Friday 8 April 2022

Flashback Beauty Friday 66: BeneFit Shangri-La Sheers Lipstick

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BeneFit Shangri-La Sheers Lipstick Picked Up In Paradise
I've been unintentionally posting eyeshadows for a few weeks now, so I thought I'd change to lips, with a really lovely limited edition piece from BeneFit. The Unicorn Tears liquid eyeshadow from Too Faced was my trip down memory lane last week if you missed that.
limited edition BeneFit lipstick in black case with green floral design and organza ribbon trim
This is the BeneFit Shangri-La Sheers Lipstick in Picked Up In Paradise. The limited edition release consisted of three lipstick shades and three blushes (I have those for you another time, they used to be some of my favourite blushers), which launched around 2004.
open lipstick case in black with green floral design and ribbon trim
The cheeks and lips coordinated, so you had a pink blush and lipstick, coral or lavender. My lipstick is the lavender one; Picked Up In Paradise, a suitably cute name for this collection and the brand. Although these lippies look quite intense and maybe somewhat scary in the tube, they actually apply more like a tinted lip balm; sheer and shiny, which you can see in my swatch below.
lavender lipstick open in black casing with green floral design and ribbon trim on end
close up of lavender coloured sheer lipstick
swatch of BeneFit Shangri-La Sheers Lipstick in Picked Up In Paradise on pale skin
The packaging is what really had me fawning over this line. Back in the early Noughties, I always coveted the BeneFit releases, their branding was so unique and I always felt like it was a real special treat and I was super lucky to own anything by them. I don't know if I've become accustomed to pretty makeup or if they're just not launching anything that grabs me now, but I don't feel that same excitement when I look at their stuff.
BeneFit Shangri-La Sheers Lipstick black box with green floral design
limited edition BeneFit lipstick box design in black with green floral print
top of black lipstick box with shade name sticker, Picked Up In Paradise
plain orange inside of lipstick box
The black casing was slightly tapered with a green print winding around the case. The domed tip of the base had an organza ribbon hanging out of it, which felt so different to anything else on the market at the time.
close up of black lipstick case in limited edition green floral print
BeneFit Shangri-La Sheers Lipstick case packaging
base of black lipstick case with green organza ribbon trim
green organza ribbon trim on end of lipstick case
Isn't it cute? Do you remember this line?
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2 comments :

  1. Knit in the Zone4 October 2022 at 04:20

    hi, do you remember the name of the pink one? I loved these! I feel like the new tinted balm (the California kissin' color) are a very similar formula, although its been nearly 20 years since these Shangri-la's were around so it really could be the same formula just re-branded.

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    1. Pink Haired Princess6 October 2022 at 10:13

      You'll Never-Never Land Me I think was the pink one. That's good to know, I actually bought a few of the CK ones a while back but haven't gotten around to swatching or trying them yet. I thought the packaging on them was so cute, reminded me of old BeneFit x

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