Petal (Benefit Dandelion Clone)

2 Reviews

1. 

   eagerLollies0

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   A lovely blusher, suitable for very pale people with skintones verging on the pale blue to lilac (redhead here). Petal is a very pale true pink on the skin: very very very like BeneFit Dandelion (which is a gorgeous colour but irritated me), and the same cool-pink colour family as Clinique’s old Ice Bloom and that very nice one from Chanel that’s either discontinued or hard to find. Or a mythical beast. Or something. Anyway, back to Petal. Do not be alarmed by the sight of it in the jar, where it looks more pigmented.

   The shade is particularly good through winter: matte, works well with light that’s not very intense, when sparkles would be de trop. Pairs well with a redder lipstick: I wear this with Lipstick Queen Saint Rouge of an evening, or otherwise their Medieval or else Silk Naturals Bitten (Medieval dupe)

   Application: Careful as a little goes a long way. Only available in one format, a loose powder. This can be made into a pressed version, by some kitchen-sink chemistry including waxes… I’ve been using an old stumpy kabuki-style brush, the Body Shop one for mineral foundation; fluffy, soft bristles. Can’t remember what it’s made of except it’s not animal. Loose blushers will take a little longer to apply than pressed ones, but if your skin is sensitive, sensitised, and reacts to everything, they’re well worth a try: SNs’s formulation are fantastic, so minimalist they really are just functional pigments for the most part, mica and silk powder being the nearest thing to “fillers” in here. Also explains the density of pigment in the jar.

   Cruelty-free. While this one isn’t vegan–contains silk powder–SN do make vegan blushers too; nearest shades would probably be Stellar (but more glittery), a smidge of Be Mine, or the lightest touch of Apple. Costs $6.50 for 1 to 1.5 teaspoonfuls (around 7 ml volume) in a 10g sifter jar, or $1.25 for 1/8 teaspoonful in a 5g sample jar. Online only, decent shipping prices (even to Canada).

   I’m not ecstatic about the jar, so I moved it into a larger one with more sifter-holes and added a disk of plastic on top; otherwise I end up with all the blusher on top of the sifting holes, rather than under them in the main part of the jar, and then I run a very high risk of spilling it all everywhere (then when I scoop it back in adding crumbs, carpet fluff, and so on; and yes, that’s even in a fairly clean home…)

   INGREDIENTS: Mica, Silk Powder, Silica, Iron Oxide, FD&C Color. Like the other SN blushers, contains no talc, powdered starches, clays, bismuth oxychloride.

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   spiritedCamel2

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   I found Petal to be more of a peachy-pink than the cool pink I see in the swatch on my monitor, both in the sample jar and on my skin. But since I have warm undertones, I’m not complaining — it still looks great on me! It has a matte finish, and is pretty light so it’s probably best for lighter skintones. I’m very pale and have to apply most blushes very sheerly with a fiber optic brush, but this is light enough I could apply it a bit heavier if I wanted to. I also love the matte finish. I don’t have Benefit Dandelion to compare it to, but I would recommend this blush for anyone looking for a light peachy-pink blush