Benefit Coralista Blush - review and swatches

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As November continues I'm trialling this Benefit Go Tropicoral kit and the How to Look the Best at Everything kit (in medium).

Next up for review is Benefit's fabled Coralista blush, which I'd been wanting to try for ages and which was my primary motivation for buying this kit - although Benefit's Cha Cha Tint and High Beam were definitely on the list too, and the Coralista gloss was a happy inclusion.


As mentioned in my last Benefit post (on the Hello Flawless powder), I'll do a review of each product separately and then a review of the kits overall. 

For this reason, I'm using only Coralista for this post and I'm not showing how it scrubs up when used with eg Cha Cha and/or High Beam: I'll save the combo swatches and comments for my review of the Go Tropicoral kit.


Benefit claims/product details:
  • For a tropical flush
  • Warm coral-pink shade that cheers up every skintone in seconds
  • Includes a soft, natural-bristle brush
  • How to apply: swirl brush and blow off excess; smile and brush lightly across the apples of your cheeks, starting from the hairline and working in; then lightly dust over high point of face for that touch of sunshine
  • Full size RRP $51 for 8g (Myer, Australia) and $28US from the Benefit website


See above wrist swatch. Hopefully you can see the two stripes - using a heavier hand above and a lighter one below. 

Note that I swiped the brush SO MANY times to even get this product to show up, and even then you can barely see it. Might just be my skintone, but this is not a pigmented product.


See above and below on my cheeks. Again, I've swatched the bejesus out of it, but you can barely see it. Admittedly it shows up better in 'real life' than it does in photos, but even so, this is not a great colour on me - it takes 'natural' towards 'non-existent'.


I'm wearing it below in direct sunlight. What happens for me with this blush is that, once I apply a ridiculous amount so you can actually see it, it starts to look chalky and you can totally see I'm wearing powder. It highlights my pores, too.


Verdict

What a shame that I don't like this product! And everyone else seems to love it - what's wrong with me?!?!

When I went to Myer to test this blush, it was winter (so my skin was paler) and the sales assistant used the full-size blush on my cheeks. It looked quite nice then, so I'm wondering whether there's a difference between the 'normal' Coralista and the one you get in the Go Tropicoral kit? 

While the slight difference in my skintone between now and then might explain why this product isn't working so well for me now that I'm more tanned, there really shouldn't be so much difference. Did I get a bung Coralista in this kit? Not sure, but I'm definitely not giving ticks to the product.

I've been testing it now for three weeks and using it with other products to see how it fares. It does look a hell of a lot better if you put eg Cha Cha Tint underneath it (to add some real warmth), but the product should really stand alone. On its own, it's just an icy shade that does nothing for me.

It's nice enough to apply and is finely milled, and the colour (what little there is of it) lasts well. But as mentioned, if I want to get a decent shade from this blush, I need to use far too much and it starts to look chalky, frosty and powdery on my face.

My view is that this blush is not worth the price - not the US price and DEFINITELY not the Australian one. Earlier this year I bought Mememe Cosmetics' Blush Box in coral (and also pink), and that's a much better product. Plus I bought it for less than $20!

Just goes to prove, once again, that price doesn't necessarily mean value. I suppose what I should do is pop back to Myer and sample the full size Coralista again to see how that fares. Might also be worth testing the Go Tropicoral kit that's on display, just in case I did get a bung product.

I've given Coralista a 'disappointing products' tag : (

Has anyone else used this and not loved it?


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