Review: Benefit High Beam

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Hi everyone! For this week's review, I've teamed up with my friend Stacie from Makeup Obsessed Mom. We wanted to review the same product but bring our own opinions to all of you. This is a great way to see how a product works or doesn't work for different skin tones, etc., and to follow someone that you may or may not have already known about. :)

This post is also a GIVEAWAY for a full size HIGH BEAM!  Rules: Leave a comment on both posts, follow both blogs, it's just that easy!  We will use randomizer to pick a winner on August 8th, 2012.

Benefit High Beam
Price $26.00
Size .45 oz {full size}
       .13 oz {trial size}
From Benefit: Benefit High Beam is a luminescent complexion enhancer. It's an ethereal pink liquid highlighter that creates a radiantly dewy complexion. For an angelic sheen, this pink shimmering lotion adds a soft, natural afterglow.
Claims: It's a "supermodel in a bottle" and perfectly alluring on all skin tones.


I have the trial size. You can find this size in many of Benefit's gift sets where you can try out several products for a lower price. I have to admit that I've had this product for a while but it's not something I reach for. I do like highlighters but I gravitate towards the powder variety.

High Beam is a pink-toned liquid with a slight sheen. In some lights I even found it to have a blue duo chrome effect.


Here it is swatched on my arm. On the left, straight out of the bottle. You can see the consistency and the high sheen. Next to it I've blended it out. {it was hard to get a good picture of it blended}

I used it on the top of my cheekbones as a highlight there. You could also use it on the cupid's bow {above the upper lip}, even placed in the center of the bottom lip to make lips appear fuller. While I think the pink tone is nice and would work for most skin tones, I find the shimmers in it to be too much for me. It doesn't look very natural on me. Like I mentioned, I think it's due to the slight blue tones that come out in the sunlight. I could use this product in different ways and like it, just not as a traditional high light on my cheeks. Final Verdict: not for my cheek bones - too much shimmer.Pin It