Several of you know first-hand that I have perma-circles since the baby was born over a year ago. [perma-circles = dark blotches under eyes that never seem to go away even when you've had a full night's sleep. They crinkle up when you smile and make your eyes look puffy.] Half of this personal fave came from a shout out from some of my friends/ readers! When I first wrote about Honey Snap Out of It and how much I love everything Benefit, some people posted I had to try Erase Paste.
My expectations were high for Erase Paste! True Benefit style- cute little jar, cute little box. Put it under my eyes and WOAH! Instantly brighter, skin tone looking very even. Unfortunately, by the end of the day it was caked up into my crinkles [word David came up with for me, how kind, to describe a crease/ wrinkle.] I was like, “Geeze, people!!” I guess no one at work is really my friend or they would have told me I had make up creases all over. I considered taking back my Erase Paste until….
Powderflage! Yes, comes packaged in a cute little camouflage box. It’s a light, shimmery highlighting powder that you can apply on it’s own or to set your concealer. When I brushed a little of that stuff on top of the Erase Paste… HEAVEN. The girl at the shop was even kind enough to point out that I can use Powderflage to diminish some of the lines around my mouth. Thank you girl. Did not realize those lines were significant until you kindly pointed them out to me. You can bet your ass I’m highlighting them away now. 
I was going to do a before and after picture but I got a little scared. You would be scared by the before. Let’s just post some cute pics courtesy of Benefit. http://www.benefitcosmetics.com
P.S. tried the Stay Don’t Stray (their new product) and sorry Benefit, but was VERY disappointed. Just FYI b/c the sales clerks will have you try that first thing!!
Thanks girl! I will have to try this – I have permacircles too – had them even BEFORE kids but now they are worse! lol
I vote for those before and after pictures! Seriously, I don’t have post-baby permacircles, but I’ve always had noticeable circles under my eyes. When I was fourteen, a photographer looked at one of my pictures and said, “Whoa, why do you have such dark circles under your eyes? You should probably have those airbrushed out.” My response was along the lines of, “Wha…but..fjdifjkfjkdjfdk.”
I’ve been using Amazing Cosmetics concealer (thanks to Mindy Kaling’s blog), but I love Benefit and would love to try the Erase Paste! I kind of abandoned Benefit after they reformulated their Brow Zings, but I’m willing to give them another chance if they can make those dark circles disappear!