Benefit World Famous Neutrals Sexiest Nudes Ever eyeshadow kit review

Benefit World Famous Neutrals Sexiest Nudes Ever eyeshadow kit

I won't try to deny that what attracted me most to Benefit World Famous Neutrals Sexiest Nudes Ever eyeshadow kit was its cute design. 

The kit, which consists of two cream eyeshadows/bases and four powder eyeshadows comes in a cardboard box which looks like a little book.

This is not the most handy packaging ever. It's bulky, the lid doesn't stand upright, the mirror is hidden behind a little booklet which tips and tricks, but nobody reasonable would try to apply make-up holding this box up to the face, with its flip sides wide open.

I can't also imagine anyone travelling with this box.

The cream eyeshadows, however, aren't attached to the box and can be stored separately. That's at least what I do.

Benefit World Famous Neutrals Sexiest Nudes Ever eyeshadow kit

I was quite lucky to get this box. I was planning to get all three of Benefit World Famous Neutrals but they sold out in my local Sephora and were never restocked.

I picked the Sexiest Nudes Ever kit as it sontained the least dupable eyeshadows in my collection.

Benefit World Famous Neutrals Sexiest Nudes Ever eyeshadow kit

The two cream eyeshadows are not full-size products. They come in tiny little jars, but I don't mind their size, there's just enough product to use for a good while before they start drying out. both cream eyeshadows apply smoothly and evenly and dry out to a smudge-proof finish, however, on oily lids like mine I wouldn't risk wearing them without setting them with powder. 

Benefit World Famous Neutrals Sexiest Nudes Ever eyeshadow kit

Bikini-tini is a champagne pearl colour. It's a close dupe of my Shiseido H9 cream eyeshadow with the Bikini-tini being a tad more yellow-toned.

Benefit World Famous Neutrals Sexiest Nudes Ever eyeshadow kit

Holy Smokes is dark pewter with brown undertones.Again, I can come up with a close dupe from my own stash, namely Catrice cream eyeshadow in Romans Gone Bad, which Romance Gone Bad being slightly warmer.

left to right: milk it!, raincheck?, pause for applause, blingo!

The powder eyeshadows are all of superior quality and satisfactory pigmentation. They blend well, last all day over a primer and produce little fall out.

Milk it! is a matte white eyeshadow. This is not the most pigmented white in history, but it's not as bad as MAC Gesso.

Raincheck? is my favourite within the palette. It's very unique and I don't know myself how to describe the colour. It's a kind of mauvey purple with dusty gray tones to it. It's dry in texture and it has a matte base with a lot of micro shimmer.

Pause for applause is is another one I find hard to define. It looks like a dusty pink, again with mauve tones. This eyeshadow lacks any pigmentation so it is barely visible when swatched. It's a good transition colour but   I can't see myself using it on its own. 

Blingo! is a beautiful silver colour. It's pigmented, shimmery and performs really well. Unfortunately it's way too frosty to look on my hooded and oily eyelids. I can use it over some matte eyeshadows, but I must be extra careful not to blend it too high cause this doesn't look good at all.

World Famous Neutrals are the first eye product from Benefit I've tried. So far I associated the brand with face products and now I know that they manufacture really good eyeshadows.

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.