10 Days of Giveaways: Comment to Win the Benefit Smokin’ Eyes Palette
Wed, 05/20/2009 by Karen | Posted in: Just For Fun
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
First, that paddle board lesson…
Watching my first attempt at paddle boarding yesterday, a spectator might have thought, “That girl must be deathly afraid of sea turtles!”
That’s because of how determined I looked not to fall off my board into turtle-infested waters, LOL!
Howzit, ladies? Happy hump day!
I signed up for lessons not knowing much about stand-up paddle boarding, like that the board is NOT, in fact, just a regular surf board. It’s larger, more stable and consequently much easier to stand up on in the water than a surf board.
The lesson lasted about two hours. The school I chose was Rainbow Watersports Adventures, run by Nate and Heidi, a young couple who live on the North Shore.
Nate was the instructor and went over everything, preparing the equipment on land before we ever touched the water. I felt safe the entire time.
He was encouraging and cracked jokes to keep things light while guiding us from a beginner’s beach out a few yards around a jetty up the mouth of a calm, tropical river filled with schools of fish and sea turtles coming in from the ocean to feed. They’d pop their cute heads up right beside the board to say hi.
The river winds through a jungly, residential area with peacocks and other tropical birds hanging out along the water’s edge.
I don’t sign up for activities or lessons very often when I travel, but this time I’m so glad I did.
Time for a giveaway!
At home I sing a song I like to call Tabs Has Smokey Eyes when I do the dishes or vacuum.
Tabs is lucky enough to have naturally smokey eyes, but the rest of us need something like the Benefit Smokin’ Eyes Palette to get the look. 
The prize
One lucky lady will win Benefit’s Smokin’ Eyes Palette (a $36 value).
This cute lil’ kit comes with everything you need to create sultry, smokey eyes *AND* get your brows in gear. It includes…
- One pan of Benefit Eye Bright
- One shimmery pink highlight eyeshadow
- One shimmery pewter base eyeshadow
- One matte deep charcoal eyeshadow
- One Pencil Eyeliner in Smokin’
- One pan of Brow Zings Wax in Light
- One Fluff Eyeshadow Brush
- One Hard Angle Brush
- One pair of tweezers
- Directions
How to enter
You know how we do this, girls!
To enter, just leave a comment in the comments section at the bottom of this post, letting me know the name of your favorite Benefit product of all time.
Mine has to be Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Birthday Suit. That’s one for the ages!
I’ll pick the one winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59PM PST tonight.
Ngikufisela iwela (that’s good luck in Zulu)!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!
Benefit Erase Paste is my favorite. It’s the best for dark undereye circles. I wear this in fair and I already bought a backup even though I have 1/3 of the jar left. Don’t want to be without this one.
i love the badgal lash mascara
Definitely Benefit Thrrrob!
i don’t have any benefit products but i’ve always wanted to try them.
Erase Paste! that stuff is like magic!
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My favorite Benefit product is the kohl pencil!
I love the bo-ing concealer…its perfect for my dark baggy eyes!!!
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dear john moisturiser! makes my skin hellah soft =]
Hmm.. benetint!
I love me some Benefit Lipplump – it’s one of my Top 10 must have stuck on an island products. I’m really into Boi-iiing lately too!
i love that gal!
it smells so heavenly & its pink!
lol!
XD
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I don’t own anything from benefit yet, but I’m planning to snag one of the blushes – coralista
I like realness of concealness! And their packaging is always so cute!
Totally fabulous!! I can’t believe that I’ve never seen or heard of this from Benefit before! Where has it been all my life? Ooo..maybe it’s the fact that my husband would have my head if he found out that I was spending this much for eyeshadow. I have heard of their Brow Zings wax, though, & have been dying to try it!!
benetint lip and cheek stain. You’re post makes me miss good ol oahu… love it! be sure to hit up onos on kapahulu… yum!
powderflage!!!
My most favourite Benefit product is the High Beam luminizer. Awesome stuff! Can’t live without it! I think I am a benefit-addict. Their products are amazing!
Definitley Benefit’s Coralista blush!
badgal lash mascara in plum!
I looove the benetint!
it’s a really tough decision between coralista and posietint but hmm…i’m really a lip person so my favorite would probably be posietint
gilded hilighting pencil!
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erase paste
Bathina “Touch me then try to leave…Cream”
long but accurate name. it makes my skin so soft and it has a fresh floral scent.
follow with Bathina Body so Fine for a nice shimmer. fresh floral scent as well
hope your vaca keeps going grrrreat =)
dont forget that spf!
I <3 Coralista!
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I love, love benetint stain. I use it mainly for the lips and it gives me the perfect amount of colour. I’m not really loving the staying power but everything else is great.
my favorite benefit item is dallas
Lemon Aid is a lifesaver for me
definitely coralista! =D
Benefit the gloss in Curfew!!!!
love the gold colour and woohoo!!!
for some reason, i can’t really get Dandelion to show up on me… maybe it’s my brush yeah?
My fav Benefit product has to be Eye Bright. That little pink crayon makes a hella difference to tired eyes!!
Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in stiletto! I love how easy it is to use.
Thanks so much for the fabulous contest! I love Posie Tint lip & cheek stain from Benefit.
I love my kohl pencil in onyx!
I love the Maybe Baby fragrance. My signature fragrance with a touch of flirtiness to it.
Coralista all the way!!
i loove highbeam!
Hi Karen!
My fave benefit product would have to be benetint lip balm. Its so versatile! I put on a little on my lips when I want a sheer pinkie color, and i layer it for a more dramatic red lip!
Next fave would have to be the Some Kinda Gorgeous cream to powder foundation. Amazing!
I’ve only tried 2 things from them, but I adore their packaging and names. Out of the 2, my fav is definitely Benefit Coralista!
high beam for sure!
I love High Beam as well!
Gotta love Moonbeam. It rocks!
lady’s choice lipstick! its pure love
Benetint! Of course
My favorite Benefit products are BADgal liner and California Kissin’.
The Dandelion blush. So subtle, yet so effective in giving one a healthy glow
Coralista, definitely!
Lemon Aid!! I can’t live without it!! =)