I've been asked a few times about the Benefit Creaseless cream and how it compares to MAC paintpots...
on the left we have MAC Painpots and on the right we have Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow/ liner, which cream reigns supreme?
Basics
MAC $16.50 for 5g (13 colors available on the MAC site)
Benefit $19.00 for 4.5g (18 shades available on the Benefit Site)
I love the Benefit Creaseless cream, its feels luxuriously soft and spreads like smooth butter. I find it easier to apply than MAC paintpots and they really stay put. That being said, MAC paintpots are cheaper and you get more product for the price.
Some of the Benefit shades I have...
TOP L to R: Birthday Suit, Strut, Skinny Jeans
BOTTOM L to R: Bunny Hop, Sippin' n' Dippin', Flyin' Down To
An honorary mention...
If you like cream shadows you'll LOVE Shiseido Hydro Powder Eyeshadow. It feels super light weight and glides on oh so smooooth. Leaves a gorgeous finish too. They're on the pricier side at $24 for .21oz
Paul & Joe Liquid eyeshadow swatches as requested...
L to R: #1, #3, #4, #5
I don't have #2
My favorite out of these is #5
Swatch below...
With flash
Without Flash
The P&J eyeglosses are great, easy to use and can be used alone or as a base.
MASK TIME!
my skin needed a good mask Green face!
XOXO, M
Hahahhaa you're cute even with mask on!
ReplyDeleteThe Paul & Joe liquid eyeshadow are so so pretty!
ReplyDeletethanks for this, I've always wondered about the MAC paintpots and the benefit one..and you're right the MAC paintpots are a bit hard to spread, some needed some tugging ! thanks
ReplyDeleteI think i have to try cream eyeshadows. i don't think i even have any. the p&j ones look so pretty.
ReplyDeletehaha the last picture is too funny!
ReplyDeletethe PJ liquid eyeshadows are so pigmented!
they remind me of gel pens? lol iono!
The benefit creaseless cream looks great! NEED to check them out :)
ReplyDeleteYou look pretty even with a green mask! :)
LOL!! You're still cute with a bumpy green mask on!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this with us, and for all the swatchies!! :)
Heheeee ^.^ love the end photo - i feel like relaxing to a mask right now too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for these comparisions :)
I totally agree, love Shiseido's Hydro powders. And love the nails!
ReplyDeleteawwwww look at your cute green shrek face ^_^
ReplyDeletewhat a great review, i was curious about those P&J liquid eyeshadow, I remember seeing them on sale on a website fuz recommended to me for P&J goodies.
but your swatches are YUM!
and something about those benefit packaging is really cute!
Very nice stuffs! I like your nails!! Looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI really really wants those Benefit cream shadows! If only Benefit has better intl shipping costs policy, blegh :p. Oh well perhaps next online sale. A little favor though, would you mind swatching Birthday Suit and Strut as well ;)? Thanks Mona! And hey, that green primer sure counteracts the redness LOL. Jk!
ReplyDeleteYou're nails are really cute, I've been noticing them in your posts.
ReplyDeleteGnite M!
Heehee. I like your green face. Gonna do a mask before I go to bed. I love some of those colors!
ReplyDeleteDarn you...now I want those! Benefit Creaseless Creams and the P&J Liquid Eye Shadows, ahaha! Wifey you're so bad for my will power. =P
ReplyDeleteWhat green mask are you using?
lol... dear, your last photo...between it looks nice,what mask is that??
ReplyDeleteyou know what? I LOVE your nails!
ReplyDeleteohhh the P&J ones looks pretty! and wow sheishido is expensive o_O YAY masks! I love masks >_< I wish I had more!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the swatches!! You have helped me in my comparison shopping, you enabler, you!!
ReplyDeletehaha, that hydro powder is on my shopping list for HK this summer =3
ReplyDeleteoh, those p&J swatches are oh so pretty >.< siigh. will need to save up.
You're so cute! Most girlies wouldn't post a picture of their face with no makeup and a mask on!
ReplyDeletevery cute mask time pic!!
ReplyDeletehaha.. u've been watching too many iron chefs lately.. =P as for the paintpots, i'm more partial to that.. hehe.. i guess i like the stickyness it leaves on my lids so that the shadows stick to them.. also cause i have oiler lids i think which tends to make shadows crease without it. I'm getting ADDICTED to MASK! =D
ReplyDeleteHehehe, I desperately need to do a mask after houseboating. =)
ReplyDeleteSkinny Jeans looks gorgeous - I think I'm definitely going to check out the B Creaseless Creams next time I'm at Sephora. I got Butternutty shadestick from MAC's Sugarsweet collection, but it doesn't go on as smooth as I'd like... but Sippin'n'Dippin looks like it could be a great replacement.
ahah thanks for the swatches. i;ve been doing masks twice a week in hopes that my skin will be as good as yours! i heard the benefit cream shadow in skinny jeans is a dupe of mac's le pigment sweet sienna (acc to itsliz89)!
ReplyDeleteI have the lilac P&J!! Thank you for the swatches- now I want the pink un and the brown un...Mona you baaaaaaaaaaaad gal!
ReplyDeleteYou look cute with a green face x
even with a mask on you still give us a cute pose =D
ReplyDeletethanks for the swatches! now i want to get the P&J pink one.
You look stunning in a green mask! You look all relaxed & chillin'
ReplyDeleteXoXo
Haha cute mask face! your nails look so pretty too!
ReplyDeleteI am really really tempted to try out Benefit's cream shadows. Urghhh! I'm on a shopping ban though! Boooo!
Those P&J liquid shadows look fab!
Ahhhh! Temptations! Mona, you are such a tease! :P
xoxo
Gotta love the last picture of you !! <3
ReplyDeleteYou're killing me P&J stuff =)
have a good weekend darling !
girl, that face mask pic, reminds me of one of my "paris hilton" like pix if you know what im sayin <3
ReplyDeletenails look really pretty! :D and I love the picture of you LOL
ReplyDeleteThe Paul&Joe Murmur looks so pretty !!!!!! I want it! LOL
ReplyDeleteIt looks like your are really enjoying the mask!XD
ReplyDeletethank you for the review. i was always wondering about the shiseido hydro powder eyeshadow.
ReplyDeleteThat must be the Love lettuce from lush, that mask is so yummy!
ReplyDeletebeen reading you're blog for a while since I'm also from NY ;] It makes me happy whenever I read it haha
ReplyDeleteI just had to say you look cute in the mask!
P.S. I notice you said you got the falsies in queens, Is it in main street flushing?
oOo I keep hearing good things about those benefit shadows! must try them!
ReplyDeletewhat mask did you use? looks so refreshing!
The last picture is so cute!... hehe~
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered how the benefit creaseless cream shadows compared to the paint pots.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review.
the last pic is magic! ;) hehe
ReplyDeletehey mona, i got the shiseido cream liner. it's like a little pot just like the cream eyeshadow. i LOVE it because everything has been melting on my lids. it's also 20-something euro, a bit pricey.
ReplyDeleteHmmm I might have to try these some time because I don't really like MAC paint pots! And I've always wanted to try Shiseido's hydro powder. Usually I'm too lazy for cream shadows.. strangely enough ahha.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post!
Heheh love the picture with the mask!
oOo I keep hearing good things about those benefit shadows! must try them!
ReplyDeletewhat mask did you use? looks so refreshing!
The Paul&Joe Murmur looks so pretty !!!!!! I want it! LOL
ReplyDeleteI have the lilac P&J!! Thank you for the swatches- now I want the pink un and the brown un...Mona you baaaaaaaaaaaad gal!
ReplyDeleteYou look cute with a green face x
Darn you...now I want those! Benefit Creaseless Creams and the P&J Liquid Eye Shadows, ahaha! Wifey you're so bad for my will power. =P
ReplyDeleteWhat green mask are you using?
I really really wants those Benefit cream shadows! If only Benefit has better intl shipping costs policy, blegh :p. Oh well perhaps next online sale. A little favor though, would you mind swatching Birthday Suit and Strut as well ;)? Thanks Mona! And hey, that green primer sure counteracts the redness LOL. Jk!
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