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Benefit Rush Hour Discontinued: How to Find Best Dupes

February 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Benefit Rush Hour 2025 Update: Benefit Rush Hour has been discontinued. Visit our how to find discontinued cosmetics resources to locate discontinued Benefit products. And see our best dupe options below.

What are Benefit Rush Hour lipstick dupes?

Benefit Rush Hour is a real tricky one to dupe.

It is hard to dupe because the shade was not exactly mauve, it was sunberry.

Our best dupe bet is 3 Custom Color who has a darn good replica of Benefit Rush Hour

About Three Custom Color

An amazing cosmetic brand that can replicate a product texture and color of discontinued products like they got a DNA cloning machine.

Search their archive or send them a small sample of your discontinued favorite and they can custom order replicate it.

More Dupe Options

For other Benefit Rush Hour dupes, some potential options are:

For blush – LAWLESS Pinch My Cheeks Soft-Blur Cream Blush in duchess is similar but not a true dupe. Lawless does have a mauve shade but it is less mauve than Rush Hour.
For lipstick – we are still trying to match that Rich Mauve matte shade. A potential option is 3 Custom Color. Some suggest Bobbi Brown crushed lip color moisturizing lipstick in “BABE”.
Bite Beauty Glace is warmer and less pink, a dusty mauve. But the texture and coverage is similar. Glace is a bit more modern in hue. Unfortunately, it is also discontinued, but easier to purchase online from a third-party reseller.

THE BENEFIT RUSH HOUR EXPERIENCE

This super creamy formula is universally flattering and is an amazing quick lips and cheeks go-to product!

Unfortunately, what made it so special was it was so unique. So duping it is difficult.

BENEFIT RUSH HOUR SWATCHES

We swatched the color for you below:

Benefit Cosmetics Rush Hour 1 coat from about two feet away

Benefit Cosmetics Rush Hour 1 Coat in Natural Lighting

Benefit Cosmetics Rush Hour Two Coats in Icky Office Fluorescent Lighting

Know a good dupe? tell us!

Discontinued Beauty Product Resources

Was your favorite beauty product discontinued?

We have info on hard-to-find and discontinued beauty products. Check out our growing list of brands, including:

Discontinued Clinique Products Guide

How to: Benefit Cosmetics Mr. Bright Kit

February 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Benefit Cosmetics Finding Mr. BrightI love adding brightness to the skin, be it on bare skin or with makeup.

Stephanie from Benefit Cosmetics has a great Youtube tutorial on using the products in the Benefit Mr. Bright kit – pay particular attention to her techniques – once I had the makeup artist at my local Benefit counter show me these tricks, using the products became so much easier!

Enjoy!

d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX Mascara Why We Love It

January 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This is a review of d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX Mascara, a J-Beauty mascara from Fiberwig.

If you are a regular reader of Style Chicks you know how much I love Imju Fiberwig Mascara, and a few months ago they came out with a new formula called d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX.

As I’ve mentioned in a previous article, I love it for its staying power as well as how easily it comes off at the end of the day – it is soooo gentle on lashes.

ABOUT d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX Mascara

The new formula is just as gentle and as clean in removal, and also has amazing staying power during the day.

This is especially impressive for a fiber mascara – my eyes are sensitive, but I’ve never had a problem with fibers or flakes getting in my eye, or flaking under my eye. Enough so that I forget that flaking can be a problem when I try other mascaras!

d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX Benefits & Features

CURVED BRUSH DESIGN

The updated formula has a curved brush to grab all of your lashes.

I like to catch my outer lashes for a second coat to give them some extra wow factor.

I also turn the wand vertically to paint some extra fibers on my middle lashes to make them appear super-long.

INGREDIENTS SUPPORTING LASH HEALTH

Fiberwig LX helps lashes get naturally longer too – it contains panthenol to condition lashes.

I had sort of forgotten about that when I was testing the formula out. Then I wondered why my bare lashes seemed to be staying at the long-end of the growth cycle. It’s been about a month and half now. After reviewing diet/supplements/other products I’m using, I think it has to be the mascara.

Now, Fiberwig LX isn’t a lash growth formula like Latisse by any means. But the panthenol conditions your lashes so they stay soft and healthy as they grow. This leads to less breakage.

And if you try out Fiberwig LX you will find that your lashes will be naturally fuller simply based on the fact that removal is so gentle that you will lose less lashes in mascara removal.

In addition, the formula is pretty flexible. If you happen to touch your lashes when the mascara is on, you won’t have any breakage.

In fact, it is so flexible that the product directions say to curl your lashes after you put it on and it dries for maximum “pop”.

I curl both before and after (I think my Paula Dorf curler works best with Fiberwig since it is easier – at least for me – to “thread” the length that Fiberwig gives between the crimper and the pad). The result is pretty amazing.

FINAL THOUGHTS

All in all, Fiberwig continues to be my go-to mascara. It works for day. It works for night. Fiberwig just works.

The brillant folks that make Fiberwig LX just came out with a volumizing mascara as well – I can’t wait to try it!

WHERE TO BUY d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX

Find d.j.v. beautenizer Fiberwig LX d.j.v. in Pure Black at Sephora.com.

Product Review: ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer

July 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

ELF has some great products that find a happy home in my regular makeup bag, and their Mineral Eyeshadow Primer is one of them.

THE EXPERIENCE

The formula is incredibly light, but packs a decent coverage and brightening punch, and keeps shadow in check. For everyday, I put it on after concealer (sometimes I use thin coats both before and after concealer if my eyes are puffy), and then just add highlighter (Benefit’s Georgia Peach) on my browbone, about half an inch from my eyebrow. It really gives a natural look that doesn’t crease or crinkle during the day, and it really doesn’t feel heavy or sticky.

It comes in one color, Sheer, which is ideal for me, but as you know, I’m quite pale. I don’t know how it would work on other skin tones, though when the other Style Chicks tried it out, it still looked natural on a more olive-toned fair skin. I think it would serve as a decent brightener on darker skin tones as well – don’t let the color in the tube scare you off, since it goes on so lightly.

It’s not just a great primer, either – it contains Vitamins A, C, and E – so you get some skincare action as well! Try applying it with a sponge or synthetic brush – the wand is a bit too small to blend with. And definitely make sure to blend it all the way into the inner V of your eye – it brightens and opens the area right up without looking fake. You just look…what do they call that…well rested.

CONCLUSION

There are some great eyeshadow primers on the market right now, and ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer is amongst them. For everyday use, it’s a great value at $3.00 and the tube lasts surprisingly long. In fact, I still had about 1/8th of my old tube left (which I got about a year ago and have been using 2-3 days a week) when I ordered my new tube recently.

WHERE TO BUY IT

Find ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer at EyesLipsFace.com.

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