The new year is always an exciting time. Even though it occurs at the bleakest and coldest point in the calendar, it has an amazing capability to re-energize a person!
Where I live we had a very snowy and cold December, so we are doubly happy to see January emerge on the horizon! Even a snow lover like myself can find themselves tiring of the white stuff after a month of poor driving conditions and shoveling.
One thing I never tire of is the wonderful rosy cheeks you get after being outside on a cold, brisk day. There's something so youthful and charming about this flush. Perhaps it is because I associate it so much with my own childhood spent playing in waist deep snow in wintery Alberta.
On a recent trip to the local drugstore- I'm there so frequently I think they know me by name now- I picked up a product I had heard about long ago but had never been able to find in stores here; Benetint by Benefit.
Benetint succeeds in doing what very few blushes can do; it gives a rosy, natural glow. A little dab on the cheeks and you have a complexion like a small child sipping hot chocolate on a cold, snowy afternoon. Because it is a stain and not a powder, you don't get that fake flaky look either. It smells lovely -like wild roses- and it's multipurpose too -you can use it as a lip stain as well- which is great for the financially challenged!I have never really been a make-up fiend but this is one I am definitely developing an obsession for. I even bought it for my sister as a birthday gift. I can't imagine going back to powdered blushes now. No way. What's that old saying? Oh that's right; it's love at first blush!
