Benefit Hoola vs W7 Honolulu

Most of the time that W7 have featured on my blog, I have presented you with a dupe of a very popular, yet more expensive product. Today is no different as W7's Honolulu* is a bronzing powder that is extremely similar to Benefit's Hoola, a bronzing powder which we all know and love (I've even bought myself a new one as my old one's looking a bit scummy #bloggerproblems).

Honolulu left, Hoola right.

So what makes these powders so similar? They are both matte brown, with Honolulu being only slightly darker than Hoola. Both are also well pigmented, but in this case I would say that Honolulu is that bit more pigmented. However one of the things I love about Hoola is that it's so build-able, meaning I can go for a simple day-to-day bronze or a more dramatic look and it doesn't matter if I've been heavy handed, whereas with Honolulu all you need it a light sweep. But I've owned and used Hoola a lot longer so my views may be bias, I was still pleasantly surprised at the quality of Honolulu and these differences aren't at all noticeable as you can see from the swatches, it's a matter of preference.

The last W7 dupe I wrote about was their Absolute Lashes mascara, where the packaging was almost identical to Benefit's They're Real mascara. However they've gone for their own style with Honolulu, the packaging looks quite cute and Hawaiian like the name suggests. But I have to say that Hoola has much more practical packaging with the lid being attached plus having a mirror (mirrors always win brownie points in my books). Both also come with brushes that fit inside the boxes reducing the risk of losing them. Although Honolulu's brush feels softer than Hoolas, it tends to flick excess powder making my face look dirty - which isn't a good look on anyone.

Last but not least is the price tag, you can pick up Honolulu at around a fiver when Hoola costs around £23.50 - that's almost 5 times more expensive! With the quality being so similar, I think Honolulu wins with the price as the practical packaging isn't much to give up. Out of all the dupes I have tried this has got to be the best one that matches with regards to quality, so it is definitely worth a try!

Have you tried any of the W7 dupe products?

Emma xo

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Maybelline Lash Sensational vs Benefit Roller Lash Mascara

I remember when I opened my Elle Magazine with the free Roller Lash sample inside, I'd never been more excited to try a mascara and what made it even better was the fact I then fell straight in love with it too! So when I hear there may be a dupe on the loose for half the price I was more than intrigued to get my hands on it...

Top: Benefit Roller Lash

Bottom: Maybelline Lash Sensational

Sometimes you can tell when a product is a dupe before you have even used them, like W7's Absoulute Lashes is such an obvious dupe for Benefit's They're Real mascara as the packaging is almost identical! But Maybelline have gone for their own style, which is a gorgeous metallic-y lilac colour, although it does sort of remind me of the brush lid from the Roller Lash samples, but let's not get picky...

The wands on the mascaras slightly differ in size, Lash Sensational has a chunkier brush where as Roller Lash is slightly thinner. However the bristles on both brushes are almost identical, on the inside curve of the brushes the bristles are quite short and on the outside curve they're a bit longer.

From reading other blogs and talking to my friends I've found that Roller Lash is one of those mascaras you either love or you hate depending on your lash type. If you're like me and your eyelashes are naturally curly then it will work a dream for you, but those with straighter lashes will probably need to use an eyelash curler to achieve the same effects.

Both mascaras have given me very similar lengths to my eyelashes, when I was applying them I honestly couldn't tell the difference between the two. But looking back at the photos I can see there is a slight difference... The Lash Sensational appears to be less clumpy? Or is that just me? But Roller Lash didn't make as many of my eyelashes stick together as Lash Sensational did, due to having a thinner formula... But I honestly couldn't tell this before looking back at my photos!

Either way I really like both mascaras, how often am I going to take close-up eye photos? Have you tried these mascaras? What did you think?

Emma xo

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