You beauty! Benefit Boi-ing concealer

Annabel Rivkin's cabinet of wonders
Annabel Rivkin20 December 2013

Well done you, if you are still looking your best on 20 December. Hats off and a small round of applause — and turn the page. But if the wind and the fog and the booze and the work and the shopping and the debt and the late-night bingeing and the passing out with your make-up on and the prospect of the final Christmas party tonight (this, of course, is the one where your ex will be lurking, and Sod’s law senses the beginning of a spot throbbing on your chin) haven’t left you with a peach-like complexion then you are… a real, live person. With a life. So congratulations.

Here’s your prize: Benefit’s Boi-ing concealer, which turns a zombie into a human and a pizza face into a pancake. It’s a creamy, malleable cover-up that works on under-eye circles without drying in crevices, and on blemishes — which it properly covers, even the corkers.

It blends brilliantly and hides the pinkness around the base of the nose (which is basically inflammation and rather ageing, so good to nuke it) without chalkiness. It also disguises any lumps and bumps that may sprout across the décolleté — but be aware that your chest probably requires a different shade to your face and a patchy bosom is not soignée.

Oh, and as Boi-ing is antibacterial, it disinfects as it camouflages: win-win. And the happiest of Christmases, you beauties.

Benefit Boi-ing concealer, £17.50 (benefitcosmetics.co.uk)

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