Benecos Natural Powder Blush and Natural Eyeshadow

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Benecos is 100% vegan, cruelty free, and gluten free! Benecos was founded in Germany in 2008, and their goal was to make high quality, natural cosmetics available to all. Benecos didn’t want affordable prices and high quality, natural cosmetics to be a contradiction! I have written about other Benecos products in previous posts: Benecos Nail Polish and True Beauty Box Cruelty Free Cosmetics & Skin Care

Today’s post is about two more of their excellent products: a blush and an eyeshadow. Both are extremely pigmented and considering they are certified as cruelty free and organic, I believe they are very fairly priced.

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Benecos Natural Powder Blush

The Blush is in the color Rose Mallow. [Read more...]

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Benecos Nail Polish in Wild Orchid and Grenade

Benecos Nail Polish

Benecos Nail Polish is free of: Formaldehyde, Toluene, Camphor, Phthalates, and Colophony. Benecos is 100% vegan, cruelty free, and gluten free! The name Benecos stands for good cosmetics (Latin: bene means good). It was founded in Germany in 2008, and their goal was to make high quality, natural cosmetics available to all. Benecos didn’t want affordable prices and high quality, natural cosmetics to be a contradiction!

Benecos: “Hip, Trendy and Affordable!” Certified natural cosmetics. Benecos can be purchased at this link

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I have two nail polish colors to share with you: Wild Orchid and Grenade. (If you’d like to see a previous post of another Benecos color, I was able to sample, Deep Plum, in the True Beauty Box.)

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Wild Orchid:

This is a beautiful medium berry color. I applied a base coat, then applied two coats of Wild Orchid on my nails for an opaque look. This Benecos nail polish is easy to apply and you’ll get a fantastic, shiny color, even without a top coat. Yes, I did apply a top coat on my nails for the photo, but it is absolutely not necessary to achieve the shine. If, however, you want your nail polish to last longer, you should apply a top coat. I had to change my polish after two days, but notably, I had no chips at all in that time.

Ingredients: Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Isopropyl Grain Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, May Contain: Silica, Mica, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide, Pigment Red 57, Red 220 , Pigment Black 7, Barium Sulphates, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Tartrazine

* indicates Certified Organic Ingredients
** for natural essential oils

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Photo taken in the evening, no flash:

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Taken in the evening without a flash.

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It’s a beautiful color, no matter what light. I wanted to make sure to have the color accurate, however. You can see in the photo below that it is not a red color.

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Grenade:

I applied a base coat and then added Grenade on top of it. This creamy red color is beautiful, and I probably could have gotten away with one coat of polish. For the photo though, I put on two coats, and then a top coat. A top coat is not necessary for it to be shiny, but will make your polish last longer. I kept this polish on for 4 days before I changed it, and I didn’t have even the slightest chip!

Ingredients: Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Isopropyl Grain Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, May Contain: Silica, Mica, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide, Pigment Red 57, Red 220 , Pigment Black 7, Barium Sulphates, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Tartrazine
* indicates Certified Organic Ingredients
** for natural essential oils

 

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At night, with a flash:

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Each Benecos polish is $11.99 for 9 ml, and the formula, the colors I’ve tested, and the ease of use, make it a high quality nail polish. Nothing negative to write at all.

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Rockstar White: Teeth Whitening

Are your teeth stained?  “Want the Rockstar Treatment? Not the ones that smash guitars–the ones with the most kissable smiles.”

Rockstar White teeth whitener promises to, “produce the Wow without the Ow™!

Did it work?

It did! 

Is Rockstar White safe for most people to use?

Yes, however!!!

Do Not Use Rockstar White if you are pregnant, nursing, a child under the age of 14, or if you have uncontrolled diabetes. If you have severely stained teeth from fluoride use, or tetracycline use, your results may be limited.

  MEDICAL ADVICE DISCLAIMER

When you read through this blog post,  please remember this: Moxie Reviews is a Blog. It contains my opinions and thoughts.

No information contained in the blog is intended to replace the services of a licensed physician or a health professional certified to provide medical care and advice by competent authorities.

Before using the Rockstar White, I strongly recommend that you do as I did, and visit your dentist to make sure you’re up-to-date on cleaning and x-rays, etc.

Is Rockstar White safe for everyone else?

Here’s a statement from Rockstar White:

“According to the University of Auburn Dr. Hewletts said “There’s overwhelming evidence that when used as directed, bleaching does not cause permanent damage to teeth or gums.” We use a proprietary buffering agent, that maintains a neutral pH during the whitening process that calm the nerves and prevent etching and dehydration of the teeth.”

What’s great about Rockstar White?

It’s all natural

fluoride free

sugar free

gluten free

sulfite free

alcohol free and

animal free

It is Certified kosher

How is Rockstar White able to give you, “the Wow without the Ow™”?

The Rockstar system utilizes aloe vera. Aloe vera acts like a buffering agent during the whitening process (preventing a lowering of the pH of the gel, i.e. it stops the gel from becoming too acidic) which insures that there is no pain, and prevents tooth sensitivities.

Active Ingredients: carbamide-peroxide, potassium nitrate, aloe vera

How long Will the Whitening Process Take?

Rockstar White states that it “…will depend on each person’s level of staining on their teeth…results can be had in as little as one hour. Grey stained teeth and tetracycline stains can take as long as six months.”

My experience: I noticed a difference by the fourth day of use. Really impressive!

This was a challenge to photograph since I wanted to use the same pose, same lighting—four days into using Rockstar White. What I saw in person: my teeth weren’t as yellow!  

Check out the photos on Rockstar White’s Website: Smile Gallery  and  Celebrity Smiles

Included is everything you will need to whiten your teeth. There is a supply of up to 27 treatments.

Pictured above is the dual arch tray, and you can see that there is an upper and a lower side. The whitening gel goes into this mold.

How Long Will the Rockstar White Results Last?

Rockstar results will depend on your “personal habits.” Rockstar states, “The most common stains on teeth are from dark colored foods, beverages, and if you smoke.” 

I certainly hope that if you are reading my blog, you know that you should not be smoking.

I have not had enough time pass to tell you in this post how long my whitening results lasted. Plus, your personal habits may not be my personal habits.

What Else is Special?

Rockstar White has a pink box that was designed to represent the company’s support of breast cancer research! With every pink kit sold, a portion of the proceeds benefit Breast Cancer Research. 

The only thing I didn’t like was the taste from the gel while I had the tray/impression in my mouth. No, you’re not supposed to eat it—it’s what you need to put on the tray/impression. Maybe it won’t bother you—just my experience, and it wasn’t a big deal in the process to whiten my teeth.

Rockstar White teeth whitener did deliver on their promise to, “produce the Wow without the Ow™!

Disclosure: Rockstar White provided for review. All links are for your convenience only.

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