally flushed skin. It has pretty good staying powers and fades evenly after 3-4 hrs.

Mini Powder Brush

The Benefit Box O' Powder CORALista blush is accompanied with this small cute brush, which is only decent thing about it. It doesn’t really work and is very scratchy to the skin. So basically, a waste.

Benefit Ultra Plush Coralista Lipgloss

Last but not the least is Benefit Ultra Plush Coralista which as per benefit is a sheer coral color lipgloss and they could not have described it better as it really is a very sheer gloss. It adds just a hint of color to the lips but a lot of gloss. Since its gloss it’s not at all long lasting and disappears in 1 hrs. Max. It has sweet smell but not over the top and is not very stick in texture. Personally I’m not a fan of gloss so will definitely give it to some once else who would appreciate it better.

Overall, I think it’s a fantastic kit as it lets you try a lot of products without having to buy them individually, and I loved almost all the products from it.

Swatches: 

L-R: Chacha tint, High Beam, Ultra Plush Coralista Lipgloss, Coralista Blush

Pros:

Value for money

Travel size kit

You get to try sample products

Products cater to all your cheek needs

Really amazing products.

Cons:

None.

Under White Light

Under Natural Light

Rating: 4.5/5

Recommendation: I feel it’s a must buy, as you get to try products at fraction of cost.

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