Pinkcheek

In case you haven’t gotten the message yet, I like to keep my morning routine quick. I love me some girly primping, but with an invention in the works, two todders and a husband, there is no way I’m spending more than ten minutes getting ready (and yes, that includes hair). So obviously, it’s a big effing deal when I tell you that Benefit’s Lemon-Aid may have permanently weaseled its way into my makeup bag.

Benefit calls Lemon-Aid a “miracle-working soft-yellow correcting cream that instantly hides redness and discoloraiton on your eyelids.”  Though I’d seen this product in action before (my gorgeous college roommate loved the stuff) I was never totally convinced that I needed an eyelid primer… especially one that costs $20. Also, I was always a little freaked out that it’s so yellow. But as anyone who ever took an art class knows, mixing opposite colors on a color wheel neutralizes the effect–so basically, smearing yellow-orange goo on your reddish-blue eyelids make them look, well, neutral. You just dab it on and it doesn’t look like yellow, it looks like awesome.

Ever since it arrived I’ve been happily patting it on the bottom portion of my upper eyelids as part of my morning routine. I’ve found that it really doesn’t look yellow unless you put too much on (though I probably looked in the mirror fifty times the first day I wore it, just to make sure). In general, it seems like most people seem to love this stuff as much as I do, but a few users complain that it will crease if you apply it to the whole lid and that the results aren’t as great on darker skin.

Personally, I think it’s worth the extra thirty-four seconds.

Pictured top to bottom: no make-up, with Lemon-Aid and with Lemon-Aid and mascara