Dr. Feel-not-so-good

As a resident oily-skinned blogger, I recently tried Benefit Dr. Feelgood, which promised to “de-shine.” It seemed to be kind of like those makeup primers we’re reading so much about, so I thought I’d give it a go.

More like a no-go. The package said to apply on bare skin or over makeup (bare skin for work? haha) I was applying it over makeup… If I was applying it at all. It was hard to tell since the product is invisible and the provided application pad is very strange and sticky-feeling. I was, like, rubbing at my face to try and get this stuff on. Since I already had makeup on, this led to rubbing my make-up off.

It left my makeup crumbly, and my skin feeling dry, weird and overly sensitive. To be fair, I use a prescription benzoile peroxide gel over my moisturizer (Cetaphil) and under my foundation (that day, Neutrogena) so this could have reacted weirdly.

Then, when I went for my mid-day oil check I saw no difference whatsoever! I still had to blot the heck out of my t-zone.

While this product could keep it’s promise to fill fine lines (thankfully I don’t have those yet) I definitely wouldn’t look to it for shine control or to even out your complexion, as the description promises. And I definitely wouldn’t reccomend using it over your foundation no matter what.

Since I feel so bad knocking Benefit, one of my favorites, I will recommend f.y. eye, their eye shadow base.

This has revolutionized the way I wear eyeshadow. Again with the oil, my eyeshadow used to end up as a line in the crease of my eye lid by noon, but no longer! Eyeshadow not only doesn’t gravitate to my crease, but it stays put all day. I recommend using foundation on your eyelid, then f.y. eye, then powder, then eye shadow.

Suggestions for de-shining products that actually work are welcome!

-Andrea

2 Comments to Dr. Feel-not-so-good

Moose
January 10, 2006

Strangely, I loved the stuff with the first tin. But I just bought another tin and I’m not so enamored. The sponge is sort of crumbly and the whole thing is just a mess. Like having a crush on the scrubby guy. Cute until you get a little closer and realize what you’re actually getting.

But I do love Benefit.

Z
January 26, 2006

Heya. In response to your criticism on “Dr. Feel Good” I wanna say that i absolutely love the product. I think the mistake you are making is that you are “rubbing” it on to your face instead of “dabbing” it on which is what you are meant to do. Anyway, you should try it and I hope it works!

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